Snow continues delay of spring planting - Maryville, MO

An already delayed corn planting season took another hit this week as a freak spring storm laden with wet snow muddied fields — some of them freshly planted — and sent temperatures plunging across northwest Missouri.

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[commenter Bob Koss] To me, this whole exercise will produce a lot of wasted efffort.

Twitter / BigJoeBastardi: Wow, day 10 ECMWF 850 anomalies ...

Wow, day 10 ECMWF 850 anomalies pic.twitter.com/w5dtMdAHHo

Severe Weather Drought: Tornadoes drop to a new all time record low, major hurricane absence is setting a new record every day | Watts Up With That?

In a blow to those that want to link increased severe weather with global warming/climate change, a new record low has been set according to NOAA tornado data. At the same time, it has been 2750 days (7 years, 6 months, 11 days) since the last major Hurricane (Cat 3 or greater) hit the USA on October 24th 2005 when hurricane Wilma made landfall. Each new day is a new record in this major hurricane drought.