Thursday, May 8, 2014

Rain just missed us today.

The prediction of 100% chance of rain scooted by Central Austin today leaving us with 0.06" of rain.  At least most of the rain that did fall was over the Lake Travis basin with Johnson City receiving between 1.5 and 2". Heck, even some parts of Cedar Park almost received an inch of rain.   Check out all the data on Hydromet...   http://hydromet.lcra.org/

Monday, May 5, 2014

TexasET Network Landscape Watering Recommendations - "Cougar Central Austin"

No rainfall for last 2 weeks in central Austin. I recommend going with .50"(shade)-.75"(sunny areas)  this week to be safe. .75" is 2 start times on our 1 water day of 15 mins each for fixed spray systems, Rotors 2x 30 mins, MP rotators 1x 60 mins should be fine.


Texas A&M AgriLIFE Extension
Texas A&M AgriLIFE Extension
Watering recommendation for "Cougar Central Austin" for the past 7 days:0.68 inches*
DateEToMax TemperatureMin TemperatureMin HumidityTotal Rainfall
04-28-20140.39067100
04-29-20140.348063120
04-30-20140.267259240
05-01-20140.27351160
05-02-20140.218056140
05-03-20140.289062120
05-04-20140.38860170
NOTE: These reported values are hourly averages, not absolute highs and lows.
*Recommendations based on the following parameters (assuming no rainfall):
Adjust this watering recommendation for any rainfall that you have received during this time period.
TexasET Weather Station :Austin (Morris Williams)
Plant Coefficient :Warm Season
Adjustment factor :Normal
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