MARANA  COTTON DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY
                                    AUG 26, 2012 
PLANTING                                                               +/- normal
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3/15*-400                                                                -41 days
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4/1 *-590                                                                -38 days
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4/15-761                                                                 -39 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 25
     v = Heat Units on AUG 18;  S,M,F = Short, Medium, and Full Season Varieties

  HEAT UNITS 
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Heat Unit (HU) accumulation since Jan 1 = 0;  Last year = 3952;  Normal = 3747
HUs since Jan 1 are running about 237 days behind normal.
HU last week = 9

HISTORICAL STATISTICS 
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  Last Week : AUG 19 - AUG 25             This Week : AUG 26 - SEP 1
           HIGH  LOW DEWPT HUs  RAIN               HIGH  LOW DEWPT HUs
  Normal     98   71   60  181  ----       Normal    98   71   60  181
  Recorded   58   31   58    9  0.00         2011   104   79   56  204

ESTIMATED WATER USE 
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      Planting date :    3/15     4/1     4/15     5/1
Water Use (last week):     .11"    .11"     .11"    .11"

HEAT STRESS LEVELS 
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Date     5/1    5/2    5/3    5/4    5/5    5/6    5/7   
Stress    ns     ns     ns     ns     ns     ns     ns  
Key :  ns = no stress;  L1 = Level 1 Stress;  L2 = Level 2 Stress 

WEATHER UPDATE 
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--High pressure over southwest Colorado will bring easterly flow to AZ this week.
Expect hot temperatures, moderate humidity & a chance for afternoon & evening
thunderstorms both early & late in the week. Drier air will enter AZ mid-week &
lower the chances for precipitation except near Yuma where a weak distubance may
trigger thunderstorms. A second disturbance is forecast to impact AZ late in the
week & may produce more widespread precipitation in central & eastern AZ. 
 
	This is the final cotton advisory for the 2012 season.  
		Have a safe & profitable harvest season!!