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FORECASTS FOR THE 2012 SEASON WILL BE AVAILABLE MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY AND
WILL BE MISSING SEVERAL WEEKS THROUGHOUT THE SEASON.
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AGRICULTURAL WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NEW JERSEY
AND SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA
ISSUED BY RUTGERS UNIVERSITY NEW BRUNSWICK NJ
8 AM EDT WEDNESDAY MAY 16, 2012


RAINFALL AMOUNTS...TENTH OF AN INCH WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS
POSSIBLE TODAY AND TONIGHT, NONE THURSDAY.
WINDS FOR SPRAYING...WEST 5 TO 10 MPH TODAY, NORTHWEST 10 TO 15
MPH TONIGHT, NORTH 5 TO 10 MPH THURSDAY.
RELATIVE HUMIDITY IN PERCENT...50 TO 60 TODAY, 90 TO 100 TONIGHT,
30 TO 40 THURSDAY.
DEW POINTS...DROPPING FROM THE LOW 60S THIS MORNING TO THE MID 30S
BY LATE THURSDAY.
DRYING CONDITIONS...FAIR AT BEST TODAY, VERY GOOD THURSDAY.
FROST FREEZE OR DEW...NO DEW BUT WETTING IN EARLY SHOWERS IS POSSIBLE
TONIGHT, LIGHT DEW THURSDAY NIGHT.
PERCENT OF POSSIBLE SUNSHINE...30 TODAY, 90 THURSDAY.

THERE IS A 30 PERCENT PROBABILITY OF PRECIPITATION
DURING THE 12 HOUR PERIOD BEGINNING AT 8 AM AND ENDING AT
8 PM THAT COULD ADVERSELY AFFECT THE PERFORMANCE OF PESTICIDES
THAT REQUIRE A RAIN-FREE PERIOD AFTER APPLICATION.

TEMPERATURES IN THE REPRESENTATIVE CRANBERRY BOGS WILL REMAIN
ABOVE FREEZING TONIGHT BUT COULD DROP TO 25 TO 29 THURSDAY NIGHT.

HAY CUTTING STILL RUNS THE RISK OF WETTING IN SCATTERED SHOWERS
TODAY BUT THEN DRIER AIR WILL MOVE BACK INTO THE REGION FOR THURSDAY
AND CONTINUE FOR SEVERAL DAYS.

SOIL MOISTURE LEVELS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR CAPACITY IN MOST LOCATIONS.
SOIL MOISTURE SHOULD START TO DROP ON THURSDAY AND CONTINUE TO DECREASE
FOR SEVERAL DAYS.

FOUR INCH SOIL TEMPERATURES ARE IN THE LOW TO MID 60S AND SHOULD REMAIN
SOMEWHAT STEADY OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS.

GROWING DEGREE DAY TOTALS BASE 50 CONTINUE TO RUN WELL AHEAD OF NORMAL.

THE LATEST 8 TO 14 DAY OUTLOOK FOR THE PERIOD MAY 23RD TO
MAY 29TH IS CALLING FOR TEMPERATURES TO AVERAGE NEAR NORMAL AND
PRECIPITATION TO AVERAGE NEAR NORMAL.




     Climate summary for the week ending 8am   5/14/12


TEMPERATURES AVERAGED ABOVE NORMAL NORTH AND CENTRAL AND NEAR NORMAL

SOUTH, AVERAGING 60 DEGREES NORTH, 62 DEGREES CENTRAL, AND 61 DEGREES

SOUTH.  EXTREMES WERE 83 DEGREES AT TOMS RIVER, NEW BRUNSWICK AND

FLEMINGTON ON THE 14TH AND 39 DEGREES AT NEWTON, BELVIDERE AND CAPE

MAY COURTHOUSE ON THE 12TH.

WEEKLY RAINFALL AVERAGED 0.52 INCHES NORTH, 1.13 INCHES

CENTRAL, AND 1.38 INCHES SOUTH.  THE HEAVIEST 24 HOUR TOTAL

REPORTED WAS 2.04 INCHES AT TOMS RIVER ON THE 9TH TO 10TH.

ESTIMATED SOIL MOISTURE, IN PERCENT OF FIELD CAPACITY, THIS PAST

WEEK AVERAGED 95 PERCENT NORTH, 91 PERCENT CENTRAL AND 89 PERCENT

SOUTH.  FOUR INCH SOIL TEMPERATURES AVERAGED 56 DEGREES NORTH,

61 DEGREES CENTRAL AND 60 DEGREES SOUTH.


THE FOLLOWING TABLE CONTAINS METEOROLOGICAL INFORMATION SINCE THE
START OF THE GROWING SEASON MARCH FIRST. THE TABLE IS UPDATED EACH MONDAY
AND THE FOLLOWING IS AN EXPLANATION FOR EACH COLUMN.

WEEK=TOTAL RAINFALL FOR THE PREVIOUS 7 DAYS ENDING MONDAY MORNING
TOTAL=TOTAL RAINFALL SINCE MARCH 1ST
DEP=DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL OF RAINFALL SINCE MARCH 1ST. A NEGATIVE
SIGN INDICATES BELOW NORMAL AND NO SIGN INDICATES ABOVE NORMAL.
MX=HIGHEST TEMPERATURE FOR THAT 7 DAY PERIOD
MN=LOWEST TEMPERATURE FOR THAT 7 DAY PERIOD
AVG=AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THAT 7 DAY PERIOD
DEP=DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL OF THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THAT 7 DAY PERIOD
TOTAL=TOTAL NUMBER OF GROWING DEGREE UNITS SINCE MARCH 1ST
DEP=DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL OF GROWING DEGREE UNITS
%FC=PERCENT OF FIELD CAPACITY (SOIL MOISTURE)


WEATHER SUMMARY FOR THE WEEK ENDING 8 AM MONDAY      5/14/12

                      R A I N F A L L        TEMPERATURE     GDD BASE50  MON
WEATHER STATIONS      WEEK  TOTAL    DEP   MX  MN  AVG  DEP  TOT   DEP   %FC
BELVIDERE BRIDGE      1.04   6.02   -3.40  81  39  59.    0   294   159   90
CANOE BROOK            .40   4.90   -5.48  82  42  62.    4   341   225   92
CHARLOTTEBURG          .43   5.77   -4.45  82  39  58.    2   306   244   91
FLEMINGTON             .41   6.53   -3.35  83  40  61.    2   353   227   87
NEWTON                 .32   5.71   -3.39  81  39  59.    2   328   243   87
FREEHOLD               .63   6.53   -3.29  82  40  63.    3   403   237   87
LONG BRANCH           1.47   9.78    -.37  82  46  60.    1   282   144   81
NEW BRUNSWICK          .54   6.96   -2.61  83  41  63.    2   408   217   89
TOMS RIVER            2.41   7.99   -1.87  83  41  61.    1   366   215   84
TRENTON                .58   6.33   -2.57  82  46  63.    1   524   307   76
CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE   .53   6.10   -2.53  78  39  58.   -3   284    94   77
DOWNSTOWN             1.62   5.96   -2.92  81  42  61.   -1   407   179   88
HAMMONTON             1.90   7.56   -1.59  81  43  61.    0   426   217   81
POMONA                1.24   6.69   -1.93  80  41  60.    0   412   243   84
SEABROOK              1.63   7.08    -.96  81  46  64.    2   507   275   81
SOUTH HARRISON         .80   6.06   -2.59  81  46  62    NA   474    NA   NA


WES KLINE -- GDD BASE 40 PINEY HOLLOW

      *     LAST WEEK     135 (Ending 5/7/12)
            THIS WEEK     145 (Ending 5/14/12)

  * FEBRUARY GROWING DEGREE DAY TOTALS 59

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SNOWFALL TOTALS PER EVENT CAN BE OBTAINED BY VISITING THE NEW JERSEY STATE
CLIMATE WEB-SITE AT
http://climate.rutgers.edu/stateclim/
THEN CLICK ON "Winter 2009-2010 Snow Event Totals"
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