Using Weather Resources on the Internet
and
Tracking Potential for Soybean Rust
Pat Guinan
Climatologist
Laura Sweets
Plant Pathologist
Commercial Agriculture Program
University of Missouri Extension
Computers on the Farm Conference
January 4-5, 2005
Weather Resources
on
the Internet
http://agebb.missouri.edu/weather/wealinks.htm
How Did Soybean
Rust Likely Arrive
in the United States?
Hurricane Ivan Storm Track
Percentage of Time the Temperature Falls to 28°F or
Below (Moderate Freeze) during the Winter Season
Brownsville, TX: 25%
Corpus Christi, TX 35%
Galveston, TX: 53%
Lafayette, LA: 95%
New Orleans, LA: 84%
Biloxi, MS: 94%
Mobile, AL: 100%
Pensacola, FL: 95%
Panama City, FL: 97%
Tallahassee, FL: 98%
Tampa, FL: 35%
Fort Myers, FL: 11%
Climatologically, Soybean Rust would likely
survive in Southern Texas or Southern Florida
Prevailing Surface Wind Direction from April through September
(Average wind speeds are higher during the spring
and fall due to the jet stream’s proximity and
associated weather systems. )
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Wind Forecast Resources
on the Internet
Wind Forecast Resources on the Internet
National Digital Forecast Database
Wind Forecast Resources on the Internet
National Digital Forecast Database
Wind Forecast (and more) Web Links:
National Digital Forecast Database
These two web links will display forecast maps, every 3-hours out to 7 days, of user
selected weather variables.
For Missouri:
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/forecasts/graphical/sectors/centmissvly.php
For Continental United States:
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/forecasts/graphical/sectors/conus.php
Wind Forecast (and more) Web Links:
The Weather Channel Hourly Forecast
Enter your zip code where the 5 question marks are listed below in the Internet Address.
When you reach the web site, you can obtain hourly forecasts for sky condition,
temperature, dewpoint, precipitation, relative humidity, wind speed and wind direction.
http://www.weather.com/weather/hourbyhour/?????
Wind Forecast Resources on the Internet
National Weather Service Area Forecast Matrices
MONITEAU-BOONE-AUDRAININCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COLUMBIA...MEXICO
300 PM CST MON JAN 3 2005
DATE
UTC 3HRLY
CST 3HRLY
MIN/MAX
TEMP
DEWPT
RH
WIND DIR
WIND SPD
CLOUDS
POP 12HR
QPF 12HR
SNOW 12HR
SLEET
FRZG RAIN
TSTMS
SNOW
RAIN
WIND CHILL
MIN CHILL
TUE 01/04/05
WED 01/05/05
THU
21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12
15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06
39
37
92
NE
8
OV
34
38 37 36 35
36 35 34 33
92 92 92 92
NE NE NE N
6 5 6 9
OV OV OV OV
50
0.04-0.12
00-00
36
34 35 36 35
33 32 33 33
96 89 89 92
N N NE E
10 10 10 10
OV OV OV OV
80
0.18-0.35
00-00
34
32
92
E
11
OV
33
30
89
NE
12
OV
31
32 32
31 31
96 96
NE NE
13 13
OV OV
80
0.81
00-00
C
C
C
25
22
88
NW
14
OV
L
L
L
O O O O O O O O O O O O
28 26 27 28 27 26 24 23 22 21 23 22 19 15 12
25
24
24
20
19
17
16
10
9
C
C
C
O
O
O
O
O
O
C
L
C
27
C
C
29
C
20
22 20
20 17
92 88
NW NW
14 12
BK BK
60
0.04
27
25
92
N
13
OV
O
C
32
31 32 31 29
30 30 29 28
96 92 92 96
NE NE NE NE
12 11 11 11
OV OV OV OV
80
0.35-0.47
7
5
Wind Forecast (and more) Web Links:
National Weather Service Area Forecast Matrices
This web link is a text display forecast giving numerous weather variables, including
wind information, every 3-hours out to 3 days. Forecasts for various regions in Missouri
are found at the following links:
West Central, Northwest and North Central Missouri:
http://www.crh.noaa.gov/data/EAX/PFMEAX
Northeast, Central, and East Central Missouri:
http://www.crh.noaa.gov/data/LSX/AFMLSX
Southwest and South Central Missouri:
http://www.crh.noaa.gov/data/SGF/AFMSGF
Southeast Missouri:
http://www.crh.noaa.gov/data/PAH/AFMPAH
Missouri Bootheel:
http://www.crh.noaa.gov/data/MEG/AFMMEG
Information on how to interpret this product can be found at:
http://www.crh.noaa.gov/top/afmexplain.htm
Tracking Potential
for Soybean
Rust……