PALOMA  COTTON DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY
                                    AUG 17, 2008 
PLANTING                                                               +/- normal
DATE+-------------------------------------------------------------------------+
    |            |   |     |      |         |           |           |         |
    |            |   |     |      |         |           |    v      |         |
3/15************************************************************** 3089   -4 days
    |            |   |     |      |         |           | v         |         |
4/1 ********************************************************** 2923       -3 days
    |            |   |     |      |         |         v |           |         |
4/15******************************************************* 2763          -4 days
    |            |   |     |      |         |     v     |           |         |
5/1 *************************************************** 2541              -3 days
    |            |   |     |      |         |v          |           |         |
5/15********************************************** 2318                   -1 day
    |            |   |     |      |         |           |           |         |
    |           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 = 3418;  Last year = 3550;  Normal = 3625
HUs since Jan 1 are running about 7 days behind normal.
HU last week = 197


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    106   75   64  196  ----       Normal   105   75   64  194
  Recorded  103   76   69  197  0.02         2007   104   77   67  201


ESTIMATED WATER USE 
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      Planting date :    3/15     4/1     4/15     5/1    5/15
Water Use (last week):    2.09"   2.13"    2.13"   2.13"   2.13"


HEAT STRESS LEVELS 
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Date     8/10   8/11   8/12   8/13   8/14   8/15   8/16  
Stress    L1     L1     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/