World Weather Incorporated Senior Agricultural Meteorologist Drew Lerner released his annual U.S. spring-summer weather preview on Thursday. In the report, Lerner forecasts a potentially hot and dry summer. Three long-term events are cited; an 18-year lunar cycle that has historically preceded dry and warm summers, a waning El Nino followed by La Nina weather patterns, and the ongoing effects of the Hunga Tonga Volcano eruption in January 2022. In an interview with the Red River Farm Network, Lerner said to expect drought conditions to expand in the Northern Plains along the Canadian border from March through May. “That’s something we definitely want to watch. I agree with the National Weather Service that the precipitation we see over these next couple of weeks will be restricted.”
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