WEATHER / CLIMATE
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Climate Change
by amazondk- 28 replies
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I was searching around for more information on the last ice age and it's impacts on climate and came up with this article, The last ice age to present. There are some intersting points raised here. One is that there have been abrupt changes in world temperatures many times over the last 150,000 years. There have been warm times simlar to today and much colder drier times. I have always been fascinated by the ice ages as I was raised in an area that was glaciated in recent history, northern Montana. Here in Amazonia little concrete is really known about the exact conditions during the colder times, but the forest apparently was much smaller. With the sea level as mu…
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Almost Off-Topic
by alex_7b- 0 replies
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We ran a short, unscientific poll regarding the watering bans in GA and the wider drought from MS to NC. Here are the results if you're interested.... http://members3.boardhost.com/HardyPalm/poll Poll Results If your next-door neighbor violated a watering ban, would you "rat 'im out"? Votes Yes, no exceptions 16% 4 Yes, we're on bad terms 0% 0 No, he/she grows hardy palms 24% 6 No; I'm a Libertarian 60% 15 25 votes total
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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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There is alot of discussion on this Board about Zone 11. The definition of Zone 11 seems nebulous at best when it discusses "an average minimum temperature of 40 degrees F."What does that mean?The last time I remember it dropping below 40 degrees F. in this area was 1989.(Palm Beach)At anyrate, the National Arbor Day Foundation completed an extensive revision of this map ,which is available on the Wikipedia Hardiness Zone article. This article also lists the Hardiness Zones for numerous American cities.In California,San Diego,Los Angeles and San Francisco are identified as Zone 10. The only American cities designated Zone 11 are Miami,Florida and Honolulu,Hawaii.As it rel…
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uhhhh what the heck?
by MattyB- 17 replies
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Ok, this is just nasty. Santa Ana is in full force. Yesterday was nasty but this morning is even worse. I just got 68 degrees F, w/ 15% humidity reading @ 9:00 am. It's expected to heat up to around 90F. This means single digit humidity expected for sure in the drier areas. Ohhh dear...
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Some pics of the weather thurs 10-4-07
by MattyB- 16 replies
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It was a nice day (ask Happ for the specifics). Then it got windy. By 4 or 5 in the afternoon there was a "WOF" (wall of fog) headed our way. Here's some cool pics.
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October Weather Thread 1 2
by LA PALM BOY- 56 replies
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A bit warmer than average here (temps. in the low 80's) but pretty much business as usual for So. Cal. Doug
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FL. wet season ends
by Scott Mcintosh- 31 replies
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The official wet season is over for Florida (June-Sept). I received 25.6 " of rain within June-Sept . That gives me a total of 32.86" for the year or 6.73" above for the year.
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WINDY WEATHER
by www.dadluvsu.com- 3 replies
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Lots of wind today, my shadehouse has been blown around in its first mild bit of wind... The wood structure ripped a couple small tears in my shadecloth. Some pots that were stacked in a corner fell over and my groundcover has been blown all over the place... This is the first time I have encountered any kind of wind since I built the second shadehouse. I can imagine now how catastrophic hurricane force winds will be if they ever come across my palm operation... It will be bad ... Did anyone else have any wind damage? Here's a couple photos around the shadehouse....
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Calling Dr. Happ!
by DoomsDave- 6 replies
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Looks like there's a big storm coming down off Alaska, though it might not make it far enough south to make it possible to skip watering again this weekend . . . Any thoughts? dave
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Winter predictions for Southern California
by Cycadcenter- 18 replies
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Anyone want to have a guess what winter will be like. Tried to call Al Gore but he has left the planet as it was getting too hot here! Bruce
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August 26,1949 Hurricane
by bubba- 0 replies
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On August 26,1949 another Hurricane hit the Palm Beach area with a path very similar to the September 16,1928 Hurricane. Specifically, it was another Cape Verde Storm that hit Palm Beach and it's environs and traveled through the Glades and Lake Okeechobee. The Army Corp. had built dykes around the Lake by this time and there was no catastrophe related to water like there was in the 1928 storm in the Glades. It was not classified as a Great Hurricane like the 1928 storm by the US Weather Bureau, which is interesting because top winds were officially measured at 153 MPH. The minimum pressure was 28.17 inches. The 1928 storm according to "authorities" had a lower wind spee…
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Sept. 22, 2007
by DoomsDave- 3 replies
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Howdyall: Put on my red shoes and did a rain dance. The BEST torrential rain pelted La Habra, and I actually stuck out my tongue, and it tasted sweet. My inner child definitely came to the fore. If I was 6, I'd have ripped off my clothes and ran around the block . . . . Ahem. Last year was SO DRY. (Last year as in Rainy season.) An Inch and a half fell, enough that I don't have to water this weekend, for the first time in Heaven only knows how long. How about the rest of you? How much did you get?
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S. FL freeze !!??!? 1 2
by surgeon83- 49 replies
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As I have mentioned before, I am hoping to move to FL next spring, but the question is where (and it partly depends on where I get interviewed). Anyway, althought my first choice has been Tampa (or perhaps commute from St. Pete), I am again considering Miami but I started looking into real estate in outlying towns to save money and get out of the ghetto. Tamarac, FL seems like a pretty clean place from the pictures I've seen BUT.... Weather.com says it got down to 21 there in 2/1995- and froze two other nights (at LEAST that were record-breakers) in that same month!!! Then in 2/1996 it froze three more nights that were record-breakers (low ->23). Pic…
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Watch out Southern California.....
by epicure3- 34 replies
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From the NWS....
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Sept.16, 1928
by bubba- 10 replies
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Seventy nine years ago and a day, the strongest Hurricane on record in our area scored a direct hit on Palm Beach and moved on to make nefarious history in the Glades.At approximately 6:00PM on a Sunday evening without the fanfare of the Weather Channel, a powerful Cape Verde storm made landfall.I had the priviledge to sit and listen to my grandfather and six other gentlemen relate the stories of their personal storm experience.On some level, they were all the same.Each person was injured in some manner, whatever structure they were in was largely destroyed and each person ,after securing their family,took one of the many trucks headed out to the Glades ,where they had he…
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Global Warming
by alex_7b- 32 replies
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http://www.dailytech.com/Antarct....871.htm
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Next....Ingrid Thread
by LA PALM BOY- 5 replies
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We shall see what happens with this one...
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Humberto
by steve 9atx- 4 replies
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They say some areas will get up to 10". I wish we could send it to FL or SOCAL: http://radblast-aa.wunderground.com/cgi-bin....tning=0 Steve
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Another Interesting video
by Palmy- 7 replies
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Found this interesting video on youtube again. 1 year radar loop of US, with snow/rain/ice. For the weather freaks.
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Found an interesting video
by Palmy- 2 replies
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There is a lot of swearing, as some crazy people took the video. Heads up. Its pretty funny also. Tornado in South SF. Think it was a few years ago Hope I posted in the right place.
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"Gabrielle" Thread
by LA PALM BOY- 2 replies
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Might as well get this one started...
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Hurricanes in San Diego?
by bubba- 6 replies
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I know San Diego was hit with a Cat 1 in October of 1858. Have their been any more recent experiences in Coastal California or Gulf of California that effect California or Arizona?Any research on the greater propensity as things seem to continue to warm up?
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IPS Badge - Members only?
by Bilbo- 2 replies
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Would IPS Members like the oppurtunity to purchase an IPS Badge?
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Heavy rains hit South Kona areas
by Al in Kona- 5 replies
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Yesterday afternoon (Sep. 1) off and on heavy downpours of rain hit many, if not most areas of South Kona. My rain gage showed almost 127mm or 5 inches. In summer we normally do get a lot of afternoon or early evening showers but this one was exceptionally heavy. Did you guys in other areas of the islands receive much? Steve in Waianae, Norm in Kaneohe, Bo, Jerry, Garrin, Mike and others on the Windward side plus Dean (Koloko mauka) and Tom (Waiohinu) and anyone else?
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