The was not the weather I wanted in the middle of November! After that nice 15 cm of snow last Thursday we had another 11 cm come Tuesday a.m. However, that was followed by one inch of rain over the next 2 days! By the end of the rain the snow had been compressed 50% to just to over 12cm.
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| Just under 24cm snow Tuesday a.m |
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| Just under 12cm (radio is 12cm to base of antenna) on Thursday |
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I was fairly sure ice would appear on the surface of the frozen greens but as of today, Thursday, November 24 there doesn't appear to be any ice on any of the surfaces I checked. Even better was the fact that those greens that were frozen seem to have thawed slightly which is maybe why no ice developed. The forecast is for fairly normal weather (flurries, highs near zero and lows around -4 degrees Celsius) which is good.
Situations like this are far from my favorite but they do help develop a data base of experience which can aid in making decisions next time out. Before we went and checked each green yesterday, I was under the assumption that a rain event of that size would be a problem since that has been the case in years past (anybody remember 18 G the spring of 2008?). Even after having the worst case scenario I talked about in the previous post play itself out and things now appearing "rosy" I hesitate to comment on how the turf will overwinter. Heck, we still have one week of November left! I've been spraying the greens as late as December 14th so, suffice to say, we are not out of the woods yet.
