| Background Information for this page | ||||
| Return to radar list for Monmouth ME | ||||
| Weather data for Monmouth ME. Forecast values begin August 3, 2008 | ||||
| Shoots near overwintered fireblight cankers would start showing obvious symptoms around Thursday, June 26 | ||||
| If canker blight
infection spreads to other shoots, symptoms on those shoots would become obvious around Sunday, July 6 |
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| If fire blight blossom infection occurred on June 12, then blossom blight would be noticeable by June 27, and shoot blight by July 6. | ||||
| Range of
potential open-blossom dates Gray box indicates dates when most trees will have lost open blossoms and susceptibility to blossom infection, but late blooming cultivars or young trees may still be susceptible. |
Inches Rain, Leaf Wet Hours, DH65 heat units, & Avg. Temperature |
Daily
fireblight risk rating as per Maryblyt model criteria by Dr. Paul Steiner and Gary Lightner. In absence of rain, 3 or more hours of leaf wetness counted as possible dew conditions for adequate wetting, which may overstate risk on such days. |
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| Infection requirements: Any rain, or >0.1 inch rain on previous day, + 198 cumulative degree hours > 65F, + Average temp. on wetting day >= 60F |
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| Mac King Bloom Fri, May 16 |
0.'', 0 hrs., 0 DH, 55F | No FB infection | ||
| Sat, May 17 | 0.03'', 6 hrs., 0 DH, 55F | No FB infection | ||
| Sun, May 18 | 0.'', 0 hrs., 0 DH, 56F | No FB infection | ||
| Mon, May 19 | 0.06'', 8 hrs., 0 DH, 51F | No FB infection | ||
| Tue, May 20 | 0.'', 0 hrs., 0 DH, 52F | No FB infection | ||
| Wed, May 21 | 0.13'', 11 hrs., 0 DH, 53F | No FB infection | ||
| Thu, May 22 | 0.05'', 15 hrs., 0 DH, 50F | No FB infection | ||
| Fri, May 23 | 0.09'', 19 hrs., 0 DH, 52F | No FB infection | ||
| Sat, May 24 | 0.'', 8 hrs., 0 DH, 53F | No FB infection | ||
| Sun, May 25 | 0.'', 0 hrs., 29 DH, 58F | No FB infection | ||
| Mon, May 26 | 0.02'', 1 hrs., 70 DH, 61F | No FB infection | ||
| Tue, May 27 | 0.05'', 5 hrs., 132 DH, 64F | No FB infection | ||
| Wed, May 28 | 0.'', 0 hrs., 88 DH, 52F | No FB infection | ||
| Thu, May 29 | 0.'', 0 hrs., 116 DH, 56F | No FB infection | ||
| Fri, May 30 | 0.'', 0 hrs., 117 DH, 56F | No FB infection | ||
| Sat, May 31 | 0.82'', 22 hrs., 61 DH, 53F | No FB infection | ||
| Sun, June 1 | 0.'', 13 hrs., 104 DH, 62F | No FB infection | ||
| Mon, June 2 | 0.02'', 7 hrs., 86 DH, 60F | No FB infection | ||
| Tue, June 3 | 0.2'', 12 hrs., 84 DH, 61F | No FB infection | ||
| Wed, June 4 | 0.3'', 24 hrs., 56 DH, 55F | No FB infection | ||
| Thu, June 5 | 0.05'', 19 hrs., 57 DH, 58F | No FB infection | ||
| Fri, June 6 | 0.19'', 24 hrs., 27 DH, 54F | No FB infection | ||
| Sat, June 7 | 0.'', 14 hrs., 103 DH, 64F | No FB infection | ||
| Sun, June 8 | 0.'', 0 hrs., 318 DH, 74F | No FB infection | ||
| Mon, June 9 | 0.'', 0 hrs., 531 DH, 74F | No FB infection | ||
| Tue, June 10 | 0.65'', 17 hrs., 598 DH, 71F | SEVERE INFECTION RISK | ||
| Wed, June 11 | 0.28'', 11 hrs., 463 DH, 68F | SEVERE INFECTION RISK | ||
| Thu, June 12 | 0.'', 0 hrs., 294 DH, 63F | INFECTION RISK | ||
| Fri, June 13 | 0.'', 0 hrs., 395 DH, 64F | No FB infection | ||
| Sat, June 14 | 0.'', 0 hrs., 318 DH, 64F | No FB infection | ||
| Sun, June 15 | 0.51'', 24 hrs., 142 DH, 57F | No FB infection | ||
| Mon, June 16 | 0.4'', 24 hrs., 106 DH, 58F | No FB infection | ||
| Tue, June 17 | 0.24'', 16 hrs., 106 DH, 60F | No FB infection | ||
| Wed, June 18 | 0.22'', 14 hrs., 71 DH, 60F | No FB infection | ||
| Thu, June 19 | 0.01'', 15 hrs., 8 DH, 60F | No FB infection | ||
| Fri, June 20 | 0.24'', 22 hrs., 14 DH, 60F | No FB infection | ||
| Sat, June 21 | 0.'', 12 hrs., 57 DH, 63F | No FB infection | ||
| Sun, June 22 | 0.7'', 21 hrs., 81 DH, 62F | No FB infection | ||
| Mon, June 23 | 0.12'', 24 hrs., 98 DH, 64F | No FB infection | ||
| Tue, June 24 | 0.15'', 19 hrs., 149 DH, 65F | No FB infection | ||
| Wed, June 25 | 0.'', 8 hrs., 195 DH, 66F | No FB infection | ||
| Thu, June 26 | 0.02'', 1 hrs., 269 DH, 67F | INFECTION RISK | ||