WEATHER / CLIMATE
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While folks in SE Florida are swimming in rain, the west central area hasn't seen much rain since the calendar changed to 2023. I don't see much relief in the short term.
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Southern Hemisphere growing season 23/24
by Tyrone- 19 replies
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Well, it’s time for a new thread. Calendar spring is here now and it also appears that the real spring is too. Yesterday on Sep 1 we had a 24C day then some small rumblings and a thunderstorm which dropped about 5mm of rain. We are now at the point in time where the weather is gradually on the improve and the weeds are growing like mental. Hopefully a great growing season awaits and the palms flourish.
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Specify location, date, time and temperature. I.E: Eastern Tijuana, Mexico , November 19th, 9:39pm pst, 17c.
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Hurricane Ian damage to Bismarck
by Venice Strong- 12 replies
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Last week’s Hurricane Ian pounded Venice FL with 115+ mph winds. Our beautiful 25 foot Bismarck suffered extensive damage to the northerly facing fronds. Several southern facing fronds are still attached. Our landscaper said that the center top frond was lost (containing the white spongey core material) and has no chance of survival. Has anyone had experience with this center core loss and what are it’s chance of survival?
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Monthly Rain Totals In Your Garden
by D. Morrowii- 18 replies
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The thread started by@SubTropicRayabout Florida’s drought conditions had me wondering about the amounts of sky water we palm folks were getting in our gardens. Here’s mine for June 2023 Merritt Island FL, Monthly total. 8.43” For the year 20.71 What are your totals?
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Hello everyone! So as a resident of the Athens Riviera I am really puzzled about the true palm potential of south Athens! I mean even in here I have read so many misconceptions on the climate of south Athens (even from Greeks) and coupled with a widespread lack of motivated gardeners in the country that I can not really assess the true palm potential of the Athens Riviera. But I would like to start from what I think I am generally good at: climatology and meteorology. So the Athens Riviera (basically anything south of Nea Smyrni) has a semi-arid climate. Annual rainfall varies from around 330mm in Piraeus to just below 400mm in Nea Smyrni. The mean annual temperature…
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Eastern USA Temperate Rainforests
by Alex High- 4 replies
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Hello all, Since my trip to the Great Smoky Mountains a couple years ago, which is located in the Appalachian Temperate Rainforest (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appalachian_temperate_rainforest), I have become fascinated with temperate rainforests (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temperate_rainforest) and the fact that we have one here in the Eastern U.S. And I have recently been doing some research to try to determine the boundaries of the Appalachian Temperate Rainforest and see what other parts of the Eastern U.S. qualify for temperate rainforest designation. This is what Wikipedia says are the criteria for a temperate rainforest: For temperate rainforests of…
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Wildfires in Hawaii..
by Silas_Sancona- 1 follower
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Wanted to post this here for those who may not have heard.. A pretty bad situation unfolding on Maui atm.. Appears there are other fires on some of the other islands as well. Not good. https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2023/08/09/coast-guard-joins-brush-fire-response-lahaina-where-crews-continue-battle-wind-whipped-flames/
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Tropical Storm radar
by Will Simpson- 0 replies
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I have had a little rain from that tropical storm, but now , interestingly the only part of town getting wet is the east side . The rain split town in half . Will
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What causes these "anti-microclimates"?
by General Sylvester D. Palm- 1 follower
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Recently I was looking at some USDA hardiness zone maps for Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi and noticed something off about three different towns. These three towns that I have posted pictures of all seem to have a lower hardiness zone than the surrounding area which I would think should be the opposite. I thought that the asphalt and heat the buildings and roads create could potentially bump the hardiness zone up half a zone like most large cities. Why would these three towns be half a zone below the surrounding area? The three towns in question are: Pearsall, TX - Baton Rouge, LA - Vicksburg, MS
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Foreword Performing a quick search on this site will yield a significant amount of threads, recommendations, and opinions on the various brands of weather stations in regard to their accuracy and feature sets. A quick list includes: https://www.palmtalk.org/forum/topic/76321-my-new-weather-station https://www.palmtalk.org/forum/index.php?/topic/66495-best-home-weather-station/ https://www.palmtalk.org/forum/index.php?/topic/66232-outdoor-thermometer-recommendations/ https://www.palmtalk.org/forum/index.php?/topic/59865-weather-stations/ https://www.palmtalk.org/forum/index.php?/topic/55505-do-you-have-a-weather-station/ https://…
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Hot Water
by Silas_Sancona- 25 replies
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..This tweet from Scripps Oceanography today, and yesterday's SST readings via "State Of The Ocean" data from Southern CA. say it all.. Have been hearing about the 65+ Dew point readings across coastal San Diego county lately. Data from the State of the Ocean site is Sea Surface Temp. anomalies, not the actual temps recorded. From Scripps twitter page.. State of the Ocean SST anomaly data from 8/2/2018 across S. Cal. With this summer's stubborn high pressure looking to set up on top of the region again over the weekend and possibly through all of next week.. could Scripps record that magic number of 80F? ..Must admit i'm a little envious regardless. K…
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2023 Atlantic Hurricane Season 1 2 3
by JLM- 2 followers
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That time of the year is still several months away, so dont worry about it yet. But, why am I making this thread then? We have Invest 90L off the east coast on...*checks date*…. January 16th! This Invest area is not expected to really do anything, and has been tagged with a 0% chance of development by the NHC today. Satellite data indicates that it *may* be a Subtropical Storm, but this is such a marginal case where it may or may not be that its best to just wait to call it anything until post season analysis. A lot of studying will go into this system im sure. 90L will go on to impact Nova Scotia and Newfoundland with gusty winds and rain. Heres some satellite …
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Well I thought I’d start a new thread. I’m looking forward to a good growing season this year. Spring isn’t really here yet, but winter is slowly releasing its grip. By the equinox things start to really improve. Today is cloudy with rain returning tomorrow. A min of 12.5C this morning with a top of 18C forecast. The garden knows spring is upon us soon. The deciduous trees are in bud burst with the grapevines swelling there buds. My Rhopies, Howeas, and Archontophoenix are all opening spears in anticipation. Bring it on.
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Hilary ...Is that You?? 1 2
by Silas_Sancona- 1 follower
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Cue the Memes! ..If you dare!! haha As Mentioned yesterday, Looking like CA ..and AZ ( to some extent, ..for the moment at least ) could be in for ..Quite the rain event in the days ahead as the next Tropical System gets going in the E. Pac.. What appeared to be the GFS spitting out yet another .." Celebrated a wee' too much the night before, before a tough morning " " fantasy " Model run last weekend, appears to be a much more " sober " forecast which needs to be monitored closely over the coming days as there is potential for ...Not only epic rainfall -somewhere- between Cen. AZ, and ..most of.. California starting Friday/ Saturday, and heading into next …
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West & SW FL Zone Map 1 2
by RedRabbit- 57 replies
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I made a quick zone map for West Central and Southwest Florida. This map is based on weather station data and my observations of what grows where. Green: 9b+ Orange: 10a- Brown: 10a+ Red: 10b- Purple: 10B+ Pink: 11a- *Areas unshaded simply aren't rated. **No guarantee of accuracy, don't plant anything based on this.
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Where royals grow, and where they could grow 1 2 3
by Jimbean- 88 replies
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These are areas where royals grow naturally now:
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ENSO La Nina El Nino history & Forecast
by Banana Belt- 1 follower
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The chart shows equitorial Pacific temperature patterns for last 73 years. Based on this data some evidence suggests the weather in North America for next 4 years could be similar to the 2001 to 2006 period following a 3 year La Nna. At present the Pacific is changing from a 3 year La Nina to Neutral/El Nino pattern. DESCRIPTION: Warm (red) and cold (blue) periods based on a threshold of +/- 0.5oC for the Oceanic Niño Index (ONI) [3 month running mean of ERSST.v5 SST anomalies in the Niño 3.4 region (5oN-5oS, 120o-170oW)], https://origin.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/analysis_monitoring/ensostuff/ONI_v5.php
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Is the climate of Dallas closer to Minneapolis or to Miami?
by Can't think of username- 3 replies
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This same topic was made and exploded on the ol' City-Data Weather: https://www.city-data.com/forum/weather/3375676-climate-dallas-more-similar-climate-minneapolis.html Emman85 (a member both there and here) participated quite a bit, but to my knowledge no one else on here did, so I figured to make it here because you folks here on Palmtalk might find it of interest. Not just for the comparison between the climates, but for its overlap in premise with much discussed climates on here. Here's the comparison and contrast that overlaps what we discussed. "Dallas may not have continental winter temperatures but it does get continental winter patterns and can …
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Hello everyone! Its been a long time since my last posts here and given that we now have more than 7 years of meteorological data from the area of Lindos in SE Rhodes in Greece, we can see some very interesting things according to the National Observatory of Athens fan aspirated meteorological station in Lindos. It appears that it is by far the warmest area annually in geographical Europe beating even the warmest areas of the Canaries islands (which are not located in Europe anyways). Below Lindos data the past 7 years that the station is operating. By achieving an amazing 21.89C mean annual temperature it beats even Tenerife South AP station in the Canari…
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This was planted by a landscaper about 6-8 months ago and the original grinds started turning brown but the new ones looked ok. We have tried increasing water but it’s getting hotter and now the new ones growing from the middle look dry and yellow and unhealthy. I think it get 20 min of water every morning at 6 am. Anyone have any help or tips… I don’t think my landscaper knows what to do to make sure it doesn’t die help! Is it look better to anyone then I am thinking? I am worried it’s too late already and 120 degrees is coming!
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length of nightly cool down and plants
by flplantguy- 1 follower
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Like the title says, Im wondering about the length of time a given location reaches its low (high) temp for the night (day) and the effect on plants in the garden. If the time is only minutes (like a light freeze) does it have any effect at all? If a plant likes cool nights and its warmer before a small drop at sunrise can you even count it? We average out numbers for plants in heating and cooling degree days for this purpose but its more for farming and less for plant microclimate. In Florida inland locations cool more than the coast and warmer nights are an issue on the water, but what about the adjacent lands that hit lower temps for short periods? How does that ef…
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Hello summer
by DAVEinMB- 2 replies
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Mother nature has been pretty nice to us through June but I knew damn well this was coming. Gotta love when overnight lows hover around 80.... at least most of my plants will enjoy it
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Why Southeast US Airports Are Often Cold Spots
by Can't think of username- 19 replies
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All my research into why the Tallahassee airport official weather station is such a cold spot has taught me a lot as to why other Southeast US airports are also cold spots. To give those who missed those comments some context, the Tallahassee airport is a cold spot that has colder lows than many other places in the Southeast US because deforestation surrounding the airport leads to massively disproportionate soil drainage and ground/sky exposure that are both apt to make readings colder on the clear, calm, nights that are all too common in the Southeast US. 3 studies have been conducted on the matter and I can recommend all of them. https://www.researchgate.net/publi…
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Mexico is heating super fast
by idontknowhatnametuse- 6 replies
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We had an unusually rainy spring in Monterrey, But it looks like we're gonna have an extremely hot summer. These aren't our normal temperatures. Today was a very hot day in most of mexico, not just my city. Even the Yucatan Peninsula got these temperatures.
