Agrometeorology: precipitation hinders the harvest, but is good for the sprouted rapeseed

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According to the analysis, the weather was still summery at the beginning of the week, then the weather cooled down in an increasingly large area and rain arrived, and true autumn has arrived. The precipitation total of the past 30 days exceeds the multi-year average in the northwestern third of the country, while the deficit is between 20-60 millimeters to the south. The upper layer of the soil in the country contains plenty of moisture, but there are dry areas in the southern part of the country, and mild, moderate drought only remains in the southern part of the country. The temperature has been 3-6 degrees Celsius above the multi-year average in the past 5-6 days. Since Friday, the hottest hours have been around 30 degrees or above almost all over the country, but by dawn the temperature typically drops below 15 degrees. On Tuesday, cooler air began to seep into the western part of the country, which flooded the entire country by Thursday.

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The green mass of most of the crops was much less than usual for the season, and the plants began to dry out quickly, and the September rainfall is no longer useful, but rather worsens the quality of the crop. However, rain is very useful for the emergence and initial development of rapeseed. According to the forecast, changeable, cool weather is expected in the next week. The tendency to precipitation will decrease by the end of the week, and then another wave of precipitation may arrive in the middle of next week. The cool weather will remain, with peak temperatures likely to be between 15-20 degrees, and although frost is not expected in large areas, there may be a few frosty spots on Tuesday and Wednesday.

MTI