1. Using Weather Resources on the Internet and Tracking Potential for Soybean Rust Pat Guinan Laura Sweets ClimatologistPlant Pathologist Commercial Agriculture Program University of Missouri Extension Computers on the Farm Conference January 4-5, 2005

2. http://agebb.missouri.edu/weather/wealinks.htm Weather Resources on the Internet

3. How Did Soybean Rust Likely Arrive in the United States?

4. Hurricane Ivan Storm Track

5. Percentage of Time the Temperature Falls to 28°F or Below (Moderate Freeze) during the Winter Season Brownsville, TX: 25% Corpus Christi, TX 35% Galveston, TX: 53% Lafayette, LA: 95% New Orleans, LA: 84% Biloxi, MS: 94% Mobile, AL: 100% Pensacola, FL: 95% Panama City, FL: 97% Tallahassee, FL: 98% Tampa, FL: 35% Fort Myers, FL: 11% Climatologically, Soybean Rust would likely survive in Southern Texas or Southern Florida

6. Prevailing Surface Wind Direction from April through September H (Average wind speeds are higher during the spring and fall due to the jet stream’s proximity and associated weather systems. )

7. Wind Forecast Resources on the Internet

8. National Digital Forecast Database

9. Wind Forecast Resources on the Internet National Digital Forecast Database

12. Wind Forecast Resources on the Internet National Weather Service Area Forecast Matrices

14. Tracking Potential for Soybean Rust……