MOHAVE  COTTON DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY
                                    MAY 19, 2013 
PLANTING                                                               +/- normal
DATE+-------------------------------------------------------------------------+
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3/1 *********************** 1166                                          +7 days
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3/15********************* 1038                                            +6 days
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4/1 **************** 800                                                  +3 days
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4/15************ 590                                                      +1 day
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5/1 ******* 339                                                           +1 day
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    |           Pin Sus   1st     1"    Pk. Bloom    Cut-Out    Terminate     |
    |          head  Sq. Flowr   Boll   +---+---+   +---+---+   +---+---+     |
    |                                   S   M   F   S   M   F   S   M   F     |
    +-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-+
    0      400     800     1200    1600    2000    2400    2800    3200    3600
               HEAT UNITS ACCUMULATED FROM  PLANTING to MAY 18
     v = Heat Units on MAY 11;  S,M,F = Short, Medium, and Full Season Varieties

  HEAT UNITS 
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Heat Unit (HU) accumulation since Jan 1 = 1387;  Last year = 1141;  Normal = 1282
HUs since Jan 1 are running about 5 days ahead of normal.
HU last week = 158

HISTORICAL STATISTICS 
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  Last Week : MAY 12 - MAY 18             This Week : MAY 19 - MAY 25
           HIGH  LOW DEWPT HUs  RAIN               HIGH  LOW DEWPT HUs
  Normal     97   59   38  140  ----       Normal    96   59   40  140
  Recorded  101   63   37  158  0.00         2012    86   55   33  111

ESTIMATED WATER USE 
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      Planting date :     3/1    3/15      4/1    4/15     5/1
Water Use (last week):    1.22"   1.01"     .61"    .52"    .52"

WEATHER UPDATE 
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--The mild weekend weather will end early in the week as high pressure settles
over AZ. Much warmer temperatures are expected by mid-week. Another storm system
is expected to pass north of AZ late in the week, producing breezy conditions &
slightly cooler temperatures. No precipitation is expected from this system.

--Revised long range forecasts were issued by the CPC last week. The forecast
for June shows a weak (SW AZ) to moderate (rest of AZ) bias for above normal
June temperatures. The long range forecast for the monsoon (Jul-Sep) is similar.
There is no bias in the precipitation forecasts for June & the monsoon season,
suggesting near normal precipitation in the coming months. Note that long range
forecast models rarely show a precipitation bias during the monsoon.

-N fertilizer should be applied in split applications between pinhead square &
early bloom (700-1200 HU after planting). See pub. AZ1200 on ACIS website.