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Tropical Storm Isaac, poised to hit Cuba on Saturday, will most likely bring minimal relief from the worst U.S. drought in a lot more than half a century, with rains anticipated in a restricted area in the U.S. Southeast or possibly further west into Alabama and Mississippi, an agricultural meteorologist stated on Friday.

"Computer system maps have been all more than the spot but it looks like the storm will make landfall in Florida Sunday. That would bring the most rain, most likely an inch to four inches or a lot more in the southeast," mentioned Andy Karst, meteorologist for Globe Weather Inc.

Karst mentioned there are some weather guidance systems that peg the storm's path further west into the southern U.S. which could bring rain to the drought-stricken lower Midwest crop area.

"Self-confidence is low in that forecast for now it looks like it will make landfall 1st in the Florida Panhandle," he stated.

The southwest portion of the U.S. Midwest, such as eastern Kansas, Oklahoma, Missouri and southern Iowa must receive from .50 inch to 1.00 inch or more of rain Saturday via Monday, with lighter showers in the balance of the Midwest, Karst mentioned.

"It will offer minimal drought relief since it will turn warmer and drier once more subsequent week," he stated.

Commodity Weather Group (CWG) on Friday stated Isaac appeared most probably to track a bit further west, with landfall as a hurricane by Tuesday or Wednesday along the Gulf Coast, possibly Alabama or Mississippi. National World War II Museum in New Orleans, LA

Confidence was nevertheless low on the precise track of the storm, but the heaviest rains appear far more most likely to focus on Alabama, Mississippi and the Tennessee Valley rather than the Southeast based on Friday's forecast, CWG mentioned.

Only minor delays in early corn harvest are anticipated, according to CWG.

Torrential rainfall and wind, although adding useful soil moisture for fall wheat seeding, could harm some of the early- maturing corn and soybean crops that have already been weakened by the worst drought over the summer time in half a century.

The annual Pro Farmer tour of Midwest crops found signs of serious crop losses in the top two corn- and soybean-generating states of Iowa and Illinois on Wednesday. Specialists on the tour pegged corn yields at the lowest in Illinois since 1995.

A Reuters poll of 11 analysts on Wednesday estimated the 2012 U.S. corn yield per acre at 121.5 bushels, the lowest in 16 years, and production at 10.5 billion bushels, an eight-year low.

In its very first survey asking for estimates of the quantity of corn to be harvested compared with plantings, the poll showed the percentage of harvested corn location at the lowest in nine years.

Analysts' expectations for corn production this season fell 3 percent below the U.S. government's forecast earlier in August and 6 percent beneath a equivalent poll of analysts' taken by Reuters at the end of July.

Soybean yield was pegged at 36.6 bushels per acre, an 8-year low, and production at 2.713 billion bushels, a 4-year low. Harvested soybean acreage was pegged at a close to normal 97.5 percent of plantings.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Monday said 4 percent of the U.S. corn crop had already been harvested, the fastest begin ever. The crop was planted early, then pushed to maturity by relentless heat and drought more than the summer.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Tropical Storm Isaac, poised to hit Cuba on Saturday, will most likely bring minimal relief from the worst U.S. drought in a lot more than half a century, with rains anticipated in a restricted area in the U.S. Southeast or possibly further west into Alabama and Mississippi, an agricultural meteorologist stated on Friday. "Computer system maps have been all more than the spot but it looks like the storm will make landfall in Florida Sunday. That would bring the most rain, most likely an inch to four inches or a lot more in the southeast," mentioned Andy Karst, meteorologist for Globe Weather Inc. Karst mentioned there are some weather guidance systems that peg the storm's path further west into the southern U.S. which could bring rain to the drought-stricken lower Midwest crop area. "Self-confidence is low in that forecast for now it looks like it will make landfall 1st in the Florida Panhandle," he stated. The southwest portion of the U.S. Midwest, such as eastern Kansas, Oklahoma, Missouri and southern Iowa must receive from .50 inch to 1.00 inch or more of rain Saturday via Monday, with lighter showers in the balance of the Midwest, Karst mentioned. "It will offer minimal drought relief since it will turn warmer and drier once more subsequent week," he stated. Commodity Weather Group (CWG) on Friday stated Isaac appeared most probably to track a bit further west, with landfall as a hurricane by Tuesday or Wednesday along the Gulf Coast, possibly Alabama or Mississippi. <a href="http://activitiesinneworleans.wordpress.com/2012/05/16/the-national-globe-war-ii-museum-in-new-orleans-louisiana/" rel="nofollow">National World War II Museum in New Orleans, LA</a> Confidence was nevertheless low on the precise track of the storm, but the heaviest rains appear far more most likely to focus on Alabama, Mississippi and the Tennessee Valley rather than the Southeast based on Friday's forecast, CWG mentioned. Only minor delays in early corn harvest are anticipated, according to CWG. Torrential rainfall and wind, although adding useful soil moisture for fall wheat seeding, could harm some of the early- maturing corn and soybean crops that have already been weakened by the worst drought over the summer time in half a century. The annual Pro Farmer tour of Midwest crops found signs of serious crop losses in the top two corn- and soybean-generating states of Iowa and Illinois on Wednesday. Specialists on the tour pegged corn yields at the lowest in Illinois since 1995. A Reuters poll of 11 analysts on Wednesday estimated the 2012 U.S. corn yield per acre at 121.5 bushels, the lowest in 16 years, and production at 10.5 billion bushels, an eight-year low. In its very first survey asking for estimates of the quantity of corn to be harvested compared with plantings, the poll showed the percentage of harvested corn location at the lowest in nine years. Analysts' expectations for corn production this season fell 3 percent below the U.S. government's forecast earlier in August and 6 percent beneath a equivalent poll of analysts' taken by Reuters at the end of July. Soybean yield was pegged at 36.6 bushels per acre, an 8-year low, and production at 2.713 billion bushels, a 4-year low. Harvested soybean acreage was pegged at a close to normal 97.5 percent of plantings. The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Monday said 4 percent of the U.S. corn crop had already been harvested, the fastest begin ever. The crop was planted early, then pushed to maturity by relentless heat and drought more than the summer.</div>

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