By Benjamin Phillips and Benjamin Werling el.at
Weather
There is a pronounced ridge in the Jetstream called an Omega Block over the Midwest. This will likely bring a prolonged period of low humidity and warm temperatures, with little rainfall. For the past week, rainfall was significant to the south and minimal to the north.
Check out Jeff Andresen’s weekly forecast:
- Fair, dry and warm over most of the state Wednesday, May 27. Scattered late afternoon and evening showers possible to the south. Fair, dry and cooler Thursday into this weekend followed by gradually warmer temperatures early next week.
- High temperatures generally in the low-mid 80s south Wednesday, cooling to the low to mid-70s Thursday through the weekend and then warming to the 70s to low 80s again early next week.
- Low temperatures from the 50s Wednesday cooling to the upper 40s to low 50s Thursday through this weekend.
- Medium range outlooks consistent in calling for drier than normal weather into early June, with near to above normal mean temperatures.
- Updated long lead outlooks for the summer months in Michigan call for equal odds/climatology of both mean temperatures and precipitation totals.
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Crop updates
Asparagus
Growers were back to two picks a day in west central Michigan as warm temperatures accelerated harvest again. Keep an eye out for asparagus beetle during these warm days.
Be aware that you have to download the indemnified label for Dual Magnum, as asparagus is not on the main label. To do this, visit Syngenta’s indemnified labels site, create an account, log in and download the label. Make sure to save it as a PDF so you have it on file for future years.
Root crops
Carrots were in the one- to two-leaf leaf stage in some processing fields in west central Michigan this week. The first application of Lorox had been applied to some fields to help control weeds.
Source : msu.edu