FORECAST DISCUSSION: Friday, May 3 - *** No reports of the disease in U.S. production areas *** The last couple of days look good for suppression, sunny skies and dry weather. Blue mold in the S TX/N Mexico area is weak and probably weakening. The disease that's present is strongest near the coast and lessens as one moves inland, since temperature and humidity conditions are more favorable the closer one gets to the Gulf of Mexico. The heat continues in W and S Texas and N Mexico, which is helping keep the disease down, and the 6-10 day forecasts show little or no change. Cuban sources are active, but with high pressure governing the weather in the region, they pose little threat at the moment. TK
Special Note: Effective May 3, full-blown forecasts will not be generated for sources 4, 5, and 6, Comitan, Las Varas, and Tegucigalpa, respectively. Past, present, and future weather conditions are scarce or non-existent, and the overall forecasting effort is taxing the Blue Mold Project's limited resources. Your Forecaster will continue to monitor these locations. Should anything significant happen, fresh forecasts will be produced, so the source numbers are being retained to avoid possible later confusion. TK
HIGH-RISK SOURCES: None
Web page last updated by Thomas Keever on 3 May 1996.