Weather Tuesday
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Started by metmike - May 5, 2020, 11:25 p.m.

Welcome to May...........5h! 

1 week cold snap with near record cold  on the way for some places! Freeze on Saturday morning to hurt the SRW wheat crop in the Eastern Cornbelt.



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NEW: Scroll down for Low temps days 3-7, during the long lasting, upcoming near record/record cold wave. The forecast is colder than late last week and bullish for natural gas(for the moment), even though big number HDD's in May are usually hard to generate. Freeze coming to the Eastern Cornbelt on Saturday morning.

 

 Scroll down and  enjoy the latest comprehensive weather to the max...... occurring because of the natural physical laws in our atmosphere as life on this greening planet continues to enjoy the best weather/climate in at least 1,000 years(the last time that it was this warm) with the added bonus of extra beneficial CO2.


Reasons to keep being thankful here in 2020!

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Winter Weather Forecasts

https://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/wwd/winter_wx.shtml

  

Go to the link below, then hit the location/county on the map for details.

                 https://www.spc.noaa.gov/                 Go to "hazards"      


Here are the latest hazards across the country.

                                                            Southern Florida NE Gulf N of 25N E of 87WGulf from 22N to 25N E of 87W including Straits of Florida NW Gulf including Stetson BankN Central Gulf including Flower Garden Banks Marine SanctuaryW Central Gulf from 22N to 26N W of 94WCentral Gulf from 22N to 26N between 87W and 94W Atlantic from 27N to 31N W of 77WAtlantic from 27N to 31N between 70W and 77WAtlantic from 27N to 31N between 65W and 70WBahamas N of 22N including the Cay Sal BankAtlantic from 22N to 27N E of Bahamas to 70W Tropical N Atlantic from 15N to 19N between 55W and 60WCaribbean N of 18N between 76W and 85W including the Cayman BasinCaribbean N of 18N between 76W and 85W including the Cayman BasinCaribbean approaches to the Windward PassageAtlantic S of 22N W of 70W including approaches to the Windward PassageNewport/Morehead City, NCBrownsville, TXCorpus Christi, TXHouston/Galveston, TXNew Orleans, LALake Charles, LAMobile, ALTallahassee, FLTampa, FLMiami, FLKey West, FLFlorida KeysMiami, FLMelbourne, FLJacksonville, FLCharleston, SCWilmington, NCBaltimore/Washington, DCWakefield, VAPhiladelphia/Mt. Holly, PA/NJNew York, NYBoston, MAGray/Portland, ME Intra Coastal Waters from Schoodic Point ME to Stonington MECoastal Waters from Schoodic Point ME to Stonington ME out 25 NMWaters from Eastport ME to Stonington ME from 25 to 40 NMNortheast Minnesota and Northern WisconsinNorthern MichiganNorthern MichiganNorthern MichiganEast Central Wisconsin - Green BayEast Central Wisconsin - Green BaySouthern and Southeastern WisconsinNortheastern Illinois and Northwestern Indiana - ChicagoNorthern Indiana and Northwestern OhioSouthwestern MichiganNortheast Michigan - GaylordNortheast Michigan - GaylordNortheast Michigan - GaylordSoutheastern Michigan - DetroitSoutheastern Michigan - DetroitSoutheastern Michigan - DetroitNorthern OhioWestern New York - BuffaloWestern New York - Buffalo Northern MichiganLos Angeles, CASan Diego, CASan Francisco Bay Area/Monterey, CAEureka, CAMedford, ORPortland, ORSeattle, WALos Angeles AreaLos Angeles AreaLos Angeles AreaLos Angeles AreaLos Angeles AreaLos Angeles AreaSouth Central CaliforniaSan Francisco AreaWestern NevadaNorth Central CaliforniaNorthwest California CoastSouthwest Oregon and Northern CaliforniaNortheast Oregon and Southeast WashingtonNorthwest OregonNorthwest WashingtonEastern Washington and Northern IdahoSouthern Nevada, Southeastern California and Northwestern Arizona - Las VegasSouthwestern California - San DiegoCentral Arizona and California DesertsSoutheast ArizonaNorthern ArizonaUtahNorthern and Northeastern NevadaSouthwestern Idaho and Eastern OregonSoutheastern IdahoWestern Montana and Central IdahoCentral Montana - Great FallsNortheastern MontanaSoutheastern MontanaWestern WyomingSoutheastern Wyoming and Western NebraskaNortheastern ColoradoWestern Colorado and Eastern UtahSoutheastern ColoradoNorthern and Central New MexicoSouthern New Mexico and extreme Western Texas - El PasoTexas and OklahomaLubbock and South Plains TexasWestern Texas and Southeastern New MexicoWestern South Dakota and Northeastern WyomingNorthwestern Kansas and East Central Colorado - GoodlandCentral Nebraska - North PlatteNorth Central Kansas and South Central NebraskaSoutheastern South Dakota, Southwestern Minnesota, and Northwestern IowaNorthern and Northeastern South DakotaWestern North DakotaEastern Nebraska and Southwestern Iowa - Omaha ValleyNortheastern KansasSoutheastern KansasSouthwestern Kansas - Dodge CityCentral OklahomaEastern Oklahoma and Northwestern ArkansasDallas and Fort WorthCentral Texas - San AngeloAustin and San Antonio TexasCorpus Christi, Victoria, and Laredo TexasSouthern TexasTexas - Houston/GalvestonSoutheast Texas and Southwest LouisianaNorthern Louisiana and Eastern Texas - ShreveportArkansasSouthwestern MissouriNorthwestern MissouriCentral IowaSouthern MinnesotaNortheastern North Dakota and Northwestern MinnesotaNortheast Minnesota and Northern WisconsinSouthwestern Wisconsin, Southeastern Minnesota, and Northeast IowaEastern Iowa and Northwestern Illinois - Quad CitiesEastern Missouri - West Central IllinoisWestern Tennessee, Eastern Arkansas and Northern Mississippi - MemphisCentral MississippiSoutheastern LouisianaMiddle TennesseeNorthern AlabamaCentral AlabamaMobile - PensacolaWest Central FloridaEast Central FloridaPanhandle of Florida and Southwestern GeorgiaNortheast Florida and Southeast GeorgiaNorthern and Central GeorgiaLow Country of South Carolina and GeorgiaNortheastern South Carolina and Southeastern North Carolina - WilmingtonCentral South Carolina and CSRAWestern North Carolina and Northwest South CarolinaEastern TennesseeEastern KentuckyCentral KentuckySouthern Illinois and Indiana, Southeastern Missouri and Western KentuckyCentral and East Central IllinoisCentral IndianaNortheastern Illinois and Northwestern Indiana - ChicagoSouthern and Southeastern WisconsinEast Central Wisconsin - Green BayNorthern MichiganNortheast Michigan - GaylordNortheast Michigan - GaylordSoutheastern Michigan - DetroitSouthwestern MichiganNorthern Indiana and Northwestern OhioSouthwestern Ohio Northern KentuckyWest VirginiaWestern Virginia, Southeast West Virginia, and Northwest North CarolinaCentral North Carolina - RaleighEastern North CarolinaEastern Virginia, Southern Maryland and Northeast North CarolinaWashington D.C., Central Maryland, Northern Virginia, Eastern West VirginiaWestern Pennsylvania, East Central Ohio and Extreme Western MarylandNorthern OhioCentral PennsylvaniaNew Jersey, Delaware, and Southeastern PennsylvaniaNew York City and Surrounding AreasSouth Central New York and Northeastern PennsylvaniaWestern New York - BuffaloEastern New York and Western New England AreasBoston and Surrounding AreasNorthern Vermont and New YorkSouthern Maine and New HampshireNorthern Maine Gulf of Maine to the Hague LineGeorges Bank between Cape Cod and 68W north of 1000 fathomsSouth of New England between the Great South Channel and Montauk Point to 1000 fathomsSouth of Long Island between Montauk Point and Sandy Hook to 1000 fathomsHudson Canyon to Baltimore Canyon to 1000 fathomsBaltimore Canyon to Cape Charles Light to 100 NM offshoreCape Charles Light to Currituck Beach Light to 100 NM offshoreCurrituck Beach Light to Cape Hatteras to 100 NM offshoreCape Hatteras to Cape Fear to 100 NM offshoreCape Fear to 31N to 1000 FMGeorges Bank between 68W and the Hague LineEast of 69W to the Hague Line between 1000 fathoms and 39NEast of 69W and south of 39N to 250 NM offshoreBetween 1000 fathoms and 38.5N west of 69WBaltimore Canyon to 69W east of 1000 fathoms and south of 38.5N to 250 NM offshoreBaltimore Canyon to Hatteras Canyon between 100 NM and 250 NM offshoreHatteras Canyon to Cape Fear 100 NM and 250 NM offshoreCape Fear to 31N east of 1000 fathoms to 250 NM offshoreCape Flattery to Cape Shoalwater between 60 NM and 150 NM offshoreCape Shoalwater to Cape Lookout between 60 NM and 150 NM offshoreCape Lookout to Florence, OR between 60 NM and 150 NM offshoreFlorence, OR to Point St. George between 60 NM and 150 NM offshorePoint St. George to Point Arena between 60 NM and 150 NM offshorePoint Arena to Pigeon Point between 60 NM and 150 NM offshorePigeon Point to Point Piedras Blancas between 60 NM and 150 NM offshorePoint Piedras Blancas to Santa Cruz Island, CA between 60 NM and 150 NM offshoreSanta Cruz Island, CA to San Clemente Island, CA between 60 NM and 150 NM offshoreCape Flattery to Cape Shoalwater between 150 NM and 250 NM offshoreCape Shoalwater to Cape Lookout between 150 NM and 250 NM offshoreCape Lookout to Florence, OR between 150 NM and 250 NM offshoreFlorence, OR to Point St. George between 150 NM and 250 NM offshorePoint St. George to Point Arena between 150 NM and 250 NM offshorePoint Arena to Pigeon Point between 150 NM and 250 NM offshorePigeon Point to Point Piedras Blancas between 150 NM and 250 NM offshorePoint Piedras Blancas to Santa Cruz Island, CA between 150 NM and 250 NM offshoreSanta Cruz Island, CA to 120W between 150 NM and 250 NM offshoreSan Clemente Island, CA to Guadalupe Island from 60 NM Offshore west to 120W                                                                                                                                                                  


Purple/Pink/blue on land is cold/Winter weather. Brown is wind,  Green is flooding. Gray is fog.  Reddish is a red flag advisory.  

Go to the link below, then hit the location/county on the map for details.

                 https://www.spc.noaa.gov/                 Go to "hazards"                                                                                     

                   



 

https://www.mesonet.org/index.php/weather/map/us_air_temperature/air_temperature


https://www.mesonet.org/index.php/weather/map/wind_chill_heat_index1/air_temperature



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By metmike - May 5, 2020, 11:31 p.m.
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Highs for days 3-7:

 

 VERY Chilly, especially in the  Midwest/Northeast!!

HOT (for bear) from Southwest!


http://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/medr/DAY3_MAX_filled.gif

https://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/medr/DAY4_MAX_filled.gif

http://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/medr/DAY5_MAX_filled.gifhttp://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/medr/DAY6_MAX_filled.gif

                                    

https://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/medr/DAY7_MAX_filled.gif

                                                      

By metmike - May 5, 2020, 11:33 p.m.
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Low temperatures days 3-7.


How far south will the freezing temperatures push, starting late this week?

Likely enough to do at least some minor damage to the  SRW(wheat) in the Eastern Cornbelt, over half of which is jointed and can be hurt at temps below 28 for several hours. Saturday Morning looks like the coldest morning there.

My forecast is a bit colder than the NWS forecasts below. There will be numerous daily low temperature records set during this nearly 1 week long cold snap at different locations as the cold moves around.


https://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/medr/DAY3_MIN_filled.gif

https://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/medr/DAY4_MIN_filled.gif

https://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/medr/DAY5_MIN_filled.gif

https://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/medr/DAY6_MIN_filled.gif

https://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/medr/DAY7_MIN_filled.gif

                                    

By metmike - May 5, 2020, 11:33 p.m.
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Temperatures compared to Average for days 3-7


Warm/HOT reds West/Southwest.

Chilly eastern half, especially  Midwest to Northeast.


https://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/medr/medr_mean.shtml


http://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/medr/hpcmaxwbg.gif


https://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/medr/95Bwbg.gif

                                    

By metmike - May 5, 2020, 11:37 p.m.
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Surface Weather features day 3-7:

Reinforcing, parade of  cold fronts  with Arctic High pressure behind them.

https://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/medr/5dayfcst_wbg_conus.gif

                                    

By metmike - May 5, 2020, 11:38 p.m.
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By metmike - May 5, 2020, 11:39 p.m.
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Excessive rain potential.

Excessive rain potential.


Mesoscale Precipitation Discussions

  

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By metmike - May 5, 2020, 11:40 p.m.
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Severe Storm Risk the next 8 days:


https://www.spc.noaa.gov/


Current Day 1 Outlook
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By metmike - May 5, 2020, 11:41 p.m.
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Last 24 hour precip top map

Last 7 day precip below that

https://www.wunderground.com/maps/prec

Static mapAnimated mapCA - BakersfieldNY - BinghamtonND - BismarckNH - BerlinTX - BrownsvilleKY - Bowling GreenMI - CadillacNC - CharlotteGA - ColumbusOH - DaytonCO - DenverIA - Des MoinesFL - Key WestVA - RoanokeCT - HartfordMO - Jefferson CityOK - LawtonNE - North PlatteAR - Little RockMT - LewistownLA - New OrleansID - McCallFL - Saint PetersburgSD - PierreAZ - PrescottUT - ProvoOR - RedmondWY - RivertonNV - RenoNM - RoswellTX - San AntonioVA - StauntonKS - SalinaIL - SpringfieldMN - Saint CloudWA - TacomaMS - Vicksburg

Static mapAnimated mapCA - BakersfieldNY - BinghamtonND - BismarckNH - BerlinTX - BrownsvilleKY - Bowling GreenMI - CadillacNC - CharlotteGA - ColumbusOH - DaytonCO - DenverIA - Des MoinesFL - Key WestVA - RoanokeCT - HartfordMO - Jefferson CityOK - LawtonNE - North PlatteAR - Little RockMT - LewistownLA - New OrleansID - McCallFL - Saint PetersburgSD - PierreAZ - PrescottUT - ProvoOR - RedmondWY - RivertonNV - RenoNM - RoswellTX - San AntonioVA - StauntonKS - SalinaIL - SpringfieldMN - Saint CloudWA - TacomaMS - Vicksburg

Learn About Weekly Precipitation

By metmike - May 5, 2020, 11:41 p.m.
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Current Dew Points

Dry air/low dew points................that likely helps virus's in the air to  survive longer.

Higher dew points cuts down on survival time.

It's thought that doubling the humidity(amount of moisture in the air) will decrease the amount of a virus that survives in the air for 1 hour by 50%. Based on the study out April 23rd.......we do know this now with COVID-19. 


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Current Dew Points

                                    

Latest radar loop


http://www.nws.noaa.gov/radar_tab.php

Doppler Radar National Mosaic Loop

                       


 

Upper Mississippi Valley sector loop

  


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Central Great Lakes sector loop
Go to: Most Recent Image

                                  

    You can go to this link to see precipitation totals from recent time periods:


https://water.weather.gov/precip/


                              Go to precipitation, then scroll down to pick a time frame. Hit states to get the borders to see locations better. Under products, you can hit "observed" or "Percent of Normal"

By metmike - May 5, 2020, 11:42 p.m.
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Soilmoisture anomaly:

These maps sometimes take a day to catch up to incorporate the latest data(the bottom map is only updated once a week).


Soils in many parts of the Cornbelt have dried out enough for early planting.


https://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/Soilmst_Monitoring/US/Soilmst/Soilmst.shtml#

                            

Daily Soil Moisture Pecentile       

        Daily Anomaly Soil Moisture (mm)

        Monthly Soil Moisture Change

https://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/analysis_monitoring/regional_monitoring/palmer.gif


                                    

By metmike - May 5, 2020, 11:42 p.m.
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Drought Monitor maps:

Latest: The first map below is the latest. The 2nd one is from last week.


April 23: LOOKY_LOOKY!  For the first time this year, its gotten dry enough for a few (small)areas in the Upper Midwest/Western Cornbelt to report slight drought.

April 30: Drought increased a bit......Plains and U.Midwest.

The maps below are updated on Thursdays.


      https://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/                                                              

             

                                

Drought Monitor for conus

                                        

                                                                             

                                        

Drought Monitor for conus

                            


By metmike - May 5, 2020, 11:45 p.m.
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The top map is the Canadian ensemble average,  the maps below are the individual members that make up the average at the end of week 2.

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Each member is like the parent, Canadian model operational model.......with a slight tweek/variation in parameters. Since we know the equations to represent the physics of the atmosphere in the models are not perfect, its useful to vary some of the equations that are uncertain(can make a difference) to see if it effects the outcome and how.

The average of all these variations(ensembles) often yields a better tool for forecasting. It's always more consistent. The individual operational model, like each individual ensemble member can vary greatly from run to run.........and represent an extreme end of the spectrum at times. The ensemble average of all the members, because it averages the extremes.............from opposite ends of the spectrum.........changes much less from run to run.

End of week 2....................0z  Canadian ensembles:



Last Monday: Monday: Very interesting because the ensemble average is zonal since it averages a bunch of individual extremes in the opposite direction that offset each other but the vast majority of solutions are NOT zonal. Huge differences.

Thursday: Zonal average with alot of not so zonal in idividual contributions that average out. 

PM update......dry pattern!

Saturday: Dry pattern, finally warming up in the East?

Sunday: Turning wetter late week 2?? These maps are 2 weeks out.

Monday: Turning much wetter!

Tuesday: Much wetter!!

360h GZ 500 forecast valid on May 20, 2020 12 UTC

GZ 500 forecastGZ 500 forecastGZ 500 forecastGZ 500 forecast

Forecasts for the control (GEM 0) and the 20 ensemble members (global model not available)

By metmike - May 5, 2020, 11:45 p.m.
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Individual GFS ensemble solutions for the latest 0z run:

http://mp1.met.psu.edu/~fxg1/ENSHGT_0z/f360.gif

                                    

By metmike - May 5, 2020, 11:52 p.m.
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GFS Ensemble mean(average of all the individual solutions above).  The first map is a mid/upper level map. The 2nd one is a temperatures map at around 1 mile above the surface. These are anomalies(difference compared to average).

NCEP Ensemble t = 360 hour forecast


Last: Sunday: Positive anomaly north of Alaska may have a connection with the negative anomaly in Southeast Canada with chilly air in the Great Lakes/Northeast.  Could be a significant southern stream though, depends on how much ridging we get in the S.Plains as far as how wet and where. 

Monday: Slight positive anomaly across much of the US, especially NorthWest.

Thursday: Very warm West, chilly NorthEast, looking La Nina-ish. PM UPDATE: Ridge shifting to the center of the country. DRY PATTERN!!!

Saturday: Warm and dry in the West to the center of the country.

Sunday: Added the 1 week map first to show the powerful positive anomaly/upper level ridge, centered in Northwest North America with a textbook coupling downstream  to the impressive negative anomaly(upper level low) in the Northeast US to maximize a very strong north to south component in air masses from high latitudes,  dropping thru Canada and penetrating deeply south into the US.

At the end of 2 weeks, the maps below  show this to weaken substantially. 

Monday: Same as yesterday.

Tuesday: WOW! Look at the change from the first maps, 1 week out and very cold from a ridge in NW North America coupled with the very impressive upper level trough and negative anomaly in the Great Lakes to Northeast.......morphing to modest POSITIVE anomalies in the Southeast half of the US by the end of 2 weeks. The top 2 maps are for day 7, the 2 maps after that are for day 14.......MUCH milder and turning wet.


1 week out below

https://www.psl.noaa.gov//map/images/ens/z500anom_f168_nhbg.gif



https://www.psl.noaa.gov//map/images/ens/t850anom_f168_nhbg.gif



2 weeks out below

NCEP Ensemble t = 360 hour forecast product


                                   

https://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/map/images/ens/t850anom_f360_nhbg.gif

                                   

By metmike - May 5, 2020, 11:55 p.m.
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Latest, updated graph/forecast for AO and NAO and PNA here, including an explanation of how to interpret them...............mainly where they stand at the end of 2 weeks.


https://www.marketforum.com/forum/t


Previous analysis, with the latest day at the bottom for late week 2 period.

Discussions, starting with the oldest  below.

                                    

Last  Monday: Still near 0 for all indices.

Thursday: Still around ZERO fall these indices.

Saturday: Finally a big/significant change. AO drops to --AO in a week, first time down there all year...........brings cold air from high latitudes and flushes it southward. -NAO helps push it south in the Midwest/East. PNA around 0.

Sunday: AO is dropping into negative territory right now. Towards the end of 2 weeks, its back near 0.. NAO is negative and also increases later in the period. The negative values coming up are from the very chilly pattern/near record cold as Arctic air is flushed south from high latitudes to mid latitudes this week and thru at least the early parts of next week.

Tuesday: AO and NAO not as negative, going close to 0 during week 2 as the cold pattern breaks down. PNA near 0 too.

By metmike - May 5, 2020, 11:55 p.m.
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National Weather Service 6-10 day, 8-14 day outlooks.

 Updated daily just after 2pm Central.


Temperature Probability


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By wglassfo - May 6, 2020, 12:16 a.m.
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Hi Mike

Remember back a few days you warned me about cold weather.

I replied the 1st 24-48 hrs is the most sensitive, for newly planted seed, to cold weather

Well:

Our local agronomy people are warning everybody it might be best to not plant Fri and Sat.

We will plant some tomorrow then the planters get shut down for a couple days. We will have to move stuff such as pumps and hoses inside plus sprayer etc. Anything that might get damaged with a record frost. Will have portable heaters in the water van etc.

What a pain, plus my other son has to have emergency eye surgery to morrow. We shall see how grand father, who can hardly walk and grand son will cope the next few days

Except for one terrible Mid June frost that killed almost knee high corn and emerged soybeans I have never worried about frost in the spring.

By metmike - May 6, 2020, 2:59 a.m.
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Wayne,

Saturday morning looks like the coldest for you.


upper 20s likely, possibly mid 20s. I hope everything turns out ok for you.