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WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NEW JERSEY
AND SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA
ISSUED BY RUTGERS UNIVERSITY NEW BRUNSWICK NJ
8 AM EDT SAT MAY 10 2008
RAINFALL AMOUNTS...NO RAINFALL EXPECTED TODAY, TONIGHT, AND SUNDAY.
WINDS FOR SPRAYING...NORTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH TODAY, WEST LESS THAN 5 MPH
TONIGHT, EAST 5 TO 10 MPH SUNDAY.
RELATIVE HUMIDITY IN PERCENT...50 TO 60 TODAY, 60 TO 70 TONIGHT, 40 TO 50
SUNDAY.
DEW POINTS....40 TO 45 THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT.
DRYING CONDITIONS...FAIR TODAY, GOOD SUNDAY.
FROST FREEZE OR DEW...ISOLATED LIGHT DEW TONIGHT, SOME WETTING IN SHOWERS
LIKELY SUNDAY NIGHT ESPECIALLY SOUTH.
PERCENT OF POSSIBLE SUNSHINE...30 TODAY, 60 SUNDAY.
THERE IS A 20 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 COULD DROP AS LOW AS 30
TO 34 DEGREES TONIGHT AND SHOULD REMAIN ABOVE FREEZING SUNDAY NIGHT.
HAY CUTTING IS NOT RECOMMENDED FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS WITH
SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL. DRIER AIR SHOULD MOVE INTO THE REGION
TODAY BUT THEN WITH MORE SHOWERS LATER SUNDAY AND MONDAY.
GROWING DEGREE DAY TOTALS BASE 50 SINCE MARCH FIRST ARE AVERAGING
MUCH AHEAD OF NORMAL AND PRECIPITATION TOTALS ARE BELOW NORMAL.
THE LATEST 8 TO 14 DAY OUTLOOK FOR THE PERIOD MAY 17TH TO MAY 23ND
IS CALLING FOR TEMPERATURES TO AVERAGE BELOW NORMAL AND
PRECIPITATION TO TOTAL ABOVE NORMAL.
Climate summary for the week ending 8am 5/5/08
TEMPERATURES AVERAGED MUCH BELOW NORMAL, AVERAGING 51 DEGREES
NORTH 53 DEGREES CENTRAL AND 56 DEGREES SOUTH. EXTREMES
WERE 82 DEGREES AT DOWNSTOWN ON THE 3RD, AND 28 DEGREES AT
CHARLOTTEBURG ON THE 2ND.
WEEKLY RAINFALL AVERAGED 1.41 INCHES NORTH, 0.85 INCHES
CENTRAL, AND 0.67 INCHES SOUTH. THE HEAVIEST 24 HOUR TOTAL
REPORTED WAS 1.38 INCHES AT BELVIDERE ON THE 28TH TO 29TH.
ESTIMATED SOIL MOISTURE, IN PERCENT OF FIELD CAPACITY, THIS PAST
WEEK AVERAGED 99 PERCENT NORTH, 94 PERCENT CENTRAL AND 91 PERCENT
SOUTH. FOUR INCH SOIL TEMPERATURES AVERAGED 53 DEGREES NORTH,
53 DEGREES CENTRAL AND 56 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/ 5/ 8
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 1.67 9.18 .80 74 32 52. -4 172 109
98
CANOE BROOK 1.48 8.38 -.84 75 31 52. -4 154 103
97
CHARLOTTEBURG 1.39 9.67 .59 69 28 48. -5 135 117
96
FLEMINGTON 1.12 8.50 -.31 73 30 51. -5 169 112
95
NEWTON 1.41 8.60 -.20 72 33 51. -3 212 182
98
FREEHOLD .73 5.46 -3.27 72 33 53. -5 170 85
92
LONG BRANCH .68 6.80 -2.23 68 35 52. -4 103 36
87
NEW BRUNSWICK 1.41 6.95 -1.49 74 33 53. -5 160 56
94
TOMS RIVER .54 6.64 -2.17 73 32 53. -4 161 88
78
TRENTON .90 6.65 -1.27 72 35 54. -5 221 97
84
CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE .71 5.20 -2.48 76 38 55. -3 192 86
81
DOWNSTOWN .76 6.31 -1.61 82 34 55. -4 237 105
83
GLASSBORO .88 5.42 -2.94 76 39 56. -3 268 144
82
HAMMONTON .51 5.45 -2.68 80 34 55. -4 248 129
72
POMONA .52 6.47 -1.26 77 35 55. -2 220 132
81
SEABROOK .63 5.92 -1.18 80 40 58. -1 267 132
80
SOUTH HARRISON .64 6.12 -1.50 77 41 56. NA 256 NA
NA
WES KLINE -- GDD BASE 40 PINEY HOLLOW
LAST WEEK 135 (Ending 4/28/08)
THIS WEEK 109 (Ending 5/5/08)
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YOU MAY ALSO WANT TO VISIT THE NEW JERSEY STATE CLIMATE WEB-SITE AT
http://climate.rutgers.edu/stateclim/
THEN SCROLL DOWN TO "Winter 2007-2008 Snow Event Totals" AND CLICK
TO OBTAIN SNOWFALL TOTALS FOR THE WINTERS EVENTS
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