FORECAST DISCUSSION: Friday, July 11, 1997 - *** ALL Source Areas are LOW THREATS this weekend. *** A strong high pressure area is building in the eastern U.S. and will control the weather through Sunday. Conditions will be unfavorable for disease development in nearly all the growing regions. The weather may become somewhat favorable for blue mold in the Ohio Valley on Sunday, but otherwise, there is Low Risk to growers in eastern North America this weekend. TK

SERIOUS SOURCE THREATS: NONE

HIGH RISK GROWING AREAS: NONE

• Lizzie, North Carolina
• Jeffress, Virginia
• Columbia, Tennessee
• Hopkinsville, KY
• Shelbyville, KY
• Jonesville, Virginia
• Lancaster, Pennsylvania

***** 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 11 July 1997.