AGRICULTURAL WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA


WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA ISSUED BY RUTGERS UNIVERSITY NEW BRUNSWICK NJ 8 AM EDT MON MAY 5 2008 RAINFALL AMOUNTS...NONE THROUGH TUESDAY. WINDS FOR SPRAYING...NORTHEAST THEN SOUTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH TODAY, SOUTHWEST 5 MPH TONIGHT, SOUTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH TUESDAY. RELATIVE HUMIDITY IN PERCENT...40 TO 50 TODAY, 90 TO 100 TONIGHT, 40 TO 50 TUESDAY. DEW POINTS...LOW TO MID 40S THROUGH TUESDAY. DRYING CONDITIONS...GOOD TODAY AND AGAIN TUESDAY. FROST FREEZE OR DEW...LIGHT DEW TONIGHT AND AGAIN TUESDAY NIGHT. PERCENT OF POSSIBLE SUNSHINE...90 TODAY, 80 TUESDAY. THERE IS A NEAR ZERO 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 FALL TO 25 TO 29 TONIGHT AND 29 TO 33 TUESDAY. EARLY SEASON HAY CUTTING WILL BE GOOD THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS BY LATER AFTERNOON WITH A CONTINUING SLIGHT THREAT FOR THURSDAY. THE LATEST 8 TO 14 DAY OUTLOOK FOR THE PERIOD MAY 12TH TO MAY 18TH IS CALLING FOR TEMPERATURES TO AVERAGE BELOW NORMAL AND PRECIPITATION TO TOTAL NEAR 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) ******************************************************************** 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 ********************************************************************