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Weather data for Middletown RI.  Forecast values begin October 14, 2011
Potential preharvest weather influences on Storability, Preharvest Drop, Color, and Storage scald risk
As of October 14, weather data do not suggest increased storage risk due to low average August temperatures, or to hot dry periods in August or September.
The McIntosh 10% drop date was not estimated because the observed date when McIntosh reached starch index range of 3.5 to 4.5 was not available.
Weather conditions that promote optimum fruit color not seen within forecast range ending Friday, October 21
Weather data indicate 165 chilling hours will have accumulated by Monday October 10.  Research found that 500 ppm DPA for Cortland & 1000 ppm for Red Delicious is adequate for fruit harvested on or after October 10, and kept in Refrigerated Air storage.  Limited data suggest that same may also be true for McIntosh.  This is also the best guess for storage scald risk in Controlled Atmosphere storage.
Date	Estimated cumulative chilling hours below 50 F	Interpretation of accumulated chilling hours
Oct 14	21	too few chill hours for DPA reduction
Oct 15	21	too few chill hours for DPA reduction
Oct 16	21	too few chill hours for DPA reduction
Oct 17	21	too few chill hours for DPA reduction
Oct 18	21	too few chill hours for DPA reduction
Oct 19	22	too few chill hours for DPA reduction
Oct 20	22	too few chill hours for DPA reduction