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Worst freezes ever 1 2 3
by ruskinPalms- 112 replies
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Hello, I am curious about the big freezes that have hit traditionally subtropical areas like central and south Florida, south Texas and southern and coastal California. For example, how bad was the freeze in '89 here in Florida? Did the native Royals see damage in thier habitat in south Florida? Thanks, Bill
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December 2009 Weather Thread 1 2 3
by _Keith- 111 replies
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Starting off the month cold and wet in Louisiana. Drizzled all day yesterday, woke up to rain and 40 degrees. Will top out today around 55. Its been a wet fall and early winter here. Reminds me all too much of those cold wet winters that were common back when I grew up. You could wear all the layers you wanted and an over coat, but the moisture just went right through them the minute you walked out the door. Used to make my teeth chatter. The last two warm decades have hardly given us the opportunity to wear winter clothes here. But I just got this gut feel this one is gonna be different. I sure want to be wrong.
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I HATE CANADIAN AIR MASSES!!! 1 2 3
by BobbyinNY- 111 replies
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We got this blast of High Pressure this morning from Canada that sent my temps tumbling into the high 40's for a low and only getting to about 72f today... Very rare for Sept - more like Late Oct... It's only supposed to last till tonight, but I've been hauling all the sensitive stuff inside..... ugggh
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Polar Vortex on the Way? 1 2 3
by PalmatierMeg- 2 followers
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Saw this article in the news this morning. Haven't read it yet but am already shivering. If there is any good in this news, it's that the vortex won't arrive until mid-February. Maybe the effects won't be as severe by then. polar-vortex-may-be-on-the-horizon-scientists-warn Note: I'm reading article now. Polar vortex to start end of Dec. and inflict "one of the harshest winters in years." Yikes! I remember the last one not too many years back.
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My contributions from this topic inspired me to make a thread on just Brevard, Treasure coast, and Orlando areas. I'll post my observations and give my opinions but the main purpose will be to gather input from others as well. Please feel free to post here.
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Record Cold 1 2 3
by Daryl- 109 replies
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What a winter it has been so far. We have had some of the coldest weather in recorded history. We are experiencing yet another cold snap here, with more to come. The strange thing is that our local airport has recorded both the warmest July day ever and the coldest minimum as well. This is a location about 1 kilometre from the ocean. Lucky for me so far my temps have not been as cold as the airport. Here are some stats for the month up to yesterday. Last night the airport minimum temp was 0.0C!!! regards, Daryl.
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January Weather Thread 1 2 3
by ruskinPalms- 107 replies
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I thought a January weather thread was already started, but I can't find it. Of course the main thing on my mind is the expected hard freeze on the night of Jan 2. I have protected my most exposed landscape bed in the front of the house, but it seems that most of my palms are just too big for me to realistically protect unless I want to erect several "palmscrapers". The rest is just going to have to ride it out. My forcast lows for Jan 2 at the time of this post (zip 33570): NOAA/NWS: 28F Accuweather: 29F TWC: 29F Wunderground: 35F ??? Pic of the front protection:
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Hurricane Ian 09.28.2022 1 2 3
by Barry- 5 followers
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Starting a thread for Hurricane Ian. Getting windy, water is still soaking in for now.. Much larger and stronger than Charlie! I think we will be in the eye wall and possibly the eye. The eye was 40 miles wide at 6 am this morning. Power has gone out, but come back for now. Not expecting it to stay on for much longer. Short video out the front door, just a few minutes ago. Prepared the safe room just in case. DE901CE1-0953-4A0E-AB72-CDF447577A2A.MOV
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Australian Tropical Cyclone Season 2011/12 has started 1 2 3
by tropicbreeze- 106 replies
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The Australian Tropical Cyclone season has got off to a flying start with number 1 in the Indian Ocean - TC Alenga. Currently Cat. 3 but expected to weaken and dissipate before reaching the WA coast. One likely side effect may be to draw down the monsoon trough which is somewhere over Indonesia at the moment.
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March Thread 1 2 3
by Trópico- 105 replies
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It is an honour to start this thread and I would like to say it's so beautiful outside that is health threatening to be at work today. Low 80s today and tomorrow with a twist: Sat and Sun highs in the 60s and lows in the 40s, bottoming out possibly at 43ºF. Not too bad enough to start a "Florida Scare #4" but I have to hold on to my rendas one more week.
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Possible Florida Freeze - January 1 2 3
by RedRabbit- 105 replies
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Happy New Year PT! Florida has had a very warm and dry winter season so far, but will those trends continue into January? Discuss below!
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Rain Machine 1 2 3
by gsytch- 105 replies
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The rain machie shut off. Two weeks now without any rain, and almost no clouds to speak of. After an unusually cool 66F MOnday morning, it is hot and humid once again but still, no noise or storms. The lack of even hearing thunder is odd. Even when we miss it, it usually gets loud daily here. My hope is some good moisture returns soon. We need it as May and April were also dry and sunny. What wacko summers we have had lately....
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La Nina
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Looks to turn into a Hurricane, hit Cuba and then drift into the Gulf, although the models are all over the place, so who knows what will happen. Might impact Florida by Saturday or Sunday.
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Brownsville Climate 1 2 3
by LF-TX- 2 followers
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Texas, being a big state, has a wide range of climates. You have arid towards the west, subtropical towards the east, colder temps north, and warmer temps south. For a long time I’ve been questioning Köppen’s classification for Brownsville / Eastern Cameron county. At NOAA’s averages for this area, we fall into a subtropical climate. Now, what troubles me is the plain, visible differences in the vegetation of Brownsville/surrounding areas to that of areas outside of the lower RGV. For those that have visited/ are natives to this area, it’s clear that Brownsville is visibly a lot more tropical that most areas of the Valley outside of the Lower Valley. Once you leave north …
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California winter is here 1 2 3
by enigma99- 102 replies
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Look at this... a little too early for this to be happening. Once we get into an el nino pattern and storms come from the Pacific, it should be more mild. We won't have any freezing temps from this, but it will be chilly! brrr. Hopefully this pattern will change soon!
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Jealous of Europe's Weather 1 2 3
by Yunder Wækraus- 102 replies
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Can you imagine what palm-growing conditions would be like in the American South if we had a tall range of east-west mountains (like the Alps) separating Texas through to the Carolinas from south-driving arctic blasts AND if the gulf stream warmed America's coast the way it now warms Wester Europe? Check out this map that shows where European cities are situated relative to American locations of the same latitude. They're growing palms and citrus in Spain, parts of France, Italy, Greece, Turkey, etc., but Jacksonville Florida, which is across from Africa, is too cold for commercial citrus production! 'Tis unfair. http://mapsontheweb.zoom-maps.com/post/125519562883/map-of-…
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Florida Tropical Climate Map 1 2 3
by PalmTreeDude- 2 followers
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I found a tropical climate map for Florida, it seems to include more in the tropical area than most other maps do, does it look accurate?
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Last summer was at the height of one of the strongest La Nina [cooling of the eastern tropical Pacific ocean] in history. The California coast as well as the Pacific Northwest experienced record cool conditions [i.e. San Diego coolest summer ever] due to ocean temps up to 10 degrees F below normal. Not a happy time for palm growers near the beach. La Nina is over but residual cooling remains along the West Coast. Noted climatologist, Dr Patzert of the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, is predicting a cooler than normal summer http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/home_blog/2011/05/la-storm-watch.html Keep in mind that Patzert also predicted a very dry rain year when i…
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Weird weather this winter. This a placeholder for Monday and Tuesday nights in California as a low drops down with really cold air. Today is in the 70s, by tomorrow the temps will be dropping sharply. Average date for last possible frost for my area is Jan 31st, so this is certainly freaky weather. I think it could possibly have some implications on agriculture as well since it is unusual. Currently my winter low so far was a night of 32F. Forecasts say 28 and 29! Oh well. One bonus getting hit so late is it should help with recovery once it warms up again. I didn’t want to have to clean up the bananas after a freeze since they are still up. Other than that, I …
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First Cool Front 1 2 3
by NBTX11- 100 replies
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Usually the first cool front of the season pushes through sometime in October, dropping overnight lows into the 50s for the first time in about 6 months or more. So far, no cool fronts, and none projected in the forecast. Last year it looks like the first front pushed through in mid Oct. This year we are still in summer mode...so the question is, when will the first real cool front of the fall push through and let us upen our windows at night for the first time. Everything is still growing like it would in summer...is refreshing air just around the corner... Oct 07 Hi Lo 1 90 74 2 90 74 3 89 69 4 89 64 5 90 66 6 90…
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Southern Autumn 2015 1 2 3
by tropicbreeze- 99 replies
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Thought I'd better start this before everyone decides to hibernate and falls asleep. Not that autumn is particularly significant here, it's still our wet season, even if not much of a wet season this year. There's chatterings around the place that March will be a very high rainfall month. I haven't seen anything official on that. The month started off pretty good, but then suddenly died in the proverbial. At this point I'm average rainfall for March, on a daily basis. But with the nose dive the past few days I've had to turn the auto irrigation back on. The road out the front of my place is getting dusty again. My dam is only just trickling over whereas normally it shou…
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No April Fools? 1 2 3
by happ- 98 replies
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New month & a giant step closer to heat Lots of growth everywhere. All natives in full leaf/bauhinia peak/heliconia color. Sunny in the Southwest & warm :cool: How is it in your part of the world?
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Georgia & South Carolina, USA: January 2018 freeze 1 2 3
by Sandy Loam- 97 replies
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Arbor Day Foundation hardiness map 1 2 3
by Dave-Vero- 97 replies
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http://www.arborday.org/media/zones.cfm Zone 10 now includes Cape Canaveral and much of Tampa-St Pete. The Portland, Oregon heat island is Zone 9. Washington Post story.
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