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It’s always good to say goodbye to winter. Goodbye winter.
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Prospects for Commercial Date Palms
by ahosey01- 5 replies
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Hey guys, Hoping I can lean on the PT community here for some advice. My wife and I are planning to purchase a small amount of acreage to set up a mom-and-pop commercial date operation. Since dates have been cultivated for literally thousands of years, the literature on them is dense and there is a lot of information to be found. This is still a few years off, but we're in the site selection process now, so we can ballpark the investment and work out plans for funding, startup, etc. Here are the requirements I am aware of: Daytime temps consistently above 90 (preferably 95) during fruiting season. Overnight lows above 65 during fruiting seas…
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Yep it's snowing in Central Florida
by Ken Johnson- 20 replies
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Sleet was reported too. Raining here now. Look out for ice on the roads tonight .
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How far south in Mexico is cold damage ocurring?
by chinandega81- 19 replies
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I see areas within about 100 miles of the Rio Grande Valley and south of the border with similar temps struggling to hit 30 around noon today. I am guessing tropicals and coconuts and royals will be decimated between just inland from La Pesca all the way to the US-Mexico border. Even reliably warmer places further south, like Aldama and Soto la Marina, are near 40 at midday. Fortunately, it seems like areas this far south did not get below freezing temps or frozen precipitation up until now (and aren't forecasted to). Even Veracruz, at the southwest corner of the Gulf of Mexico will only have chilly highs in the 60s! That is the deep tropics, similar lattitude to Ja…
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Anyone Got Any Hunches About Winter Being Over In South Texas And The Gulf Coast? 1 2 3 4 5
by Mr. Coconut Palm- 3 followers
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Hi Everyone, Anyone out there got any hunches or data showing that winter is over for South Texas and the Gulf Coast. Let me know. Thanks. John
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South Texas Freeze
by Jeffnparrishfl- 0 replies
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Hey all, checking in from sw Florida seeing if the cold in Texas is causing palm damage along the Texas coast. Hopefully everything survives, I know the feeling of losing Palms. Best wishes
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August 20, 2020 3 AM a wall of furry fire storm bears down on my garden like a tidal wave. Twelve hours later there was a smoldering chard landscape as far as the eye could see. This story may take a while to explain so I will spill it out in pieces as there is so much to say. I began my garden when I joined the Society in 1977. Many of my palms came from the Seed Bank at that time. Others came from my collections of travels to remote places. My garden contains about 100+ species/varieties of palms, some 400 or so trees about a 28 acre property. Many are now 30- 40 years old. Basically palms are survivors! A good percentage retained small canopies that never burne…
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Frozen
by Dypsisdean- 1 follower
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Didn't know where to put this. But thought you guys going through some cold nights might like to see. A ice sheet taken off a leaf.
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Wind Chill
by JLM- 1 follower
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How does the wind and the wind chill affect palms or plants in general? My local NWS is calling for wind chills potentially in the mid to upper teens on i think Tuesday night. Should i wrap my Queens? This would definitely by far be the coldest wind all winter.
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Rest of Winter to April forecast from Weather ch.
by Paradise Found- 1 follower
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Not bad for most of the country except PNW which will be slightly below average in February.
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Using palm species to accurately assess USDA zone
by John of Ponce- 9 replies
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I purchased property just south of Daytona Beach on a barrier I am located about 1/2 mi from the Atlantic ocean on the east and about the same distance from the intracoastal waterway to the West. According to the most updated USDA zone maps this area is listed as 9b. I have a theory that where I am may actually be 10a due to some of the true tropical plants growing in the area. ie. Coconut palms with 12 ft of trunk showing. I have planted 107 different species of palms across my property. It has been very fun collecting, planting, and growing the palms. I hope that the performance of the palms will be an accurate indicator of the true USDA zone that i am in . Volusi…
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This is tongue in cheek but I noticed Corona, Ca. and other normally beneficient spots in California, Arizona and Nevada are under Winter Weather Advisories. Snow showers may occur until 6 AM PST tomorrow in Corona, Ca. with high/low 48F/32F (Coconut Blues but for micro-climate). It is snowing North of Phoenix, where downtown reports 38F at 3PM MST with predicted high/low of 52F/44F today with a few snow flurries tomorrow. Vegas is a toasty 39F mid-day with an inch of snow on the strip predicted through 10 AM tomorrow morning. At the same time, freezing Florida, per the head of the weather thread as I spawn this, is cooling down towards the mid-70’s with hi…
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Incredible Cold Wave in E/SE Asia
by Xenon- 14 replies
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Shanghai is set to record its lowest temperature in over 30 years and possibly break its record low of 14F recorded in 1977. Wenzhou at 27.9*N (same latitude as Tampa) Fuzhou at 26.1*N (same latitude as Ft. Lauderdale) Even the tropics are cold! Taiwan's tropical city in the south at 22.6*N, averages 77F/60F in January One of the northernmost islands in the Philippines at 20.5*N, averages 76F/66F in January Hue, Vietnam at 16.5*N, averages 75F/64F in January
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Pretty bad situation up there tonight. Multiple injuries reported, trees reported to be down everywhere, houses damaged, and people trapped in homes/vehicles. Damage to a Hampton Inn in Fultondale:
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Year 2020 climate summary stats.. post 'em if you have 'em..
by Silas_Sancona- 8 replies
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As 2020 quickly slinks away in the rear view mirror, Climate numbers for the year start coming in.. A good summary of how 2020 played out here in Phoenix/ rest of the low desert.. inc. some data from California.. Pretty good write up from our local NWS as well.. Quick tweet: ...Full disclosure: https://www.weather.gov/psr/YearinReview2020 Tucson's 2020 data ** New 30 yr climate stat comparison section included toward the bottom of the report** : https://www.wrh.noaa.gov/twc/climate/monthly/2020.php Flagstaff/ Nor. AZ: https://www.weather.gov/media/fgz/MonthlyYearlyReview/WeatherClimateSummary_2020.pdf As they com…
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1-3-2008 lows, FL and S.E. 1 2
by Eric in Orlando- 53 replies
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Dropped to 31F here at Leu Gardens and is back to 34 now at 7:15. The cable connecting our weather station to my computer failed yesterday so I can't tell how long it was at 31F until I hook the new one up. Tender foliage on the drive in looked mostly alright, a few bananas burnt but not all the way wilted. The bananas and heliconias in my yard weren't black and wilted and the coconut still looked green.
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Orange, CA climate
by enigma99- 2 replies
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I was looking at weather underground here in the state of California and noticed something odd happening down in Villa Park currently at 11:15PM. Some areas are 78F and within walkable distance it's 18-20 degrees cooler. Obviously some compression heating up the air, but it's it combining with marine air and thus the temp drop?
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When Does Spring Arrive in Florida?
by chinandega81- 1 follower
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Obviously the calendar says March 21, but what criteria do you go by for it to "feel" like Spring has arrived in Florida or the subtropics? If we go by daily average highs, it's tough in South Florida. The coolest high is 76 so we would have to pick a higher number, say 80...but that would be a more summerlike temperatures vs. Springtime temps. We could go by day length or sun angle, and that to me makes it "feel" like Spring sometime in March, which coincides with the calendar date. We could also go by when things start to first bloom...my favorite....I notice Hong Kong orchard trees begin to bloom in December...but that feels too early. Mango trees start to bloom h…
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SE TX Winter Storm
by JohnAndSancho- 1 follower
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I know that this is nothing for a lot of y'all up north, but it's kind of a big deal here lol. I've lived in Texas for 12 years (actually tomorrow is the anniversary of my migration), and this will be the 4th time I've seen snow - and this will be the most. Hoping to get some good pics of my dog and my Washy in the white stuff, everything else is already inside.
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Koppen climate projections 1 2
by Jimbean- 44 replies
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https://vividmaps.com/us-koppen-geiger-climate-classification/ I thought these maps were interesting
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New toy + weather data project
by ColdBonsai- 3 replies
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Howdy all. Just thought I'd show something I started working on. I recently added an Ambient Weather station to the yard and have done a little Python programming for the data it provides. I'm sure I could have used another app to get the same information or even just made macros in excel, but where's the fun in that? The goal is to have my own master data file that I can add to and reference for years to come. To make using it easier I wanted a script that formats and pulls out all the data nuggets for me, so I really just have to download a cvs file and let the computer magic do its thing. So here's what I got so far: - One master data file th…
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Completely Normal
by DAVEinMB- 0 replies
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Happy end of 2020 everyone, checked out the week's forecast last night and consistency as always. Glitches in the matrix are bound to happen right, haha
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This thread is to discuss the possibility of a Florida freeze in the month of December 2020. Mike’s Weather Page posted the below graph on Facebook earlier today of forecast low temperatures for December 26th: If this plays out, much of central and north Florida will see their first freeze this winter. Forecast accuracy 9 days out is notoriously poor so at this juncture it’s just something to keep an eye on.
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Wind
by ahosey01- 1 follower
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Anybody else live anywhere that is almost completely still all the time? My house is at the bottom of a bowl. We’ve had two windy days since I moved in. Typically there is only a light breeze, if that.
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Regarding the tornado in the Tampa area yesterday, the National Weather Service rated it an EF2 in Pinellas County, and an EF1 into Hillsborough and Polk Counties. Hope everything is okay! @kinzyjr is everything alright there? https://twitter.com/NWSTampaBay/status/1339650213305176064
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