Harvest Weather

Harvest Weather Forecast. I’m Greg Martin with today’s Fruit Grower Report.

It is definitely beginning to feel like fall out there in the early morning. Our good friend, Tim Creek with Pacific Weather has a peek at what the next 30 days or so might have in store for harvest.

CREEK: We have seen some very nice weather conditions so far through the month of September and I think as a general rule we will continue to see a pretty quiet weather pattern much of the time. As we continue through the month of September on average we’re going to be above average in terms of temperatures, especially daytime highs. The overnight lows may be right around normal with clear skies and light wind. We tend to see a chillier overnight conditions but the daytime highs should be above average. Now what I am also expecting and I think this pattern is going to become a little more active is that the high pressure that has been a dominant feature in our weather is going to shift a bit to our west and that might open the door for some occasional shots of colder air dropping into the region during the first half of October.

He says that for the most part the weather pattern will be a quiet one, it just might be a bit colder.

CREEK: In fact there is one weather disturbance that looks like it could round over the top of the high pressure presently over us and drop a shot of cooler air into us maybe around the 19th or 20th of September, about a week out, next Thursday or so and it could drop temperature cool enough that with clear skies a couple of nights afterwards we could see patchy fog so that could be a concern. But the overall pattern is a pretty quiet one through mid-October.

That’s today’s Fruit Grower Report. I’m Greg Martin on the Ag Information Network.