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Hottest & Driest Places in FL
by ahosey01- 2 followers
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Curious the hottest (not warmest) places in FL, and also the driest. All available climate maps and info I can find are a.) climate classifications - tropical savannah, tropical wet & dry, etc. - or b.) USDA zone maps. Anybody know the answer to these questions? My thought would be somewhere far south and also inland.
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On this day in 2011, 62 tornadoes struck the state of Alabama. 252 people died in the state of Alabama that day. I do not remember anything personally from that day as i was still quite young at the time, but looking back at this event, it scares me to think that something like this will happen again. The big question is, where will it happen? Here is a video, that i recommend you watch, from James Spann himself. Never forget this day, never forget the people who died, never forget the families that are still feeling the impact TO THIS DAY. The impact doesnt just last for a few years, it lasts a lifetime.
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NOAA - New Climate Normals are out
by ColdBonsai- 6 replies
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https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/us-climate-normals/ Enjoy. Doesn't look too different for my location. Although my avereage winter lows have increased a couple of degrees. Avereage winter temp has also increased to about 34 degrees. Isn't 36 considered the standard to grow trachycarpus reliably? Anyways, fun to look at.
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The Northern Australian Monsoon 2020 - 2021. 1 2
by greysrigging- 78 replies
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She's IN ! At home just now ! The squally showers have done the old 180* turn around streaming in from the Timor Sea to the north west and the Arafura Sea to the north. The true indication of our Monsoon season. About a week or 10 days earlier than normal onset, although perhaps a bit later than in a general La Nina year. which might be mid December. So no excuses now for foolish behaviour, tom foolery, poor decision making, excessive alcohol consumption, and being a bit of a goose.... the 'build up' is done and dusted, mango season is finished, so no more 'mango madness', no more telling the Judge, "sorry Your Honour, but fair dinkum mate, this 'build up' had been a…
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climate change making me sad but happy
by climate change virginia- 1 follower
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is it just me or do any people who live in colder climates hate climate change but like it at the same time. I mean I hate how its killing polar bears but I like mild winters I live in zone 7b and last winter was a zone 9a winter and most of my winters are zone 8a and every other winter is a zone 8b winter. I would like to hear your thoughts on this.
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sabal pametto Sabal palmetto new growth anomaly
by robert Lauriault- 1 reply
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I have a cabbage palm, eight feet of clear trunk, approximately twenty-five years old from a natural seeding, growing immediately adjacent to the front porch of my log cabin built on block pilings in 1985. This winter and spring the tree began producing new growth abnormally. Instead of growing fronds on the usual extended petioles, all the new fronds are clustered tightly together as one sees on newly transplanted cabbage palms in full sun (my tree is in 60 percent shade under deciduous bald cypress). The only events that I can imagine that could have had any impact on the tree are (1) my roofer made some minor repairs to my porch roof and cut off the fronds that were …
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New coconut with root rap
by Yunder Wækraus- 0 replies
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A month ago I purchased a young coconut that had been grown in a grocery bag. It had terrible root wrap, and I had to sever its thicker roots, which had fused with the bag. It looked yellow and sick, but it’s putting out a new frond now. Do you think it’s going to grow out of the root-wrap stage? (I’m also including pics of my other palms, which came with the house.)
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Summer Down Under 1 2 3 4
by greysrigging- 150 replies
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Perth's coldest summer morning on record As the sun rose over Western Australia on the first day of summer, it was feeling more like winter in Perth. The temperature at 5:25am local time was only 6.6ºC, making this the city's coldest morning of summer in 124 years of records. The previous coldest morning of the season was 7.9ºC in December 2007, while Perth's long-term average minimum temperature at this time of year is about 16ºC. In fact, this morning's temperature would even be below-average for the middle of winter in Perth. The unusually cold start to summer was caused by a high pressure ridge that moved over southwestern Austral…
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With the growing season coming to an end as far south as possibly Tampa, i think its about time we have a thread about this winter. @JJPalmer has also recommended this.
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Orlando Area Winters- Recent Trends and History
by Matthew92- 1 follower
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This thread will be to discuss Orlando, FL's winter climate. Winters have definitely been trending warmer in recent years in Orlando. Vacationing in the area over the last 20 years I've watched the Araucaria get to South FL height and things like bottle palms, rubber plants, and foxtails appear all over the place. Here's an interesting web page that shows the annual low for each year in Orlando back to 1894. The recent warm trend seems to start around 2004, after which getting to the upper 20's or even below freezing (the last 10 years) has become rare (sans a couple notable outliers). Before this period, it appears that one could generally count on getting to at lea…
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Pre-Easter Cool Snap
by JLM- 8 replies
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Forecasted low of 41F Thursday night. Hopefully it doesnt go any lower.
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St. Elmo's Fire
by Silas_Sancona- 2 replies
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A great example of a rarely seen form of electricity in the skies above.. Credits to veteran storm chaser/ film maker Mike Olbinski.
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Looking at analogs for this Wednesday, yeah it looks like it could be pretty bad. Everywhere from NW Florida to extreme eastern Texas,and north to southern Indiana and southern Illinois is already in a Level 2 Slight Risk. Slight Risks dont happen often in the Day 4-8 outlook time period, and we could be looking at a Level 3 in the Day 4-8 when it updates tomorrow night if trends continue, which is very rare. I only remember seeing a Level 3 risk in the Day 4-8 outlook only a few times in the past few years.
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NSW and QLD floods
by Tyrone- 3 replies
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Well the atmosphere has aligned itself to basically end the drought in the east of the continent. https://www.weatherzone.com.au/news/twin-atmospheric-rivers-behind-the-flooding-rain-in-nsw/533711
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What the hail?
by Hillizard- 1 reply
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Strong storm with lightning, thunder, rain and hail passed through interior NorCal this afternoon. Temperature dropped from low 60sF to mid 40sF in a few minutes. Doesn't look like it damaged most of my palms as the hailstones were small. Events like this happen almost every winter here, but once a season is enough!
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I believe we might be in a "fake spring" right now, but at the same time i dont. At least over the next 14 days most of the eastern US is in the Above Average side of the scale which is what we all want to see! I have been having highs in the upper 70's with some areas making it up to 80F-83F up this way pretty much all week long. Sunday looks to be the warmest day of them all before a cold front comes through a knocks temps back down, highs subsequently in the upper 60's expected next week. By the later half of next week, we are back into the 70's for highs. Personally at this point i dont see anymore cold blasts occuring, at least ones that cause freezing temperatures o…
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How Well Do The Appalachian Mountains Block Cold Air?
by PalmTreeDude- 27 replies
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How well do the Appalachian mountains block cold air? Are they simply not tall enough to block as much cold air as the Rockies on the West Coast (areas that share the same latitude as me on the West Coast and that are as far from the ocean as me are zone 9a/9b for the most part)? From this tempature map (I am currently just Southwest of Richmond) it seems like they do a good job. Although this is never something I really paid attention too (much).
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Cool article on the Gulf Stream
by Palmaceae- 8 replies
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Here is a good article on the Gulf Stream and how it is changing and how it will affect weather such as the SE USA, cool graphics too. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/03/02/climate/atlantic-ocean-climate-change.html
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March 3, 1980 freeze in Orlando
by Eric in Orlando- 1 follower
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Back on March 3, 1980, Orlando had a low of 25F. I'm not sure if this is the latest below freezing temperature ever recorded here but probably the latest hard freeze. It was only below freezing one night and day temperatures rebounded fast, I was 12 years old and just getting interested in plants. I remember damage on things in our yard; crotons and hibiscus froze back part of the way, Dracaena marginata froze to the ground and Schefflera defoliated and died back about a foot, some burn on Dypsis lutescens and a young Archontophoenix alexandrae under tree canopy. In the neighborhood Syagrus romanzoffiana had some burn (these were the more tender forms that were killed la…
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Zones 11-13
by ahosey01- 1 follower
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Noticed that in Puerto Rico, there are multiple climate zones, ranging from 11-13. Generally speaking, if you make the jump from 8b to 9a, the number of palms that are probably long-term survivors in your area increases significantly. Likewise true with the jump from 9b to 10a. However - I'm curious, is there much advantage in terms of species that are long-term survivors between zones 11 and 12 or 12 and 13?
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Freeze Damage Mediterranean(?) Palm
by PalmCat- 7 replies
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Hi everyone! Another Texan with palm questions here! We had what was a wonderful tree in our yard - the favorite of one of our cats - but the tree is now struggling. It started turning brown once all the snow melted. It does look like some leaves are still a little green, and not all are sagging, but it has lost a lot of color. Is there any hope? Any advice on what we should do? I removed the most dried leaves but afraid to cut too much off. Any advice is welcome! Best, A Worried Texan
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Found this online. https://www.weatherzone.com.au/news/if-the-texas-cold-snap-had-happened-in-australia/533520
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Wild Temperature Swings
by Tyrone- 2 replies
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Just found this on the web. Definitely relevant here. https://www.weatherzone.com.au/news/texas-city-warms-by-46c-in-one-week/533547
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by Jimbean- 35 replies
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Myrtle Beach hardiness zone?
by Pee Dee Palms- 3 replies
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Recently here in Myrtle Beach we've been having zone 9A weather. Is there any possibly way Myrtle Beach in some areas is 9A?
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