What is everybody using for long range forcasts, is the subscription for weatherbell worth it ? Put a lot of faith in Penn State's Weather world and kind of got burn't last year or maybe I didn't listen well ! Ron
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What is everybody using for long range forcasts, is the subscription for weatherbell worth it ? Put a lot of faith in Penn State's Weather world and kind of got burn't last year or maybe I didn't listen well ! Ron
Long range forecasts of any type from any place are only useful in the most general sense. They may be able to forecast that temperatures will be higher or lower than average but that tells you nothing about the day to day forecast (which is what matters for sugaring).
60ish taps on buckets
D&G Sportsman 18x63
Turbo RB15 RO Bucket
I agree with ecolbeck, accuweather provides a monthly forecast for free. I keep an eye on accuweathers forecast as well as several local forecasters. Especially the local 7 day.
12X16 Sugarhouse and 16x24 attached woodshed
1000 taps
120 3/16 tubing
And still some buckets
Becker U5.70 Rotary vane
Leader 2X8 Reverse oil fired, Revolution Pans & Steam a way
Lapierre Turbo 2000 600 GPH RO
Leader Clear frame filter press
John Deere Gator 6X4
Indy 500 and a very large sled.
Kubota M8200
I use 4 randomly chose apps from Google play and average them. Works more than 50% of the time.
Last edited by Ultimatetreehugger; 01-24-2022 at 05:24 AM.
Remember to keep on ticking while the sap is dripping.
2016- 50 buckets. Made 4 gallons.
2022- 3750 taps + Smartrek! Made 1300 gallons.
2023- 3750 taps after removing a pump house and connected two woods. Made 800 gallons.
Go on the National Weather Service’s website www.weather.gov and there is a wealth of free information. They provide various longer range forecasts for temperature and precipitation broken down into 7 day, 10 day, month, 3 months. You have to use some of the drop down menus to get the longer range forecasts.
Sugaring for 45+ years
New Sugarhouse 14'x32'
New to Me Algier 2'x8' wood fired evaporator
2022 added a used RB25 RO Bucket
250 mostly Sugar Maples, 15% Soft Maples. Currently,(110on 3/16" and 125 on Shurflo 4008 vacuum, 15 gravity), (16,000 before being disabled)
1947 Farmall H and Wagon with gathering tank
2012 Kubota with forks to move wood around
Dr. Tim Perkins
UVM Proctor Maple Research Ctr
http://www.uvm.edu/~pmrc
https://mapleresearch.org
Timothy.Perkins@uvm.edu
Great information from everybody. Can't tell you the number of times that we watched the local weather, knocked a bunch of hay down, then was ready to kill the local weathermen. Seems like last year I listened to one source and was 100 percent wrong on when to tap. Hope to do better this year. Thanks Ron
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