WEATHER / CLIMATE
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Bad winter storm
by SailorBold- 1 reply
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Albuquerque is currently getting spanked by a bad winter storm... still snowing temps in the 20's.. Makes for a restless night!
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cool weather map/zone
by Stevetoad- 1 reply
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i found this map today. you can see your zone,see first/last frost ect. http://www.plantmaps.com/92071
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Palm Damage
by GaDawg- 1 reply
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Can someone direct to the page thread that had the damage to palms in relation to temperature in aplphabetical order? I use use to know how to get to it. Thanks
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Floodings in Santa Catarina
by Gileno Machado- 1 reply
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Itajaí river valley in SC state had unprecedent precipitation during the week. Hopefully Nigel is doing fine at his new home there. I guess Alberto in Paraná might have had a big drop too...southern Brazil had a real drenching rain this season.
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fire watch...............
by trioderob- 1 reply
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we are now into OCT and its been a bone dry summer - not one drop of rain in many months and no rain in forcast for the next 10 days. critical fire time now
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SE QLD rainfall
by Tyrone- 1 reply
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Been looking at the weather over in SE QLD. Lots of rainfall and humidity. Are the palms taking off like nuts?? regards Tyrone
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Tornado hit Dallas
by GottmitAlex- 1 reply
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Prayers go out. https://www.foxnews.com/us/tornado-dallas-texas
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For TropicDoc, lol
by _Keith- 1 reply
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1958 Snow in Houma
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Heating and Cooling degrees are a good measure of climate.To calculate,you take your locations High and Low and divide.This number constitutes your average temperature for the day.To compute Cooling/Heating degrees, you take your locations average and add or subtract from 65F.Accordingly,if your average temperature was 70F.the Cooling degrees would be 5 for that particular day.Correspondingly, if the average temperature of a given day is 60F.,the Heating days would be 5. For the first 10 days of December, the numbers are as follows: Texas-Brownsville;C-72,H-11;Harligen;C-89,H-14;McAllen;C-102,H-16;Laredo;C-85;H-8 Florida-Key West-C-121,H-0;Miami-C-115,H-0;Ft.Laud.-C-…
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Wild Winds in Guatemala
by Really full garden- 1 reply
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The morning of Jan.1 came in with a blast.We had three days of hot dry hurricane force winds.It blew 70-100KPH for almost three days.A major electrical line was damaged and most of Guatemala was without power.I lost power for five days and just got internet service today.Here are a few photos of my garden at the finca. Heliconias ripped to shreds and then dried like potato chips.
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Southern California Weather Authority
by joe_OC- 1 reply
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I just found this website and thought it was worth posting for all of us in Socal: http://www.southerncaliforniaweatherauthority.com/2013-2014-monthly-southern-california-storm-season-forecast/
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A 2013 Comparison of two Palmy but very different Climates: Phoenix, Az. Max. Mean Min. 81F. 54F. 29F. Heat Cool Grow 351 5 157 Brownsville, Tx. Max. Mean Min. 85F. 62F. 36F. Heat Cool Grow 176 74 368
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Floods in the are man made.
by Explorer- 1 reply
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Maybe an off topic here. but people should know that the current floods in Europe are manmade. Farmers have destroyed the upland moors and vegetation because they want dry land. As a result villages and cities downstream get flooded! And the drainage was even subsidized by taxmoney! A bloody shame! And destruction of upland native vegetation by man is also a problem in other parts of the World. Where upland native vegetation gets destroyed by man, sooner or later there is a price to pay... http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/dec/29/deluge-farmers-flood-grouse-moor-drain-land?CMP=share_btn_tw Alexander
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Early summers is almost there!
by EastCanadaTropicals- 1 reply
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Hello fellow palmtalkers, I checked the morning forecast now, and It was 17c, I went outside, and it was pretty warm.
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As Yesterday was the 120th anniversary of the 1899 arctic outbreak I thought I would link to this 1988 abstract detailing the event. It also touches on the arctic outbreaks of Jan 1982 and Jan 1985 at the end of the paper. Obviously it was written a year to early to include the outbreak of 1989 that I remember witnessing the aftermath of that February while visiting the Stuart area during my winter break in high school. Arctic outbreak of 1899
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Current Winds - San Diego
by MattyB- 1 reply
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My dad found this link to a graphic of the current winds, updated every 10 minutes. We're up in Alpine right now and it's pretty darn windy with and Easterly Santa Ana wind. If you know the topography of San Diego it's interesting to link the terrain with the wind. Like you can see how the East wind comes down the San Pasqual valley in Escondido and hits the mountain by Lake Hodges and really roars. Or how the flat, low desert of Imperial Valley suddenly raises up to the mountains and it really ramps up. Current Winds Link
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Drought Broken, Darwin
by greysrigging- 1 reply
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The 1st of October is the official start of the Wet Season in the Top End of the Northern Territory. And as if it was scripted, we had a beautiful little downpour about 9.00am this morning. This was the first rain in the Leanyer ( my suburb ) gauge since 28th April, ie; 5 full calendar months without rain. Without checking official records it would be right up there with the longest droughts recorded. We have an extreme Wet/Dry monsoonal climate that is hard on man,beast and palms. Last 'wet' I recorded 100" until the end of April and not a drop since until this mornings welcome rain. I shudder to think what my next water bill is gunna read.....I have been pouring it on t…
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Warming Up!
by PalmTreeDude- 1 reply
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The lows and the highs are finally starting to rise in temperature as spring approaches! Today it was 81 degrees F and was sunny, a few of my (non palm) plants are starting to come up. Now the lowest lows are in the high 20s and low 30s. How is your weather?
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It's raining yea!
by Palm crazy- 0 replies
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Its been a really dry summer here and we finally are getting one day of rain, all day that is... this will be the third time it has rain this whole summer the other two time was only for a few hours but today its 90% and that should really help make the garden grow now. Cordylines, Melianthus, Abutilons and cool growing palms will start to take off.
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Dry as a Chip !
by Tassie_Troy1971- 0 replies
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haven't had a sprinkle down here for 5 weeks .
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How does this Winter
by bubba- 0 replies
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The Palm Beach Post reports that if Winter ended today, the average temperature recorded at PBIA would be 64.3F. This is based upon the fact that most forecasters define Winter as Dec.-Feb.Accordingly, that would make it the 11th coldest Winter since record keeping began in 1888.This assumes an average remainder for Feb.I do not know about you but I am ready for this to be over. The story goes on to say that this is the coldest Winter since 1981.The average for Dec/2009 was 70.8F; the average for Jan/2010 was 60.6F and the the average through Feb.15, 2010 was 61.5F.The coldest ever Dec.-Feb. period occurred in 1957/58 with a three month average of 61.6F.Accordingly, if…
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Coachella Valley / Deep Canyon Winter Lows
by ahosey01- 0 replies
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If you follow this link and click the historic data for “Boyd Center,” which is a research station up the hill south of Palm Desert, you will see that - far from the heat island - winter lows average 51 degrees Fahrenheit! https://deepcanyon.ucnrs.org/weather-data/ This is the location of the research station: This is situated in topography similar to La Quinta, although the valley in La Quinta is a little wider and lower and is not at the mouth of a canyon. However, it may help explain the presence and survival of the La Quinta coconut palm. I don’t think there’s another place in the U.S. with the same combination of average summer highs around 105,…
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Goodbye Bermuda-Azores high...
by CodyORB- 1 follower
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Luckily nothing to worry about yet, though my Baobab (Adansonia grandidieri) is about to go dormant by this point. Good idea to take it inside before it rains and gets a fungal attack... Otherwise here's to hoping we get another mild winter!
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Penguins
by Bilbo- 0 replies
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Not possible of course but thats no hoax - honest guys- unless someone is real cute they dont easily make a fool outa your friend Jon. Explanation: apparently they were collected as pets on ship in the Antarctic and released in Alaska later. Plausible I suppose and published in a respectable newspaper. Aint nature wonderful at adapting? "Holy caped crusader there will be millions of Penguins advancing along 5th Avenue any time!" Be patient Boy Wonder and remember good will always triumph over evil" Regardez Juan
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The 8a microclimate of the Calidiora Peninsula
by Muslim Gardener- 1 follower
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A few months ago I left Kurdistan and moved to Virginia in the United States where I have been experimenting with hardy palm trees and exotics. Let me tell you about the 8a microclimate of my new home. The Calidiora Peninsula is a large piece of land in Virginia which is separated from the rest of the Virginia Peninsula by Skiffes Creek and Felgates Creek in the Northern area of the Calidiora Peninsula. The USDA hardiness zone of the Calidiora Peninsula is USDA zones 7b and 8a. The closer to Fort Monroe you get, the warmer it is. The closer to Skiffes Creek you get, the more cold the Winter can be. This year, it got only down to 14 degrees Fahrenheit on a late Decemb…