Southeast Asia Palm Oil Weather - Jun 11

 
SOUTHEAST ASIA REGION: 
 
Myanmar Highlights: Episodes of showers, thundershowers and some rain during 
the weekend period. Heaviest in west and north areas, associated with the early 
part of the rainy season. 
 
Thailand Highlights: Scattered showers and thundershowers favoring northern and 
western areas during the weekend period. Drier and somewhat hotter in southeast 
locations. 
 
Vietnam Highlights: Scattered showers and thundershowers mainly early in the 
weekend period.  Widely scattered to isolated activity later in the weekend. 
Temperatures near to above normal. 
 
Philippines Highlights: Moderate to locally heavy showers and thundershowers 
favoring central and northern areas early in the weekend period. Somewhat less 
activity later in the weekend. Variable temperatures. 
 
Malaysia Highlights: Scattered to widely scattered shower activity during the 
weekend period. Somewhat hotter temperatures. 
 
Indonesia Highlights: Seasonal rains continue to shift north of the region at 
this time. 
 
WORLD OILSEED PROSPECTS 
 
    Episodes of showers in oil palm areas of Malaysia and Sumatra, Indonesia 
will maintain adequate soil moisture. This will likely maintain favorable yield 
prospects for this crop. 
    Increasing shower activity will supply the moisture needed to plant the 
Kharif groundnut crop in India. 
    Episodes of rain through the Yangtze river valley of eastern China may 
delay the harvest of winter rapeseed. 
   Spring rainfall and warmer temperatures will help improve and maintain 
conditions for reproductive to filling winter rapeseed in Europe. Improved 
rainfall also favors planting and early development of sunflower in Europe at 
this time. The region is under a variable temperature pattern at this time. 
   Mostly favorable conditions at this time for planting and early development 
of sunflower in south and east Ukraine and south Russia. 
 
 
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