FORECAST DISCUSSION: Thursday, September 7:
*** Epidemic Update - 5 September: We have two new outbreaks to report from Georgia. One is a moderately serious outbreak on cucumbers in Union County, in northeast GA. The other is a questionable outbreak on pumpkins in Echols County, in far southern GA. The Union County source will be combined with the Hendersonville, NC source and a joint forecast produced. Knowledge of the Echols County source will be incorporated into the forecasts coming out of Tifton, for southern GA.
*** Favorable weather for the next few days in the Southeast, deep South, and parts of the southern Appalachian Mountains; improving conditions in the mid-Atlantic *** On Thursday..... HIGH RISK for southwest NC, northwest SC, southeast TN, northern and southern GA, northern FL, and southern AL. Strongly Moderate Risk for central FL and central TN. Moderate Risk for central GA, central AL, southern MS, northern LA, southern AR, and west-central KY. On Friday.... HIGH RISK again for southern GA, northern FL, and southern AL. Strongly Moderate Risk for central FL, southwest NC, northern GA, and eastern TN. Moderate Risk for southern MS and eastern LA. Saturday and Sunday.... risk levels abate as the weather should prove less active. Moderate Risk for southern GA, northern and central FL, and southern AL. Low Risk otherwise. Growers in eastern NC, southern MD, and OK will be at Low Risk each day.
TK
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