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Cold Protection Toolkit

First Set Your

You may wish to consult our guide for determining critical temperature.

Then Select a Tool.

New! Graphic Forecast data for FAWN sites

NWS forecast data for next 96 hours. Updated hourly.

Fruit Frost Station Forecasts

With the demise of the NWS agricultural program in April of 1996 the minimum temperature forecast and winter summaries went away. An opportunity now exists to once again provide temperature forecasts for the old Fruit Frost locations with the development of the Point forecast by NWS.

Minimum Overnight Temperature

Estimates based on the Brunt equation and the air & dew point temperatures at sunset.

Forecast Tracker for FAWN sites

Plots the actual temperature and forecasted temperature for the previous twenty four (24) hours and the forecasted temperature for the next twenty four (24) hours in order to show how well the forecast is tracking the actual temperature. The Forecast Tracker is easy to use with a drop down menu to select the desired FAWN site.

Evaporative cooling potential

Determining the risk of using irrigation for cold protection, and see the risk calculated at FAWN stations.

Wet-Bulb Based Irrigation Cutoff Temperature

The safe cutoff temperature based on current FAWN conditions.