Brazil-More dry weather in store
High temperatures and a lack of rain this week are forecast for Center South Brazil this week, giving the region’s cane crop no respite from the dry conditions and seriously affecting the crop’s productive potential, Reuters reports. “It will be hot with little chance for rain in Sao Paulo or Minas Gerais for the entire week,” a crop weather forecaster at forecasting group Somar said.
Meteorologists at Somar said temperatures would surpass 34 C (93 F) across the entire cane region and that rainfall was unlikely but predicted that stronger, widespread precipitation would return after October 23rd when a dry air mass over Brazil's Southeast breaks up.