WEATHER / CLIMATE
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San Fernando Vallians!
by DoomsDave- 0 replies
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Howdyall, especially our contingent of newbies in the San Fern Valley. Driving into DT LA to the Dark Tower and the trees were shakin' their thangs' (or having them shook) by the wind from the Valley. This is what we're warning you about. Put your tender stuff behind a windbreak AND GIVE THEM A DRINK OF WATER EVEN IF THEY DON'T APPEAR TO NEED IT. Especially the tropicals from the jungles, understory dypsis, etc. Let us know how it goes, and happy holidays! dave
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Accuweather is wacked. 1 2
by Palmy- 51 replies
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I check forecasts all the time on several different websites. But Meterologists at Accuweather are screwed up in the head, at least I hope. Accuweather has this forcasting system, where they reach out 15 days, which seems a little crazy if you as me. They seem accurate for the first 5 days, and sometimes the next five days. But between 10 days and 15 days, they are seriously wrong. They say that we are suppose to have snow and rain all the way out. It says that we will have temps in the mid to low 40's for highs and temps near 30 or lower for the lows. With snow and rain. They have to have some issues. Are the forcast models doing everything at this website? This cant…
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FREEZE DAMAGE (early indications)
by ghar41- 2 replies
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I realize it is early, but I have seen the dark splotches and curled frond edges before... I don't think I lost any but most of my A. c. "Illawarra's" will likely need to replace a lot of their crowns after this last weather event. It appears there is enough damage to the leaves that they will look very untidy in the spring. Also, small dark spots on Wodeytia but if that is the extent of the damage I will be thrilled. Some of others with dark spotting include P. rupicola, R. rivularis and Caryota urens. All Parajubeas (TvT, Sunka and Cocoides) look untouched. C. gigas still without a spot on it. Bismarkia's are turning more purple, not sure what's going on t…
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Temperature Gauges
by tropicalb- 12 replies
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Being as how it's REALLY gonna be cold the next few nights here in SoCal, I got to wondering: what type /brand of thermometers and / or weather gauges / stations does everyone use? Also: Given that the wife is asking "so what do you want for Christmas"....I'm thinking of asking her to pick me up one of the wireless weather stations with the remote sensors...anyone got any suggestions? Brands, model #'s, any pics you have of yours in action and prices would be greatly appreciated!
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Freeze warning 1 2
by ghar41- 58 replies
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Ok..even though I am hoping for the best....it's time we look at preparing for the next three nights especially Monday night and early morning Tuesday the 18th and 19th, here in California. The information I am recieving is expecting a low of 25 F.
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Cold blast in N. Calif.
by PalmGuyWC- 37 replies
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Hey Folks, The nightly lows will be in the 20's the next few nights. Upper twentys, the forcasters say but I don't believe them. It's only 43 F now and it's mid day. It was 31 here this morning and a white frost. To cover them, or not? I don't know. I think my Bismarkia will be cold tested in the next few days. I'm not covering. Damn, why didn't I move to Hawaii 30 years ago when I could have?? I HATE winter!!! Dick
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Warm season, Southern Hemisphere
by Tyrone- 28 replies
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I just thought I'd start a weather topic that is about the warm season in the Southern Hemisphere, but if your up in the North, feel free to take part too. We just had the warmest night so far of 23C after a day of 31C, but no thunderstorms mentioned actually came. They are predicting a humid 30C today, and at 8.30am it's already past 28C. I watered like mad last night, so things will start to get into overdrive in the garden with this. My little R oleracea is now about as tall as me and is pushing about 3cm of spear a day. Going at this rate it will have pushed 7 or 8 new leaves by the time winter arrives. This isn't bad weather for us this early in the season. La…
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Rain ...finally
by Palmhut1- 16 replies
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It is finally raining here in southern California:D
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palm cold hardiness database
by Jimbean- 4 replies
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What happened to CRDB? I liked that database, I found it to be quite useful. Does anyone know of a similar database?
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The Cold Weather blues 1 2
by PalmGuyWC- 47 replies
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It happens every year about this time. Around Nov 15th we get our first frost and it was a few days late this year, but now it's quite chilly. I was just outside for a garden walk and it's so chilley I'm back here at the computer. Just darn uncomfortable to work outside. The low last night was 32F and there was a white frost this morning. Worst, they are forcasting a low of 28 later in the week. I always panic when I see a forcast near 32 F degrees. I should get used to it because it happens every year here. I know at 28F the cannas will be burned to the ground, the bannas, etc, but the palms will still stand untouched. All of my tender palms in pots are under a…
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Plants in Garage - How Long?
by KatyTX- 11 replies
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Here in s.central Texas we've had 2 weeks of off/on light freezes - the lowest night was 29F. For the last 4 nights, I've had some of my sensitive plants (bottle/spindle palms, vetchia merrilli, + a couple of cycads) in the garage. No time to construct a greenhouse this year... How bad is it to leave these 'in the dark' for 4-5 days? Thanks, Matt
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TWISTER CAPITAL OF THE WORLD!
by Bilbo- 6 replies
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Who would have believed it - its none other than the UK! The other day we had a bad one in North London and one along the coast from me in Southampton. Until I read the facts in a sensible newspaper I would have guessed the Carribean. The police have said that its a miracle no one was killed or seriously injured. Roofs have gone and entire house walls are down so you can see right into the rooms. The scientific explanation it seems is due to our latitude which means that arctic cold weather gets sucked down from the North and can collide with warm weather from Southern Europe. How curious that you can get both at the same time indeed a few years back we had a mini to…
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FROST IN SO. CAL. 1 2
by roosty sado- 56 replies
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WELL, IT'S THAT TIME OF YEAR WHEN THE SANTA ANAS CAN GET EXTREMELY DRY AND COLD.NOT A GOOD COMBO FOR MARGINAL PALMS.TONIGHT MIGHT BE A BAD ONE SO GET OUT THE HOT WATER MISTERS OR SOMETHING.GOOD LUCK ! ESPECIALLY IN H.B.
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After a warm October, this morning it was 2°C/36°F, but many places were predicting a freeze here, so I guess I should be happy with that. It is probably the end of the growing season for this year, although it will be interesting to see if my Musa sikkimensis stops straight away, as it has still been growing at a reasonable speed until now. We are forecast sub zero temperatures for the next two nights, so I would be surprised to see anymore growth, especially as the daytime temperatures are also supposed to be quite low. I mulched most of the outside plants yesterday, due to the forecast, so hopefully everything will cope OK, although it may come as a bit of a shock…
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Accumulating Snow 1 2
by ruskinPalms- 49 replies
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I know that it has snowed in Florida before, supposedly all the way down to Miami. What is the greatest accumulation you have ever seen in your area (Areas that you are trying to get palms to grow that is) including FL, TX, CA, Other states, Australia, South Africa, Other nations??? I remember seeing some pics on here of pretty decent snow on palms in Brownsville, TX. Sorry to sound stupid if it does not even snow in South Africa or Australia...
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Not so palmy in Arizona
by chris78- 11 replies
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I am freezing my a... off in a hotel in Flagstaff, Arizona. It 47F outside on this Sept moring.. There already some fall color and not a palm tree in site. When I left my Phoenix garden last night it was a warm 82F.. Flagstaff is only 140 miles from Phoenix, but at 7000' elev.
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Cold in Kona
by Al in Kona- 20 replies
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Wondering if I should get out my sweater in a few days. Check our Kailua-Kona, Hawaii Island projected 5-day temperature drop - if it happens it will be our coolest day in many months. It should warm up again by Thanksgiving Day (Nov. 23 - for those who are not familiar with this holiday). To all you guys interested in weather and daily temperature changes, etc., thought perhaps I should contribute too. Today Nov.15 Nov. 16 Nov. 17 Nov. 18 Nov. 19 86/74 85/73 84/72 84/72 83/72 30/23.3 29.4/ 28.8/ 28.8/ 28.3/ 22.7 22.2 22.2 22.2
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Poison Weed in DR
by Bilbo- 7 replies
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Am not sure but its still itching my ankles: Rob Branch wearing shorts got it on his legs. Any ideas guys what this pesky substance is? I guess it must also be endemic to Haiti and other parts of the Carribean. Thanks Juan
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Autralian Drought
by tropicalb- 6 replies
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That's what the headline says: http://news.yahoo.com/s....7091348 Wal?
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ElHoagie was right
by SunnyFl- 19 replies
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ElHoagie - we had disagreed over drought tolerance of St. Augustine grass. Unfortunately, I was only speaking from personal experience with the stuff in my yard. I've been doing a lot of reading on warm-season grass for our area - I ran across a field study done in (I think) TX. They studied drought effects on St. Aug grass varieties - the difference was quite large. 8 varieties tested, some failed miserably. Floratam was outstanding. Isn't this variety used a lot out West? My grass is just the common St. Aug, not one of the better varieties (certainly not Floratam). So you're right - the better varieties are drought-resistant. And I shouldn't have judged …
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Amazing storm damage
by Walter John- 0 replies
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Yesterday's storm produced this freak accident
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wind chill
by JBa3Fan- 2 replies
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I have done a search on wind chills here and came up with a bunch of results. and nothing what I was wanting to know. This is a really bad picture of my back yard last month. I am looking north while taking this pic. I guess my question is what kind of wind effect will I come across in the (heat) of the (cold) battle come the January/ Feburary freezing months here in Central Virgina? I am a tick more on the 7a side of the 7a/7b zone boarder. There is a low sloping front porch on the north side of the house that isn't pictured here ... on the east side of the back porch are a row of ummm 12-15 ft toll hollies , just past that richicidy (sp) …
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Santa Ana
by MattyB- 27 replies
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Well, it's bloody dry here the last two days. Luckily we haven't had the high winds along with it. Here's some local relative humidities for our area yesterday. The temp number represents how much warmer it was yesterday vs. tuesday. 14% Carlsbad +13F degrees 19% Downtown SD +12F 17% Imperial Beach +11F 10% Oceanside +15F 14% Otay Mesa +15F 12% Miramar +14F 12% Clairemont +20F 09% Ramona +18F 07% Alpine +18F 18% El Cajon +17F 16% Escondido +15F 13% Fallbrook +15F 18% Julian +10F 12% Campo +11F 11% Laguna +6F With RH's between 10% & 20% how's your palms look? I'm watering every morning. The more I pay attention to the weather, the more I apprec…
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Rain? What rain?
by Wai`anae Steve- 30 replies
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Since the big rain and floods in March it has been DRY here at the Hale on the west side of O`ahu. Rain in Wai'anae, Elevation 300' Way back in the valley say 1 or 2 miles and a 1000' higher there has been light rain off and on for months and the "rain forest" there looks good with a few streams still running as of last Wed. Of course these streams dry up before reaching the ocean
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Winter in your neighborhood
by bubba- 9 replies
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An index devised for the estimation of energy demands for cooling and heating is referred to as Cooling and Heating degree days.The number of degrees that the mean temperature for the day falls below 65 degrees F.are heating degree days; the number of degrees that the mean temperature is above 65 degrees F. are cooling degree days. I selected some locations for the month of January (Winter) to compare neighborhoods.Those in the Southern Hemisphere can use July. Key West (h) 49 © 164 , Miami (h) 76 © 141, West Palm Beach(h) 92 © 99 ,Lakeland (h) 198 © 74. How do your neighborhoods compare to these numbers?
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