WEATHER / CLIMATE
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Spring down under 1 2
by cbmnz- 79 replies
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Mixed bag this week. Third coldest Oct day on record (since 1970) on Thursday with high 9.9C would be a below average day mid winter. Near miss of a late frost yesterday morning had the local growers nervous and get helicopters in air. I got away with a low +1.6C , nothing froze. Trying an A. Alexandrae as experimental planting, has been in a pot outside since early June, protected by the house but that should have got it used to the climate before planting hopefully.
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Anyone familiar with Lorida, Florida?
by IHB1979- 15 replies
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Super excited, I found some land I’m interested in, near Lake Istokpoga and Lorida. This is zone 9b but curious if anyone is familiar with the area. Is it a low 9b, middle or high? Lorida is northeast of the lake by a couple miles so probably doesn’t have a microclimate. I’m going down there next weekend to check it out. I love fishing and this lake has some nice bass and LOTS of gators. My plan is to get the property, start a new garden and build a cottage over the next couple years. I can’t find anything affordable near me in Brevard county, except swamp acreage.
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La Nina Autumn 2020
by Tracy- 1 reply
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La Nina patterns or cooler equatorial sea surface temps from the Central Pacific through to the Easter Tropical Pacific are occurring right now. These patterns often lead to dry and clear Autumn and Winter weather patterns here in Southern California where I live. The west coast just experienced a typical La Nina weather pattern last weekend with an inside slider storm coming down the coast with strong winds and leaving us now with cool dry nights and no marine layer. I hope that this isn't a sign of what is to come as we get deeper into Autumn and enter Winter. With clear skies, I bottomed out at 39 degrees last night, and even the weather station at Moonlight Beach …
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This is what the last big CA storm turned into for us here in the mid Atlantic. Keep in mind the temps on this map, are pretty much our HIGH TEMPS for the day today, 1/30/10. Also, this snow pushed all the way to the coast in places where it almost never snows. Places like Ocean City, NJ, Rehoboth Beach, DE, Ocean City, MD, Assateague Island, MD, Va. Beach, VA, Duck, NC, Corolla, NC, Nags Head, NC...etc. Even the Carrituck lighthouse out in, I think Corolla is blanketed in snow, which is a very rare sight in deed. The low for our area here in the DC metro tonight is 12-14F inside the beltway, and 8-12F out in the colder suburbs. Oh well, at least if its going to be fr…
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Goodbye Bermuda-Azores high...
by CodyORB- 1 follower
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Luckily nothing to worry about yet, though my Baobab (Adansonia grandidieri) is about to go dormant by this point. Good idea to take it inside before it rains and gets a fungal attack... Otherwise here's to hoping we get another mild winter!
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Hurricane season is fast approaching! Now is the time to prepare! This hurricane season could be a big one, Colorado State is releasing an official outlook this week, Thursday, April 2nd 2020. I will post more information about current storms basin-wide. The first name is Arthur! Hurricane season starts in 60 days!
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European Extreme Weather?
by Chester B- 1 follower
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With the annual wildfires in the west, hurricanes in the south east, polar vortexes, tornadoes and bomb cyclones that we experience regularly over here in North America we rarely hear of such things on the European continent. Do any of the European countries experience the same type of damaging weather on a regular basis that we have almost become accustomed to live with? Or is it the lack of world news and our own ignorance (myself included) of events that we receive over here in the US?
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The big Chill
by Palmlover_78- 2 replies
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Hey You guys have nothing on me when it comes to erratic weather and temps. In the winter here it can be as high as -10 and at night down to -36, The worse is usually the last week of October and end of November, very erratic temps, cold, snow, ice, rain, sunny and somewhat warm . Who wants to experience a winter in zone 3b
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Rain (!!!) In Darwin, NT Australia
by DoomsDave- 26 replies
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Not for the faint of heart. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/weather/roads-swamped-in-darwin-after-downpour/vi-BB10ZqYm?ocid=spartanntp
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What does the existence of, and type of citrus growing in an area, suggest about the types of palms that can be grown? Much debate (and debacle) on these forums is around temperature/rainfall/sunshine averages and extremes for various areas, and their ultimate say on the zone that an area is in, and what should be able to be grown there. This has resulted in many claims by members in zones similar to the zone where I am here, areas like the UK/Europe and Pacific Northwest. This has also led to some creative zone-labelling e.g. Mediterranean /subtropical climates at high latitudes. Well, this past weekend I just happened to be at a house around the corner fr…
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Excessive Heat Warnings. (Post yours)
by GottmitAlex- 2 followers
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https://www.google.org/publicalerts/alert?source=web&gl=US&hl=en&aid=b684a87d4da17783
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Previous discussions on the matter can be found here: https://www.palmtalk.org/forum/index.php?/topic/65273-the-italian-south-is-a-subtropical-paradise/ https://www.palmtalk.org/forum/index.php?/topic/65544-the-italian-south-is-a-subtropical-paradise-part-2 I will reiterate my case that the Italian South is a subtropical paradise, as @UK_Palms has been proven to be obnoxious troll with his rant. Even with the recent cold outbreaks that have happened this season thus far, many areas of the Italian South still have yet to go below 50F, especially in areas of Sicily, Apulia, and Calabria. That means that all the mentioned areas in winter will (and are) going t…
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As a sequel to the previous discussion about the climate of the Italian South, this thread will, once again, investigate the validity of the claims people on this forum commonly make about the subtropical climate of the region. People on this forum continue to make the mistake of claiming that the drought for the past few years is solely because of global warming, and that it supposedly is more prone to freezes than any other subtropical region in Europe. Well, no real climatologist would ever make such absurd claims about the Italian South's subtropical climate, so the fact that you amateurs are doing so its quite laughable. A real climatologist will look at d…
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La Nina Event 2020.
by greysrigging- 1 follower
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Righti-o....lets have a bit of a look at the big La Nina of 2010-2011. and how it impacted on Katherine and Darwin rainfall wise..... Tindal - Average yearly-1074.1mm. Median-1085.6mm 2009 - 622.6mm 2010 - 1120.6mm 2011 - 1162.4mm 2012 - 691.6mm Darwin - Average yearly-1722.8mm. Median-1723.7mm 2009 - 1742.4mm 2010 - 2257.2mm 2011 - 2686.0mm 2012 - 1723.7mm. Soooo, simply by the numbers you'd reckon a decent Wet period. And, ( no science here ) Three poor Wets in a row ? Yeah, nah.....
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As soon as those ancient Romans started running their plantations, they knew they had it made when it concerning the climate. That's because the Italian South is a subtropical paradise, and the ancient Romans knew it, using the warm, dry, tranquil, subtropical climate to grow all sorts of cash crops like oranges, tomatoes, almonds, peaches, sugarcane, etc. The Italian South rarely suffers from severe weather; all the thunderstorms that occur in the region are non-severe, and at the same time, put on spectacular lightning shows to wow the viewers. Lots of rain comes from these storms, but the rain is delivered in quick bursts, meaning that the sun has lots of room to …
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Zone 9 California Sun
by Trish S- 3 replies
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Probably wishful thinking but I am wondering if there are any small palms that will grow well in zone 9 Northern California (Delta winds) Area in a full western exposure with no shade?
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Equinox today
by Tyrone- 1 reply
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Today is the equinox when day and night are roughly equal right across the globe. So here is a track by Jean Michel Jarre.
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Here's some videos that I made on Sunday morning . About 30 minutes before High Tide . The first one is on the mainland side of the ICW , about 480' east of my house . The rest are directly on the beach . There is a lot of flooding of streets , particularly along the west side of the Halifax River , aka ICW . It is a tidal estuary , open to the sea and the NE winds back the water up , so that the tides can't get back out , as normally . I have received about 6" of rain so far .
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In recent years southern England, Western France, Belgium and the Netherlands have experienced pretty bad droughts from April - August, and this year is on course for the same again. That will be the 3rd consecutive year that this has happened. It's extremely dry here already. The ground is totally parched and it is dust down to about an inch. My last measurable rainfall was over 3 weeks ago now and that was only 0.04 inches. In total I have only received 0.31 inches of rainfall over the past 10 weeks. There certainly doesn't appear to be any rainfall on the horizon either, which begs the question of how long will this current drought last? Until July? August? Septe…
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Tropical Storm Sally
by JLM- 1 follower
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As Tropical Storm Sally threatens to become a hurricane before landfall from LA to AL, preparations are underway here! We are preparing for a potential hurricane impact, which is worst case scenario for this area of the coast. Drainage systems were flushed today, gutters were cleaned out, trenches will be dug tomorrow aswell as securing loose lightweight objects. Only minor prep here, but LA has already issued Mandatory Evacuations for unprotected levee areas. Anyone else preparing for Sally on the Gulf Coast?
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High Winds and Wildfires in Oregon
by Chester B- 1 follower
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Overnight we had dozens of wildfires start up in our State. Over 100,000 without power this morning in the Portland area, due to fallen trees and limbs from high winds with many causing localized fires. The winds and high heat are expected to continue and evacuations are occurring as we speak. So far no large fires close to the city, although there were some reports of ashes falling. Video from yesterday as the winds moved in.
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Rainy season 1 2
by ruskinPalms- 2 followers
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Let the rains begin!
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While perusing a few threads referencing the 1835 freeze, 1894-1895 freeze and the 1899 freeze, there were a few mentions of this book. There are used copies available on Amazon for less than $20 so I decided to order it. After reading it, I’d certainly recommend it. While the content is presented primarily from the point of view of someone interested in commercial citrus growing, the information about each of the events is certainly relevant to palm horticulture. The book was a welcome relief from staring at a screen all day after working a job that typically centers around doing the same. There are a lot of references and to the small cities throughout the stat…
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Similarities between S Fl and Hawaii 1 2
by displaced_floridian- 1 follower
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I'm a native Floridian (hence my name) and have always been a weather buff. When I look at weather in HI and S Fl I notice a lot of similarities. Temps are similar with highs in the upper 70s to upper 80s. Lows are generally in the 60s and 70s--except for the FL cold snaps . Also, the wind in both places seems to be from the E to NE a good part of the time. In Hawaii they are called Trade winds. Are not these perisitent E-NE winds in S Florida also Tradewinds--even though they are more frequently interrupted by cold fronts in Winter?
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Coachella Valley / Deep Canyon Winter Lows
by ahosey01- 0 replies
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If you follow this link and click the historic data for “Boyd Center,” which is a research station up the hill south of Palm Desert, you will see that - far from the heat island - winter lows average 51 degrees Fahrenheit! https://deepcanyon.ucnrs.org/weather-data/ This is the location of the research station: This is situated in topography similar to La Quinta, although the valley in La Quinta is a little wider and lower and is not at the mouth of a canyon. However, it may help explain the presence and survival of the La Quinta coconut palm. I don’t think there’s another place in the U.S. with the same combination of average summer highs around 105,…
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