When you receive a Apple Disease E-Weather product from SkyBit (email or fax), the top of the form will look like the example below:
Information is provided on the current date, where the form originated, who the email or fax is being sent to, and what the product is. Additional information is supplied indicating the state, county and location of the site for which the product is being generated.
The information below is a sample of how the rest of the form will look:
Let's break this down by sections
This column indicates the month and day
0301 = March 1st
0302 = March 2nd
0303 = March 3rd
0304 = March 4th
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This next section gives general weather information for the area
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TMX = | Maximum temperature in degrees Fahrenheit |
| TMN = | Minimum temperature for that day in degrees Fahrenheit | |
| PREC = | Amount of precipitation in inches | |
| ARH = | Relative humidity for that day in % | |
| LW = | Leaf wetting hours for that day |
Information for Apple Scab
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ASM = | Number of ascospores that are mature and ready for release given in percent. The value is cumulative, so it represents the percent of ascospores that have matured so far this season by that date. |
| AW = | Average cumulative number of hours of wetness for the day | |
| TW = | Average temperature in degrees Fahrenheit over the wetting period | |
| PW = | Pest Wait/Watch/Warning - = not active + = active but no infection ++ = possible infection & damage |
Information for Fire Blight
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ADH = | Degree hour accumulation
from blossom date up to a max of 100 * |
| AW = | Accumulated wetness hours when the temperature was equal to or above 62 degrees F | |
| TW = | Average temperature in Fahrenheit over the wetting period. | |
| PW = | Pest Wait/Watch/Warning - = not active + = active but no infection ++ = possible infection & damage |
Information for Sooty Blotch
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ALW = | Accumulated leaf wetness hours from petal fall date |
| PW = | Pest Wait/Watch/Warning - = not active + = active but no infection ++ = possible infection & damage |
