PARKER  COTTON DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY
                                    AUG 17, 2008 
PLANTING                                                               +/- normal
DATE+-------------------------------------------------------------------------+
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3/15****************************************************************** 3303 +1 day
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4/1 ************************************************************** 3107    0 days
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4/15********************************************************** 2912        0 days
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5/1 ***************************************************** 2673            +1 day
    |            |   |     |      |         |   v       |           |         |
5/15************************************************* 2432                +2 days
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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 AUG 16
     v = Heat Units on AUG 9;  S,M,F = Short, Medium, and Full Season Varieties


  HEAT UNITS 
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Heat Unit (HU) accumulation since Jan 1 = 3688;  Last year = 3884;  Normal = 3712
HUs since Jan 1 are running about 1 day behind normal.
HU last week = 204


HISTORICAL STATISTICS 
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  Last Week : AUG 10 - AUG 16             This Week : AUG 17 - AUG 23
           HIGH  LOW DEWPT HUs  RAIN               HIGH  LOW DEWPT HUs
  Normal    104   74   62  193  ----       Normal   104   74   61  191
  Recorded  105   78   64  204  0.00         2007   106   79   62  207


ESTIMATED WATER USE 
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      Planting date :    3/15     4/1     4/15     5/1    5/15
Water Use (last week):    2.26"   2.55"    2.62"   2.62"   2.62"


HEAT STRESS LEVELS 
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Date     8/10   8/11   8/12   8/13   8/14   8/15   8/16  
Stress    L1     ns     L1     L1     L1     L1     L1  
Key :  ns = no stress;  L1 = Level 1 Stress;  L2 = Level 2 Stress 


WEATHER UPDATE 
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A significant reduction in monsoon activity is expected this week. A much drier
westerly flow regime will dominate the state's weather beginning Monday with a
significant reduction in humidity & thunderstorm activity. Expect near normal
daytime temperatures & cooler evening temperatures this week. A return to 
typical monsoon humidity is expected by the coming weekend.
     
Growers can monitor local weather conditions by logging on to the AZMET website
at: http://ag.arizona.edu/azmet/