OKintendent

.63” at the course for the event. 5.3” since May 1st in southern Frederick County.

Thursday - .05”

Friday - .1”

Saturday - .33”

Sunday - .15”

Great for plant recovery. Not much for ground replenishment, however with the trees shutting down early this year, we should start seeing recovery around trees too.

7 minutes ago, WxUSAF said:

Bias has been to lose the trough in the east all summer in the mid-long range, only to bring it back in the shorter range. So I’d lean euro with more seasonal temps based on that alone. But a few hot days are always in play.

Someone did mention that recently. I recall multiple times this summer 7-10 days out on GFS runs showing upper 90s-100, only to get within 3-5 days and it shows low to mid 90s which is what we ultimately got.

Up until the past 7 days, it has been incredibly dry in southern Frederick county.

LWX AFD mentions warming trend into late August.  Battle of the GFS vs Euro.  00z GEFS has temps mid 90s (op has 100+ 8/19 through 8/22).  EPS has upper 80s-Low 90s (Op has mid to upper 80s through the 22nd). Be interesting to see which wins out.

As a golf course superintendent, these discussions are very helpful.  I've learned a lot from everyone here and have used this board as one of my tools for years when preparing and helping a plant get through a rough stretch of weather conditions.  I only just started posting now because as many have said in the past, "...it's better to listen than speak when you don't understand much..."  I still don't understand much, but meh, why not get minimally involved.