* Harvest weather returns to Brazil's sugar regions
* Weak pound supports London cocoa

By David Brough
LONDON, June 13 (Reuters) - Raw sugar futures on ICE held
steady on Monday near a 2-1/2-year peak with dealers focused on
improving harvest weather in Brazil, while arabica coffee was
little changed as worries over frost risks eased.
A weakening pound, pressured by concerns over the coming
British vote on EU membership, gave support to London cocoa.
Raw sugar steadied, with a focus on improving conditions for
the cane crush in centre-south Brazil.
"The weather across Brazil's centre-south has improved
markedly over the past few days as dry weather returns across
the region allowing the crush to push into top gear again and
port loadings to get back to normal," a broker said.
Dealers noted that speculators again boosted the record net
long position in raw sugar contracts on ICE they have held since
early May in the week ended June 7, according to U.S. data.

"With a massive (and still growing) fund and spec position
in sugar currently, we would have seemed set for a correction
shortly, but this pesky thing called frost has reared its
head," Green Pool Commodities said in a weekly report.
Green Pool was referring to a forecast last week for
isolated frost in Brazil, which supported raw sugar futures, and
drove a rally in arabica coffee.
July raw sugar was up 0.04 cent, or 0.2 percent, at
19.74 cents cents per lb at 1000 GMT, just below Thursday's high
of 19.92 cents last reached in October 2013.
August white sugar was up 40 cents, or 0.08 percent,
at $529.40 per tonne.
Arabica coffee futures dipped slightly, moving further away
from Thursday's 13-month high, pressured by a weaker oil market,
with worries over a possible impact from frost on the Brazilian
arabica crop receding.
Traders said the risk of frost was largely worked in to
prices.
July arabica coffee was down 0.3 cent, or 0.2
percent, at $1.3665 per lb, well below the 13-month peak of
$1.45 on Thursday, when forecasts for frost in isolated parts of
Brazil caused record futures volume.
July robusta was down $1, or 0.06 percent, at $1,642
per tonne, underpinned by a very poor crop in Brazil due to
drought.
London cocoa prices were higher, supported by weakness of
the pound on concerns that Britons might vote to leave the
European Union.
September London cocoa was up 21 pounds, or 0.9
percent, at 2,284 pounds per tonne while September New York
cocoa was off $18, or 0.6 percent, at $3,081 per tonne.

(Editing by Adrian Croft)