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40 Weekly Weather and Crop Bulletin October 5, 2010Beneficial rain moved into central and southeastern Brazil,likely signaling the beginning of the summer rainy season inthose parts of the country. In Sao Paulo and Minas Gerais,heavy rain (25-50 mm, locally exceeding 100 mm) broughtrelief from dryness to sugarcane and citrus and will triggerflowering of the 2010/11 coffee crop. To the north and west,the rainfall will spur planting of soybeans and other summercrops; this is particularly true in Mato Grosso, Brazil’s largestsoybean producer, which received its first significant rain ofthe season more than a week later than usual. The rainfall alsoBRAZILhelped to bring temperatures down to more seasonable levels,with early week highs near 40 degrees C giving way to highsin the lower and middle 30s at week’s end. Farther south, dryweather returned to Rio Grande do Sul and Santa Catarina,following last week’s inundating rainfall, improving conditionsfor immature winter wheat. Heavier rain (25-50 mm or more)in Parana and southern Mato Grosso do Sul increased moisturefor summer crops but was untimely for maturing wheat. Dryweather prevailed along the northeastern coast, spurringharvesting of sugarcane and other plantation crops.For additional information contact: meteorologists@oce.usda.gov