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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THEN SCROLL DOWN TO "Winter 2007-2008 Snow Event Totals" AND CLICK
TO OBTAIN SNOWFALL TOTALS FOR THE WINTERS EVENTS
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