AGRICULTURAL WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NEW JERSEY
AND SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA
ISSUED BY RUTGERS UNIVERSITY NEW BRUNSWICK NJ
8 AM EDT THURSDAY JULY 2, 2009


RAINFALL AMOUNTS...SCATTERED TOTALS OF A QUARTER OF AN INCH WITH
LOCALLY HEAVY AMOUNTS POSSIBLE TODAY AND TONIGHT, ISOLATED QUARTER
OF AN INCH TOTALS FRIDAY.
WINDS FOR SPRAYING...SOUTHEAST THEN SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH TODAY,
WEST AROUND 5 MPH TONIGHT, WEST 10 TO 15 MPH FRIDAY.
RELATIVE HUMIDITY IN PERCENT...50 TO 60 TODAY, 90 TO 100 TONIGHT,
40 TO 50 FRIDAY.
DEW POINTS...MID 60S TODAY, LOW 60S TONIGHT, UPPER 50S FRIDAY.
DRYING CONDITIONS...FAIR AT BEST TODAY BUT WITH LOCALIZED POOR AREAS,
FAIR TO GOOD FRIDAY.
FROST FREEZE OR DEW...SOME DEW AS WELL AS POSSIBLE WETTING IN
A SHOWER TONIGHT, LIGHT DEW FRIDAY NIGHT.
PERCENT OF POSSIBLE SUNSHINE...10 TODAY, 20 FRIDAY.

THERE IS 80 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.

CONDITIONS APPEAR UNFAVORABLE FOR CRANBERRY SCALD TODAY BUT
MIGHT BE FAVORABLE ON FRIDAY.

HAY CUTTING WILL SEE FAIR AT BEST DRYING TODAY ALONG WITH
SCATTERED SHOWERS. THERE IS STILL A SLIGHT CHANCE OF A
SHOWER FRIDAY BUT THEN A FAVORABLE HAYING PERIOD MAY BEGIN
ON SATURDAY.

THE LATEST 8 TO 14 DAY OUTLOOK FOR THE PERIOD JULY 9TH TO
15TH IS CALLING FOR TEMPERATURES TO AVERAGE BELOW NORMAL
AND PRECIPITATION TO AVERAGE NEAR NORMAL.


          Climate summary for the week ending 8am   6/29/09

TEMPERATURES AVERAGED NEAR NORMAL CENTRAL AND SOUTH AND

ABOVE NORMAL NORTH, AVERAGING 71 DEGREES NORTH 72 DEGREES CENTRAL AND

73 DEGREES SOUTH. EXTREMES WERE 89 DEGREES AT HAMMONTON ON THE 27TH,

AND 57 DEGREES AT NEWTON ON THE 28TH.

WEEKLY RAINFALL AVERAGED 0.55 INCHES NORTH,  0.90 INCHES

CENTRAL, AND 0.25 INCHES SOUTH.  THE HEAVIEST 24 HOUR TOTAL

REPORTED WAS 1.12 INCHES AT TOMS RIVER ON THE 26TH TO 27TH.

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

WEEK AVERAGED 89 PERCENT NORTH, 90 PERCENT CENTRAL AND 74 PERCENT

SOUTH.  FOUR INCH SOIL TEMPERATURES AVERAGED 69 DEGREES NORTH,

71 DEGREES CENTRAL AND 71 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      6/29/ 9

                         R A I N F A L L        TEMPERATURE     GDD BASE5MON
  WEATHER STATIONS      WEEK  TOTAL    DEP   MX  MN  AVG  DEP  TOT   DEP %FC
  BELVIDERE BRIDGE       .69  14.81    -.31  84  58  71.    1   902    52 83
  CANOE BROOK  *          MISSING
  CHARLOTTEBURG          .23  13.85   -2.59  83  59  70.    3   820   181 78
  FLEMINGTON             .30  16.62    1.10  86  58  72.    1  1004   155 77
  NEWTON                 .98  14.31    -.51  82  57  70.    1   882   164 96
  FREEHOLD               .48  17.85    2.62  87  59  72.    0  1041   100 83
  LONG BRANCH            .48  18.81    3.53  86  64  71.    0   872     1 73
  NEW BRUNSWICK         1.17  17.54    2.68  87  59  73.   -1  1044    44 90
  TOMS RIVER            1.86  18.32    3.18  88  62  72.    0   952    85 86
  TRENTON                .52  16.56    2.71  88  62  74.    1  1126    77 69
  CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE   .38  16.97    3.52  87  62  72.    0  1053   105 64
  DOWNSTOWN              .22  13.24    -.47  88  61  73.    0  1126    58 57
  GLASSBORO              .05  18.83    3.98  88  62  75.    2  1196   149 53
  HAMMONTON              .41  14.34    -.11  89  62  74.    1  1218   178 55
  POMONA                 .36  18.50    5.42  88  63  73.    1  1156   203 65
  SEABROOK               .10  14.88    1.71  88  54  72.   -1  1122    47 57
  SOUTH HARRISON  *      .09   7.68   -7.04  88  64  75    NA    NA    NA NA

* missing several weeks of data

WES KLINE -- GDD BASE 40 PINEY HOLLOW
            LAST WEEK   184 (Ending 6/22/09)
            THIS WEEK   232 (Ending 6/29/09)

TOTAL UNITS BASE 40 FOR FEBRUARY=55

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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 SCROLL DOWN TO "Winter 2008-2009 Snow Event Totals" AND CLICK
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