I noticed that some of Chardonnay and Merlot started blooming on Friday. I ended up spraying on Saturday for pre-bloom treatment. Once again, from bloom to 4-5 weeks after bloom… Read more
Winchester area received thunderstorms yesterday evening around 7 PM; however, air dried out quickly, so, it was probably not long enough as disease risks. Then we received a light rain… Read more
Isolated thunderstorms went through the area and Winchester area received a short shower last night from 12:55AM. The relative humidity remained high (>90%) until 6:55AM, thus, it accounted for 6… Read more
We had a few short showers passed yesterday morning and afternoon; however, none of these are long enough to be disease risks. On the other hand, other regions in VA… Read more
Thunderstorms went through Winchester area soon after the midnight (~12:35AM, 0.09 inches), and the relative humidity remained high (>90%) until 8:55AM. Thus, we experienced an estimated wetness period of 8… Read more
After a short dry period, we received rains from around 8:15 PM last night (18 May), and although the rain stopped within a few hours, the relative humidity was high… Read more
The rain started around 9:20 PM on 16 May in Winchester, and since then, there were several rain and thunderstorms went through the area. The relative humidity remained high even… Read more
Disease risk event: I just checked the weather record, but the RH is still high and it seems that the wetness event is still going. I will update when things… Read more
Soon after I posted the last one, a line of thunderstorms passed Winchester area. The estimated wetness event started at 1PM of 5/15 and ended at 9AM this morning (5/16). … Read more
We are experiencing a wet weekend, and it seems that is true for many of VA. In Winchester area, the series of thunderstorms start to pass through the area starting… Read more