Flood warnings and watches continue in the SW U.S.

The 2nd post does a much better job of showing accumulated rainfall. The next shows a double push of rainfall into the Midwest starting next week. The 1st push ends on Wednesday. The 2nd push is to begin on Monday, 10 days from now. Accumulated rainfall in SE SD, up to 4"!

Wet in the WCB next week? Pissy showers?? This can change at any time!

The 1st week of November? Not what was forecasted 24-hours ago. Wonder if these guys talk to each other? They agree south but not north.

I don't recall ever seeing something like this!

Risks of heavy rain events picking up west and south, as well as heavy snows in mountainous regions.

NATO will send additional military equipment and aircraft to the Black Sea, following a series of drone attacks on shipping vessels in the key waterway. The decision came after NATO ambassadors met at the North Atlantic Council to discuss Black Sea security.

3) In one south London case, a landlord was offered £4,500 a month for a three-bedroom flat he currently rents to Southwark Council for £1,790. That is an extra £32,520 a year, plus bills, council tax and maintenance covered for three years.

2) The deals come from Clearsprings Ready Homes, one of three Home Office contractors operating under multi-billion-pound taxpayer-funded contracts.

1) British landlords are being offered thousands more each month to house small-boat arrivals than local councils pay to shelter vulnerable British families, a Daily Mail investigation has revealed.

German and French politicians have denounced the concept of "freedom of speech". Macron stated American 'free speech' today is the opposite of free speech." Macron compared speaking freely as comparable to walking down the street assaulting other people.

German Federal Police recorded 98,026 crimes at train stations and on trains in the first half of 2026, with foreign nationals substantially overrepresented, about 53%, among identified suspects in violent, property and sexual offenses relative to their share of the population.

3) Dutch front-month futures breached 90 euros a megawatt-hour around 9:42 London time. Prices reached their highest since late 2022 earlier this week and have nearly tripled compared with last winter, increasing pressure on industry, freight and, of course, households.

2) Storage sites are about 74% full, well below the 15-year average for this time of year and, according to Bloomberg data, at the lowest seasonal level in records dating to 2009. Germany's gas storage sites are just 61% full.

1) European natural gas futures climbed for a second day as countries began drawing on stockpiles already at exceptionally low seasonal levels. Gas Infrastructure Europe data showed that EU NatGas inventories declined for the first time this year.

2) Bloomberg says a drone strike on Saudi Aramco's Shaybah oil field killed two people but left operations unaffected, which produces 1 million barrels a day. The risk is that further drone attacks could disrupt production at the oil field, which produces high-value crude.

1) Iran’s IRGC Navy says seven oil tankers were hit or damaged in the past 24 hours: • Four vessels involved in ship-to-ship oil transfers were targeted and caught fire. • Three others reportedly struck naval mines west of the Strait of Hormuz.

Social unrest in France has plunged Macron's government into turmoil, while demonstrations elsewhere in Europe are converging with mounting concerns about sovereign debt. Italy's trucker blockades now threaten critical food supply chains, adding another source of disruption.

Weather risks continue in the 4-corners. Rains from this southerly flow looks to expand into the Midwest late this weekend.

Potential lows today in corn and soybeans. Both reached support levels and bounced nicely. Funds remain too long in both. They are hanging onto a larger percentage in the soybeans compared to their liquidation in corn.