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Man that is coooooooold!!

It takes patience sometimes . I have learned some tough lessons on easier palms than those . For many years I just grew easy ones , then built a greenhouse to make it easy for some more difficult palms . When I moved to this place with no greenhouse , it got real . I am learning too. Some good looking seedlings , good work there . Keep pushing the boundaries and learning what the little ones want . Harry

Eh I mean we are leveling off due to the forecast being within 3 days it won’t change as much, the -5F is in 4 days+ so it’s fluctuating. Now -4F but yeah I’d say within 1-3 days least fluctuation 4-10 days don’t trust it yet.

The situation with the ice storm is very very bad. This amount of ice in TN.. ALREADY is a very bad sign. Models could have underperformed this will be going on for a bit longer. I think the “catastrophic level area” has moved away from AR and more into MS and TN.

I’ll look into that. NWS is saying 20 tomorrow night and 21 the following. We’ll see.

They've been right all winter for me. Not ever off by more than 1 degree. The point forecasts are also updated throughout the day. They also adjusted accordingly during the 2021 freeze. And they haven't failed in the major freezes of the past few years either. Are you using the point forecast feature? Here's a random point near Lake Houston: https://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lon=-95.175&lat=29.932 You can move the green square on the map to your exact location

How long is the wintery weather/storm expected to persist? Hopefully you guys don't fair too bad over this.

But 90% of your yard needing protection is usually far more interesting. Atleast protection from the last few years, not an eventual average one. I drove into Pearland and spent about 4 hours protecting various palms and other species, some didn’t need it, but there’s a good chance all will survive another year . Sounds like a lot but less than most have spent staring at weather updates. last summer

I’ve found anytime time you are talking temps near or below freezing they can never get it right. Horrible record.

looks like it's gonna start tonight

The various apps +/- track the major weather models from what I've seen. Local NWS is usually more accurate. I'd like them to be 5 degrees off too, hopefully in the warm direction 😅

@XenonEverything I’m seeing is low 20s with teens possible in areas north and west of the city. I doubt you’ll hit 15.

Sandias did the protection And a microclimate definitely helps 40f in ABQ 41f double eagle 20f Moriarty 6f in Amarillo 50f+ something in my backyard/porch with partial sunshine! Might be a different story if the low pressure was to our west.

ATL at 43° and dry all day

NWS even though they have the coldest forecast. Really hope they are wrong but they usually aren't.

I like the way it looks. Hopefully the damage will be tolerable. What weather app or website do you trust the most ?

In those conditions it’s hard to keep your plants safe . Even with lights and covering it will be colder than most living things can handle. Good luck . Harry

My mule spear pulled yesterday and ants moved in today and I’m not sure how get them out the crown and out of this dry area and of course this wants to happen when it’s below freezing and frozen rain is coming so I’m unsure if I can do anything.

The UK is the colder version of NZ in Europe. You have it pretty good over there while we get beaten up here , even in the South. We possibly could end up colder than predicted. I wouldn't be surprised if we go below 16f where I'm from. Send us some milder temperatures over here.

It looks like the southern Rockies protected us from the arctic blast. Check out the difference in temps just to the east.

This is absolutely the worst forecast ive seen 😭

Thats actually pretty brutal to be honest, in light of recent years as well where you have had freezes. A low of 16F really not great. We had the coldest start to a January in 16 years here a few weeks back and St James Park in central London only went down to -3.7C / 25F. London Heathrow in the western suburbs went down to -5.9C / 21F. Again you have to go back 16 years to the last time it was colder than that in early January. Just goes to show how insanely protected we are in the UK and especially London. I am watching developments from afar. This cold spell influences our weather here due to eastern USA cold inadvertently powering up the jet stream to deliver further mild westerlies off the Atlantic, nullifying any cold air attempts in western and central Europe. In other words, you guys have got the brunt of all the cold air, so we don't have to in Europe (especially western Europe).

Good old, Great Plains effect

Very nice . Hopefully no delayed damage . It looks like they are cold hardy species so they should be fine. Harry