Unusual Weather and Commodity Price Forecasting

Unusual Weather and Commodity Price Forecasting

HIGHLIGHTS of the above video include:

  • African dust, the Harmattan Wind, and how I called the unprecedented explosion in cocoa prices three weeks ago.
  • Why El Niño has strengthened recently: Potential impacts for grain prices and the Midwest summer
  • Why record-warm global oceans have thwarted any bull move in natural gas prices  
  • A look at potential late February and March weather


Join farmers, traders, and investors on six continents who have benefited from a seasoned meteorologist’s 38 years of experience as he second-guesses standard computer models. What is the next big trade in Ag commodities? Is it too late to buy cocoa and go short the grains?

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Atmospheric Rivers, West Africa’s Harmattan Wind & Historical Price Moves in Cocoa

Atmospheric Rivers, West Africa’s Harmattan Wind & Historical Price Moves in Cocoa

This video addresses the climatic factors that are causing an unprecedented price move in cocoa and what will bring drought-easing rains to Plains wheat — Enjoy!


Our BestWeather Spider became bullish more than a week ago, catching this historic move up in prices on new concerns about a dry, dusty wind in West Africa called the “Harmattan.” However, at these price levels, the only way to trade cocoa is by using sophisticated strategies in options and spreads, as we already had the move I expected.
 

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Thanks for your interest in commodity weather!
 

Jim Roemer, Scott Mathews, and The Weather Wealth Team 

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Mr. Roemer owns Best Weather Inc., offering weather-related blogs for commodity traders and farmers. He also is a co-founder of Climate Predict, a detailed long-range global weather forecast tool. As one of the first meteorologists to become an NFA registered Commodity Trading Advisor, he has worked with major hedge funds, Midwest farmers, and individual traders for over 35 years. With a special emphasis on interpreting market psychology, coupled with his short and long-term trend forecasting in grains, softs, and the energy markets, he established a unique standing among advisors in the commodity risk management industry.

Trading futures and options involves a significant risk of loss and is not suitable for everyone. Past performance is not necessarily indicative of future results. There is no warranty or representation that accounts following any trading program will be profitable.

“You can’t change the weather, but you can profit from it”

How we predicted quite early,  the easing of the Polar Vortex, plus big heat to hit Argentina

How we predicted quite early, the easing of the Polar Vortex, plus big heat to hit Argentina

(Our video from last week addresses why we reversed our bullish attitude in natural gas early this past week and enumerates the implications for South American grain weather.) It’s a bit too late to sell natural gas in the hole now, especially with a potential friendly EIA number later this week.

El Niño usually brings big crops to Argentina

It is common knowledge that more than 80% of the time, El Niño brings above the normal corn and soybean yields in Argentina and southern Brazil, but can often bring dryness and reduced crops in northern Brazil. This certainly happened earlier this winter (South American summer) with drought hurting Matto Grosso soybean yields. Nevertheless, we had been in the bearish camp for weeks in soybeans due to worries over the Chinese economy and our earlier forecast that South American weather and crop conditions would improve.


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In the above video, I cover the following:

  • A) Why late January and February heat and dryness in Argentina is unusual during El Niño but some problems may develop from excessive heat;
  • B) How teleconnections such as the MJO and AO index can affect South American corn and soybean weather in February and offset typical ideal “El Niño type” weather (too wet at times for the northern Brazil soybean harvest and some potential minor issues resulting from hot and dry in Argentina);
  • C) How we warned clients of a top in the natural gas market by predicting a +AO index;
  • D) How the Red Sea tensions have helped markets such as Robusta coffee and cocoa soar. These two markets already have had tight supplies due to El Niño-related crop problems (Brazil coffee weather will continue to improve vs. some previous crop reduction issues);
  • E) If February is hot and dry in Argentina, this might suggest that the 1987-88 El Niño analog could hold, suggesting the potential for summer Midwest weather problems affecting corn and soybeans (right now we are not calling for this, but something to watch).

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(VIDEO) What is causing the extreme cold weather & a look at major snowstorms the next 2 weeks

(VIDEO) What is causing the extreme cold weather & a look at major snowstorms the next 2 weeks

About this video

This video pinpoints the climatic variables responsible for the coldest U.S. weather in years. Frequent snowstorms will also occur. The good news is that some easing of the cold will occur by late January.

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Estimated snowfall (inches) next 2 weeks from two major storms. This, and the extreme cold, is due to the negative NAO and WPO indices.

The climatological factors that will bring huge cold & snow to the U.S. and Europe

The climatological factors that will bring huge cold & snow to the U.S. and Europe

A negative NAO index has to do with a warm block near Greenland.  (please watch my videoit explains how this is affecting commodities)

SNOWFALL PROJECTIONS NEXT 2 WEEKS (INCHES): A negative NAO will bring many areas in red and white over 1-2 feet of snow from at least 2 major storms. The most snowfall in several years

The opposite is happening over the South Pole (Antarctica), there has been a positive AAO index. This means the vortex stays put and does not move north. Combined with El Niño, this has brought improved weather for South American soybeans, something I alerted all my WeatherWealth subscribers about, three weeks ago.


Only 4 or 5 El Niño events have seen a powerful negative NAO index in January. Most of these years saw El Niño weaken by the spring or summer. Based on this scenario, this will be very important for many agricultural markets, and I will be developing trading strategies in options, futures, and ETFs.


 How a negative NAO (warm block over Greenland that forces the Polar Vortex south) affects commodities:

1) Energy/Natural Gas: Coldest weather in at least 2-3 winters coming for Europe and the U.S. starting next week

2) Wheat: Isolated areas of winterkill in Russia and possibly Nebraska and big cold and snows for the southern Plains and Midwest. It will be important to monitor snowfall.

3) Cocoa: While I was bullish all summer and autumn long on major wet weather and disease issues, the lack of a Harmattan Wind in Ivory Coast and Ghana could prevent any further damage to the cocoa crop


How does a positive AAO index (The vortex that remains over Antarctica and does not move north) affect commodities?

1) Soybeans/Corn: Easing of the northern Brazil drought and potential big Argentina crops

2) Coffee: A hot November and early December likely will lower Brazil’s coffee production by several million bags, but improved rainfall is on the horizon that will stop further damage.


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