WEATHER / CLIMATE
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First sub 40's 1 2
by Gonzer- 43 replies
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37.6° F at 5:20 am No worries, be happy.
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Jarnuary 2010 Weather Thread 1 2
by Cristóbal- 42 replies
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¡ Feliz Año Nuevo ! Prosit Neujahr ! Bonne Année ! If you are in the north hemisphere this is the very worst month for your palms ! If you are in the south hemisphere this is the very best month ! How is the weather by you ?
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Florida Winter 1 2
by gsytch- 42 replies
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We have had quite a bit of warmth lately. After a chilly rainfall and 50's on Monday, and a chilly 44F at my house Tues morning - the coldest yet - it warmed to near 80F since then, with near 80-F to the low 80's expected thru Thursday. The week before was very similar except the one night chill was barely 50F. Sunny, breezy, not much rain since Halloween. The warmer it stays the more nervous I get. I have not even covered my one shadehouse with plastic yet. Too warm. It is ready to go up and on in an hour though, just in case! I love it but I do not want all this luscious growth to get zapped! Greg i 81F New Port Richey!
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FLORIDA DROUGHT 1 2
by gsytch- 2 followers
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It has been about 6 weeks since it last rained here. A long dry spell, even for Florida standards in fall. The forecast for the next 10 days - zero chance of rain. I have lived here a long time, and this is a long time to go without appreciable rainfall. We need some rain here badly yet long term says dry. I believe we may be in for some serious trouble if it doesn't begin raining soon.
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Strong Santa Ana Winds 1 2
by KMartin- 42 replies
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My staff writer wrote this up. Please be advised that if you live in the wind prone areas to protect your trees. I have taken my steps to do so. Here is a pre-caution. Take this as advice if you need advanced warning on these strong winds and need the info to protect. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA - January 6, 2009 (SocalWeather.Org) Hurricane Force Santa Ana Winds Set To Pound Southern California Growing concerns that damaging Santa Ana Winds are about to hit Southern California prompts a Santa Ana Wind Watch. The Southern California Weather Authority has issued a Santa Ana Wind Watch effective this Friday until next week. The Santa Ana Wind pattern is upon us and w…
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CATASTROPHIC TYPHOON ............ 1 2
by trioderob- 1 follower
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worst storm to hit the Earth in decades about to decimate the P.I.
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HEAT ALERT for southern Cal.......... 1 2
by trioderob- 42 replies
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for the inland southern california growers: HEAT ALERT be sure your palms are watered tonight / tommorrow or they may die this week. super hot and dry conditions for the next 7 days
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Global warming: Has your plant climate zone changed? 1 2
by Sandy Loam- 2 followers
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Is it just here or has your climate zone also shifted in the past decade as a result of global warming? For the past seven years, mine has. I am supposed to be on the border of USDA zone 8b and 9a, but I have just had seven consecutive years of zone 9b winters, including at least one zone 10a winter too. I don't know whether this will be a permanent change, but I am taking risks by making zone 9b plantings now. 2010 was a zone 8b winter here, so I am definitely taking a risk based on the assumption that zone 8b is gone forever. Unfortunately, most of you outside the United States will not be familiar with USDA cold-hardiness zones (zones 1-13), but I have to r…
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Winter Results 1 2
by bubba- 42 replies
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Winter is over for those spots in the 48 that are involved in the growing of all things Tropical.Using the internationally accepted Cooling/Heating Degree Method for this Winter,the following constitute the Results: Texas- Brownsville-Cooling-260 hours;Heating-283 hours Harligen-Cooling-255 hours;Heating-346 hours San Antonio-Cooling-83 hours;Heating-800 hours Florida- Marathon-Cooling-793 hours;Heating-20 hours Miami-Cooling-637 hours;Heating-27 hours Ft.Lauderdale- Cooling-645 hours;Heating-28 hours Naples-Cooling-431 hours;Heating-76 hours West Palm-Cooling-469 hours;Heating-69 hours Melbourne-Cooling-295;Heating-159 hours California- Los Angel…
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NM Climate and Palms 1 2
by SailorBold- 42 replies
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I live in central New Mexico on the northern edge of the Chihuahuan Desert. It is quite a challenge to grow palms in this area due to low rainfall, high elevations, and cold winters. Most if not all palm trees planted in NM are located within this region. The USDA hardiness zones within NM range from 7a to 9a, and mostly within the Chihuahuan desert borders. It is classified as a high desert which differs in comparison to the low-subtropical Sonoran desert found in Arizona and California.
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Why am i considered 10a? 1 2
by tvold- 42 replies
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So I live in Golden Gate, which is basically a subsidiary of Naples and its a few miles east of downtown. On maps it is listed as a 10a hardiness zone, yet the coldest it gets here in winter is the lower 40s with a Cold Front. Winters here are windy however, which brings with it wind chill. Does this count towards the plant hardiness zone, or not? If not, I've NEVER seen it in the 30s here (besides like 2010) without factoring in wind chill.
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Could climate change be good? 1 2
by NC_Palms- 1 follower
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It is safe to say that as palm addicts, we have a bias towards the tropics and subtropics. So for the past few days, I have been wondering if climate change is as bad as it is being projected to be. Within the past few decades, we have been seeing an extraordinary growth of the global tropics and subtropics towards both poles. On average, the tropics expand toward the poles 93 miles per decade. This is very noticeable in Florida, where mangrove trees are being found as far north as Saint Augustine. I predict that it may be too late to reverse the effects of climate change. If this is true, we as a society will need to adapt to a tropical expanding world. This includ…
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Coldest night of year on tap 1 2
by NBTX11- 41 replies
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Well, tonight is the big one and probably the last one of the year. Supposed to go down to the mid 20s (24-26F). Coldest up until now has been 29F. On the positive note, we're supposed to have a good rebound, with 70s in the 7 day forecast next week. Perfect setup tonight for a hard radiational freeze. Temps are supposed to drop like a rock. It's already in the low 40s and the sun just went down. This makes 2 years in a row that the coldest night of year is in Feb, and not Dec or Jan. It's supposed to be getting warm around here, avg high is nearing 70F. I'm tired of this, bring on the heat.
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The Power of a Hurricane 1 2
by Jeff Searle- 41 replies
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I just found these pictures I took from Hurricane Wilma that hit South Florida,October of 05. This first one is looking into the shadehouse. For the people that have been to my nursery, this is probably a shock to see. It was for me that afternoon when I drove over there. This is looking out the back end of the first shadehouse. Jeff
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Plant Heat Zone Map 1 2
by chris78- 41 replies
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In 1997 the American Horticultural Society came out with the "AHS PLANT HEAT ZONE MAP".... It has 12 zones, and are based on the Average number of days per year that the temperature were 86F or above. It was developed because plants have heat requirements to grow, flower and fruit successfully. As we all know, zone 10 in Florida is a different animal than zone 10 in California. Many of the zone 10 palms that grow like weeds in Florida, struggle in zone 10 in California if they live at all. Lets face it, there are more zone 10 plants growing in zone 9 in Florida than than there are growing in zone 10 or 11 in California. The map places South Florida in zone 11 or 12.…
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Your dream climatic averages... 1 2
by Xenon- 1 follower
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Show us the climate of your dreams! Jonathan
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This Socal weather sucks... 1 2
by STEVE IN SO CAL- 41 replies
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I feel like I must have clicked my heels and wound up in Kansas somehow. Cold and wind, gusting to 50+ mph. It's like a fricken hurricane outside. I picked a great year to plant my field nursery...record heat this summer(up to 118f), with oppressive heat for weeks on end. Then many hours of subfreezing temps in Dec, and now this....If my plants survive this winter, it will be a miracle. I think I'll go clean the 1/2 ton of debris out of my pool now....
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Rainfall for 2007 1 2
by Wai`anae Steve- 40 replies
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Well it began to rain late last night. So far just about 2" have come down. During a break I ran out and spread 100 lbs of Apex Palm Fertilizer. Hopefully the palms grow faster than the weeds. Monday Morn-->turned off the irrigation system good for a week
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Our September has been almost ideal from the plants point of view. Quite a few days very windy, which is not ideal, but a reasonable amount of rain. Daytime temperatures have been average or just above, but night time temperatures have been consistently above or well above average, which is great for keeping the growing season going, as long as we don't have a rapid change. The considerable amount of cloud cover that has been keeping the night time temperatures up will have reduced light and hence growth rate (along with the effect of reduced temperatures), so hopefully the transition to dormancy will be fairly smooth. This month has been very similar to last October …
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With Monsoon 2022 now in the books, attention across the U.S. Southwest and California now turns to what may lie ahead for the winter ahead.. After a " decent " Monsoon season here, and some other parts of the Southwest, ..and parts of Southern California, will the trend of the last couple years continue? or, could the 3rd La Nina winter throw some interesting curves into the mix? For the moment, here at least, " Fantastic Fall Hiking Season" has returned as " Sizzle Season " looks to be put to bed.. Warmth will continue for the time being, in the low deserts at least, but, 80s and 90s are better than daily 100+ (++) heat, especially now that nights are trending …
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August weather thread 1 2
by junglegalfla- 40 replies
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Lots of storms the last couple weeks in NE St. Pete. It's thundering again as I type this. Noticed lots of mushrooms in my jungle last night so we must be getting a lot of moisture! No complaints
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New USDA plant hardiness zone map 1 2
by Dave-Vero- 2 followers
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Washington Post. This has been a big problem for the USDA. A few years ago, they contracted the American Horticultural Society to revise the plant hardiness map, and the results displeased a lot of users who thought that nudging the zones northward wasn't justified. The new map was done by Oregon State University, which has done a huge amount of work on mapping American climate. USDA. USDA eagerly points out that the map isn't intended to validate climate change. There's just vastly more data available than when the previous map was released in 1990. My place seems to have just barely sneaked into zone 10A. And St Petersburg, too??
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Hurricane Florence looking scary! 1 2
by Reeverse- 2 followers
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Hope everyone in the Mid Atlantic is getting prepared. Praying for the best outcome but looking like a possible direct hit.
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West Coast Freeze
by ghar41- 39 replies
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Weather predictions for the night of January 17-18 here are 24-25F. What is it looking like in your area?
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Here are the statistics for when the next tropical cyclone will either strike your area, or affect your area. Each city will have its own post, these posts will include the average times between different strengths and the next time that area should be affected. I can only obtain data for large population centers or coastal towns/cities such as Miami, FL or Galveston, TX.
