FORECAST DISCUSSION: Monday, April 10: *** Potential Threat to growers in the Carolinas *** High pressure centered just off the Atlantic coast will govern the weather in the Southeast Monday and Tuesday. As the High drifts east, a frontal system will slowly move closer to the Southeast on Tuesday. Southerly winds will be pushing airborne spores to the north. Conditions in the Southeast are unfavorable on Monday with Low Risk to growers. However, for Tuesday's transport event..... the weather will become more favorable with an increase in cloudiness near the source and a chance of rain later along the forecast pathway. Low Risk for growers near the source; Moderate Risk for growers in the western piedmont of SC and NC. Deposition will take place later Wednesday afternoon or Wednesday night.
*** The other sources are Low Threats Monday and Tuesday. In the extended period..... the Southeast is probably going to have three or four days of unsettled weather from Wednesday through Saturday.
TK
Seriously Threatening Sources: None
HIGH RISK areas: None
*** New for 2000 *** Climate Outlooks and Epidemic Prognoses
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***** NOTE: These forecasts/outlooks only apply to disease development from airborne transport of spores!!! We do not have the capability to ascertain blue mold development by other means, such as transplanting of infected seedlings, nor will we attempt to do so. Please consult the Extension Service personnel in your area if you have concerns about these matters! *****
This service is provided by the North Carolina State University departments of Plant Pathology and Marine, Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences.
Web page last updated by Thomas Keever on 10 April 2000.