WORLD WEATHER HIGHLIGHTS FOR JULY 2, 2025
Another hot day is under way in Western Europe today with early mid-afternoon temperatures in the 90s to 103 degrees from the eastern half of France into Germany and a part of the Low CountriesHot weather continued in Spain, Portugal and spread more deeply across Italy as wellSome hot temperatures reached the eastern Adriatic Sea region this afternoon with 90s to near 100 noted in several areasExcessive heat is expected to occur routinely in southern and especially southeastern Europe for the next full week; including the Balkan Countries where 90-degree highs and a few extremes near 100 are likelyDryness relief in Europe will not be very impressive for a while with limited rainfall through SaturdayShowers and thunderstorms will occur from Sunday through Thursday across portions of the continent offering temporary relief from dryness and excessive heatToday’s forecast returns hot weather to western and central Europe late next week and into the following weekend keeping energy demand high and downward pressure on unirrigated spring and summer cropsArgentina is still looking wetter next week and the rain may reach into some of the driest western wheat areasS. weather continues to look favorably moist with showers and thunderstorms in most areas east of the Rocky Mountains at one time or another during the next ten days and seasonable temperaturesDryness will prevail in the Pacific NorthwestCentral and northeastern portions of Canada’s Prairies may not receive much rain for a while in the coming weekIndia will continue wet in the central, north and east parts of the nation while the west-central and south are drier than usualChina’s drought relief is under way near and north of the Yellow RiverAreas south of the Yellow River in southeastern China will dry down for a whileTropical Depression 04W formed in the western Pacific Ocean overnight and it may become a tropical storm soon, but it will stay over open water well to the south of Japan and east of the Philippines keeping the threat to land lowA developing tropical cyclone near the northern tip of Luzon Island, Philippines will become tropical storm in the next couple of days and could be the season’s first typhoonThe storm may eventually (next week) threaten northeastern China and/or the Korean PeninsulaHurricane Flossie will remain far enough from the western Mexico coast over the next several days to minimize its impact, although some heavy rain, rough seas and gusty surface wind speeds are likely along the Jalisco and Michoacan coastsWestern Australia winter crop areas will be wettest during the coming week to ten days especially those near the west coastRain in other winter crop areas in the nation may not be very great, although a little drizzle and a few showers will be possible infrequentlyFlooding rain fell along the middle and lower New South Wales, Australia coast Tuesday with rainfall to more than 8.00 inches resultingBrazil’s drier biased weather in the south will continue during much of the coming week favoring improved wheat conditions and eventually allowing wheat planting to advance in Rio Grande do Sul and Santa Catarina after recent floodingSafrinha corn areas in Parana and southeastern Paraguay will benefit from net drying in the coming ten daysNorthern and central Russia winter, spring and summer crop areas will remain wet biased for the next ten days with some areas possibly getting a little too much rainUkraine, Russia’s Southern Region and western Kazakhstan will receive a limited amount of moisture for a whileSome rain will reach Ukraine next weekDryness in western Thailand may expand to the east into key sugarcane production areas during the next ten days