Missouri State Report Pat Guinan

Extension/State Climatologist

AASC Conference Miramar Beach, FL July 9-12, 2012

Extension Commercial Agriculture Automated Weather Station

Network

agebb.missouri.edu/weather/stations/index.htm

Real-time(Updates every 5 minutes)

•30 stations (18 real-time)•2 more real-time in 2012

Transitioning from CR10(X) to CR1000 Dataloggers.

7 down…

23 to go

Flash Drought…

Daily Vapor Pressure Deficits for May-June 2012 vs. Average Columbia, Missouri – Sanborn Field

Daily VPD for 2012

Daily avg VPD (1995-2012)

Flash Drought…

Daily Solar Radiation for May-June 2012 vs. Average Columbia, Missouri – Sanborn Field

Daily solar for 2012

Daily avg solar (1995-2012)

Columbia, Missouri Daily Short Crop Evapotranspiration (in.) May-June 2012

Date

Flash Drought…

Bradford Farm Research Center, Columbia, MO photo taken on 6/5/2012

Bradford Farm Research Center, Columbia, MO photo taken on 6/5/2012

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