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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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Protection for Windmill
by James Robert- 2 replies
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Have a question, I have some 2' to 3' windmill palms in the ground, here in Greenville SC. What is a easy way to protect from freeze. Is there something I can buy local. Thanks
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Well it looks like we may get some bad first tonight. This morning went down to 0.1C, and the coldest looks to be yet to come. It will be a clear, still few nights, under a high pressure zone. Most of my palms are under canopy and will take it OK, but I have some that aren't that protected that may get damaged, such as two trunking Hyophorbe indica, and some Abyssinian bananas. Ive got a large industrial fan that I may hook up in the area and let it blow across the area. Has anyone done this before for their palms? I'm kind of desperate to try anything so I'm going to give it a go tomorrow morning and see what it does.
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TC Damien
by sandgroper- 0 replies
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Fun and games in the north west, the BOM are saying the cyclone could reach category 4 when it crosses the coast.
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Hot times in US
by bubba- 1 reply
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Temperature Humidity Dewpoint Feel Like Florida Sunrise/100F/53%/80/123F Okkeechobee/102F/43%/75/116F Winter Park/104F/47%/73/113F Louisiana Houma/100F/54%/81/123F Theriot/96F/54%/77/114F Dulac/95F/57%/75/115F Texas Alvin/97F/63%/83/126F Pasadena/97F/54%/73/109F Lampasa/102F/42%/75/113F California Palm Springs/107F/30%/66/127F Calexico/108F/28%/66/121F Needles/112F/21%/61/119F Arizona Tucson/103F/35%/70/115F Phoenix/108F/30%/65/117F Yuma/109F/25%/65/121F Not certain how the “Feel Like” is calculated but I know what a dew point over 80 feels like…
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Hurricane Nicholas
by DCA_Palm_Fan- 1 reply
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I know it formed right before landfall, and it only made it to Cat 1. What concerns me about this storm is the stall. Its going to stall probably tomorrow for at least a few days. The cone turns into a circle indicating a stall. This could be catastrophic. I guess we will find out, but after what we saw Harvey did, this is a definite concern.
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Best website for historic low temperatures
by Cody Salem- 2 replies
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I've been lurking at this website for years and decided that I should start doing some posting. I wanted to share what I have found to be the easiest place to find data historic low temperatures across the U.S. It's pretty obscure, so I doubt many of you have seen it before. https://wrcc.dri.edu/summary/sodusa.html First choose your state, then you will see a list view and map view of all the available stations. Some stations have more complete data than others, so you might have to check a few of them. Even though the website format is a little outdated, the data is auto-generated, so all of the stations that are a…
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Every so often I'll wake up to this around the middle of the night. I check the radar, and it's always from about Cape Canaveral southward, isolated rain bands that bring the occasional downpour. Why does this only appear from Cape Canaveral and southward?
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Central NH
by WSimpson- 3 replies
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There's a website from Plymouth State College in Plymouth NH that has an extensive weather department . They are about an hour away from the infamous Mt Washington ( the worlds worst weather is their slogan ) . I went to a school down the road from that college and I like to check up on their webcam and see what it is like there from time to time . It's cool in NC but that's more snow there than I've had in 2 years . Check out the weather site they have at Plymouth State College . https://vortex.plymouth.edu Pictures on the site update every 5 minutes , and there are some cameras showing different shots of Mt Washington that update too . …
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Aftermath of the Texas Freeze
by Jimbean- 4 replies
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https://palmpedia.net/wiki/SUBTROPICAL_SURVIVABILITY_INDEX For those living in Texas, where can you vouch for the following palms that survived the Texas freeze that occurred in February 2021?
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Happy Spring, the earliest in 124 years..
by Silas_Sancona- 0 replies
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After a cool and sometimes stormy day yesterday, a cool but sunny start to " official " spring here in the Desert. 65-68F today.. Back to the 70s tomorrow/ over the weekend.. Tis' the season.
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How Seasons are Predicted (A Potential Project)
by ColumbusPalm- 4 replies
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So I am very fascinated by weather/climate predictions. The change in ocean temperatures and how it relates to air flow and seasonal heat and cold based on geography. There is a lot out there that people put out with predictions based on how the month by month trends are happening with the ocean tilting towards El Niño, La Niña or neutral conditions and how that may effect the upcoming summer or winter... What I would love to see is someone who has analyzed the data of these events every 1,2,5,10,20 year etc. periods to see if there is an identifiable trend to more accurately predict an upcoming season, or if weather is truly unpredictable no matter what climate is doing.…
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Rain in San Diego August 8, 2022
by DoomsDave- 2 replies
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Or thereabouts. I saw this on the news, and was curious to know if any Palm Talkers got any rain? If you don't want we'll take up here in the OC . . . . San Diego County Gets Unexpected Rain as Thunderstorms Move Across Region (msn.com)
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Hurricane Andrew... 30 Years Since
by Palmarum- 4 replies
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Hard to fathom it has been 30 years since that storm redrew the landscape in South Florida, mostly burning a deep scar across Miami-Dade altering landmarks along the way. From that point forward, the palm & plant world was permanently divided into 'pre-Andrew' and 'post-Andrew' eras. So much damage. Many collections, gardens, nurseries were never the same again, if they recovered at all. I remember the talk and discussions afterwards including 'Yes I did have a big specimen of that -- before Andrew'. I hear new stories now and then, but they are becoming more infrequent. The views traveling south along I-95 are etched into my memory, as my first trip was a few da…
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The Wild Enigma of Wickenburg Weather
by ahosey01- 0 replies
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I had some questions about what temps would look like here in Wickenburg after moving in June. My house is at the bottom of the Hassayampa River valley in the center of town - about the lowest point you can go without actually being in the river. It's also on a slope, so the backyard is 10+ feet lower than the front yard, further away from the house and without any tree canopy. Been measuring temps since moving in from front yard to back yard, and also morning to mid-afternoon. What I have found - at least in my spot - is striking. 40+ degree temperature variations are the norm, and 50+ swings are not uncommon especially in fall. In the summer I saw a particular…
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Yike what happened in Lake Forest CA?
by DoomsDave- 5 replies
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Went out wood gathering and went to a place in Lake Forest, OC, CA, and noted the carnage below in the immediate neighborhood: Those looks like mature Lemon Gum trees,
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Need better way than hardiness zone to compare palm viability in different areas
by DreaminAboutPalms- 2 replies
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There was to be a better way than hardiness zones to determine which palms are suitable in an area. I think what would make more sense is categorizing places by number of hours annually in each temperature range and also having a multiplier for average humidity, etc. For example: 1.5 * (Hours between 15 and 20 degrees) 1.25 * (Hours between 20 and 25) and so forth. Cities/regions get a score. The reason why is that you could have a 9B climate that averages a high of 39 and low of 28 in winter but is protected by mountains and never drops below that hardly. At the same time take a place like Texas where average lows in January are around 40 but yo…
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Wind
by ahosey01- 1 follower
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Anybody else live anywhere that is almost completely still all the time? My house is at the bottom of a bowl. We’ve had two windy days since I moved in. Typically there is only a light breeze, if that.
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Climate Navarre beach
by Tropicdoc- 5 replies
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Anybody on here know what kind of lows Navarre beach gets? Is there any benefit to all of the water?
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Started to rain in TJ
by GottmitAlex- 0 replies
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Started to rain in TJ. Not just a sprinkle. Came down hard for about 7 minutes. (Still raining) My local PWS went offline. I hope everything's alright with him/her. Weather here is 16c/60.8F Hope everyone in PT is ok. I read about the cold front coming down on the east and Florida. Good luck everyone.
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Hi, will any non-led Christmas lights work? do they have to be a certain wattage? I am looking at getting these and based on the comments other zone pushers have used them as well for winter. but I'm wondering if I should look for lights with higher wattage. these are just 7 watts. Is that sufficient: C9 Clear Christmas Lights Set - Indoor/Outdoor Christmas Light String - Christmas Tree Lights - Hanging Christmas Lights - Roofline Light String - Outdoor Patio String Lights - Green Wire - 25 Foot : Amazon.ca: Tools & Home Improvement
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Completely Normal
by DAVEinMB- 0 replies
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Happy end of 2020 everyone, checked out the week's forecast last night and consistency as always. Glitches in the matrix are bound to happen right, haha
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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…
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Farewell to the Solar Winter....
by sipalms- 1 reply
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Today marks the end of the Solar Winter for the Southern Hemisphere. (I.e. the 3 months making up the 6 weeks either side of the shortest day...) Farewell. I noticed this at Hagley Park last week. Looks like spring has already sprung. (mind the repost).
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A San Francisco ..."Monsoon.."
by Silas_Sancona- 1 reply
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As suggested over in the "Current Temperatures" Thread yesterday, a surge of moisture ( 2nd across CA. yesterday ) had been forecast to makes it's way from down by Santa Barbara and make a rare visit to a region of CA. which rarely gets to enjoy summer thunderstorm activity. Around/ after 2AM, compact but vigorous storms came ashore around Monterey/Santa Cruz and continue marching north/northeast across the Bay Area towards/ over Sacramento and the northern half of CA. While not completely unheard of, Thunderstorm activity across this area of the state is normally brief, weak and something that happens only once or twice every few years. Bigger storm events are ev…
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