Showers and thunderstorms with moderate rain will move across the northern, western and central Midwest Thursday. The rain will not be as heavy as earlier this week, but in very-wet areas of the Western Corn Belt, precipitation at this point in the season is an unwelcome occurrence. The rest of the main U.S. crop areas will be dry. The past month has been a record-dry year in some Eastern Corn Belt locations, and this late-season dryness may be shaving some yield away from crops.

Highs: 60s/70s Canadian Prairies, northern, western and central Plains, northern and western Midwest; 80s south-central Plains, ...