FORECAST DISCUSSION: Friday, August 20: *** SPECIAL NOTE: Your forecaster will be away from August 19 through August 29. Beginning August 16 and continuing through August 29th, abbreviated one-page forecasts will be produced. These will consist of regional weather descriptions and trajectories from the remaining active disease areas. Please access these forecasts from the yearly archive pages rather than from the "current forecast". ***
Conditions will be favorable today for any local disease development as a low pressure system moves through the eastern U.S. Today all along the east coast from Georgia north, cloudy conditions, showers, and somewhat cooler temperatures will be present. Through the weekend, the Southeast will begin to dry out as lingering showers may persist in the Northeast. Any spores released today and tomorrow will probably be washed out in local showers in storms. In the Ohio Valley, conditions will be partly sunny to partly cloudy and dry with the exception of some isolated thunderstorms.
***** 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.
