Weather for the people who feed the country — every crop, every county, read like a road map and kept like an almanac.
Eight routes across American agriculture. Follow a shield to a live product, or take the next exit to a crop. Green signs are open; amber shields are still being paved.
First quarter→full: plant above-ground crops that seed inside the fruit — tomatoes, beans, peppers, squash, melons.
“Mackerel skies and mares' tails make tall ships carry low sails.”
High cirrus and altocumulus ahead of a warm front — weather changing within a day.