A second cold front was due to pass through southern Brazil late this week, bringing further showers and cool, cloudy weather, but no risk of frost, private weather service Somar said on Monday.
Temperatures began dropping on Sunday and cloud cover intensified with the arrival of the first cold front in southern Brazil. Some trace showers fell in the region, but no significant rain was expected in the coffee belt.
The second of the pair of fronts was due to move into southern Brazil on Wednesday, but the polar air mass that follows it will push out to sea before temperatures can fall significantly over the coffee belt, Somar said. "Over the first six days of July there is no forecast for rain or cold reaching the productive coffee areas," Somar said in a daily weather bulletin for coffee.
Coffee areas had very little rain during the first half of June, as usual at this time of year. Warm, dry conditions help the crop mature and speed harvesting. But some producers have complained that the extra dry, warm weather in recent weeks has caused quality declines in the arabica beans. Harvesting of this year's small crop started early and is well ahead of last season, with an estimated 30 percent picked by June 5, versus 20 percent a year ago, analysts Safras e Mercado said.
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