Slightly cooler, drier air settling southward across the Heartland

Across the Corn Belt, extreme heat is being suppressed southward in the wake of a weak cold front’s passage.  In the Ohio Valley, however, where hot, humid conditions linger, Wednesday’s high temperatures could still reach or exceed 95°F.  Due to recent heat and dryness, statewide topsoil moisture ranged from 20 to 44 percent very short to short on June 19 in all Midwestern States except Ohio, Minnesota, and North Dakota, with increases of more than 15 percentage points in the last week in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, and Missouri.

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