WEATHER / CLIMATE

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   Confused about temperatures on hills and valleys

   February 5, 2019 by Sandy Loam

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   I have never quite figured this out. If you live here in the northern Florida, it is beneficial for the tropical gardener to live on a hill top in winter because cold air masses can be significant overnight. The valleys receive more cold air as heat rises. (This problem doesn't exist in the southern extremities of Florida, of course, because it never really gets cold there). Florida is extremely flat and low-lying, so a hill top here is not very high. It is simply higher than the valleys. Why, then, is it the opposite in Arizona and California? For example, I see that the lowest parts of Arizona (Yuma especially) stay warm practically all year. As you trav…

   

   Last reply by Zeeth, February 7, 2019

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   Coniferous Forest in the South?

   May 2, 2018 by NC_Palms

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   Lets discus this. I have always been found on how the Southeastern Coastal Plain has been defined a biome as a whole. Some consider apart of the larger temperate deciduous forest and others consider it apart another temperate biome - the coniferous forest. I've heard it be referenced as a subtropical coniferous forest with high influences of both the tropics and the temperates. Whats your opinion on how to identify the Southern coastal plain and the pine regions as a whole? https://i.pinimg.com/564x/be/0d/d9/be0dd99a7514c4e8ce3c10602d8a3056.jpg This map is from the WWF and they consider the Southern coastal plain to be a temperate coniferous forest. Their defin…

   

   Last reply by ahosey01, July 23, 2020

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   Constructing a Powerful Microclimate

   January 22, 2009 by buffy

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   This seemed to be the place to do this. I'm in a historical Zone 8a location. The drawing attached shows a majority of my 0.5 acre tract I've acquired on the East of my original lot. I'm in the process of remodeling my existing house to the West and adding these goodies to the East. Moving from West(top) to East(bottom) you will see my new L-shaped pool followed by a pool house. To the north of the pool house is my new green house (Yes!). To the South of the pool house you see a slither of green which represents a bed of Grey Henon Bamboo. Here are my thoughts: 1. The pool will be my main heat sink. I have completely overkilled the size of the heater on this pool. On c…

   

   Last reply by buffy, October 25, 2009
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   Continental US Winter Wrap

   February 27, 2012 by bubba

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   Here it is: Miami, Fl. Dec. 2011 Jan. 2012 Feb.1-15/2012 Max Avg. Min. Max Avg. Min. Max. Avg. Min. 82F 73F 55F. 85F. 69F. 43F 87F. 73F 48F He Co Gr He Co Gr He Co Gr 0 261 711 40 158 571 15 212 570 Los Angeles, Ca. Dec.2011 Jan. 2012 Feb.1-15/2012 Max Avg Min Max Avg Min Max Avg Min 76F 55F 37F 86F 59F 42F 80F 59F 41F He Co Gr He Co Gr He Co Gr 313 0 135 186 11 273 168 1 207 Brownsville, Tx. Dec.2011 Jan. 2012 Feb.1-15/2012 Max Avg Min Max Avg Min Max Avg Min 84F 63F 35F 86F. 67F 37F. 87F 65F. 4…

   

   Last reply by Stevetoad, February 28, 2012
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   Cookin in Cali

   March 12, 2007 by happ

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   As forecast, today turned quite warm with many readings in the 90's [hot spot in LA area was Beverly Hills @ 97F/36.1c]. Pattern looks set for more heat into the week though cooling down to near normal temps by late in the week. I could feel the warm-up overnight as the temp rose from 61F/16.1c at midnight to 66F/18.8c by 4:00 AM and soared shortly after sunrise. Extremely low dew point temps & relative humidity [single digits] and gusty winds have produced the usual wild fires [the worst blaze in Santa Ana Mts near Anaheim Tonight should stay at or above 70F/21c in foothill locations with possibly hotter maximums tomorrow. Great for the palms so long a…

   

   Last reply by happ, March 13, 2007
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   Cool article on the Gulf Stream

   March 5, 2021 by Palmaceae

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   Here is a good article on the Gulf Stream and how it is changing and how it will affect weather such as the SE USA, cool graphics too. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/03/02/climate/atlantic-ocean-climate-change.html

   

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   Cool Drone Video of Frost In Florida!

   August 1, 2019 by PalmTreeDude

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   I just happened to find this on YouTube and I thought it was really cool to see. Look at the water. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TcY_OXMHdRE

   

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   Cool in the West

   May 25, 2008 by bubba

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   Down here in the fringe Tropics,we are entering that predictable cycle of humidity,sunny and hot till around the afternoon.Building Cumulous from the West brings the Big Boomers and the only question is do they make it to the Ocean.This will be the pattern till early December.We will get our Excitement from Late August through October watching those wisps of clouds that blow off the Sahara and conjecturing where they go and do we take the lick.It makes you pine for that great time between December and March,when we can hope for cool breezes.All in all Summer is not a bad time at all,even though you got to be ready to sweat.Ocean luckily gives us a breeze making much more …

   

   Last reply by amazondk, May 26, 2008
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    cool weather map/zone

    July 23, 2012 by Stevetoad

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    i found this map today. you can see your zone,see first/last frost ect. http://www.plantmaps.com/92071

    

    Last reply by Jastin, July 26, 2012
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    Cooler temps coming to

    September 25, 2009 by Palmə häl′ik

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    I hear we'll be getting our first cold snapper next week! Might be getting a night time low of 73ish! The mornings will be nice... I dunno about S S FL. But we'll feel it up here in the TampaBay area...

    

    Last reply by Kathryn, October 7, 2009
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    Cooler than normal fall for Central Florida

    November 20, 2012 by palmsOrl

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    So far, we have had a cooler than normal autumn season here in Central Florida, especially the last 3-4 weeks. Temperatures have consistently been below average to average some days with periods of overcast weather ever since Hurricane Sandy passed to our east. I haven't had the air on for almost a month except for a day or two, and I am the type that keeps the thermostat at 70F year-round. I remember many years here where November was mostly 81-85F during the day and 60-65F at night. Temperatures and clouds have been perfectly to my liking but I have worried about my palm collection, to which I have added substantially in the last few months (ALL very tropical of c…

    

    Last reply by SubTropicRay, November 28, 2012

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    Coolest lightening strike image I have ever seen

    July 31, 2014 by _Keith

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    Check out the burning tree and the image in the car's windshield. Watch it on youtube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9vIM2t8nIE#t=12

    

    Last reply by Stevetoad, August 3, 2014
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    Coolin in Cali

    March 15, 2007 by happ

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    Big Southern Storm Next Week Paul Yeager - AccuWeather - Wednesday, March 14, 2007 http://wwwa.accuweather.com/news-bl....month=3

    

    Last reply by BS Man about Palms, March 21, 2007
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    Cooling trend heading for Central Florida

    January 26, 2017 by Reeverse

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    7+ days in the low 40's. Here comes winter

    

    Last reply by Reeverse, January 27, 2017

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    Cooling/Heating Degre Days for selected locations

    February 2, 2008 by bubba

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    Update on this method of Climatic Observation.My earlier post explained the methodology,which identifies areas and their corresponding Heating/Cooling requirements.Specifically, this identifies areas of cold and hot that directly effect growth of plants and particularly Tropical Specimens. Texas- Brownsville-Cooling-192 hours;Heating-257 hours Harligen-Cooling-186 hours;Heating 317 hours Florida- Marathon-Cooling-600 hours; Heating-20 hours Miami-Cooling-518 hours;Heating-27 hours Ft. Lauderdale-Cooling-506 hours ; Heating-28 hours Naples-Cooling-333 hours; Heating-73 hours West Palm-Cooling-366 hours;Heating-63 hours Melbourne-Cooling-220 hours;Heating…

    

    Last reply by bubba, February 12, 2008
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    Cooling/Heating Degree Days for selcted locations

    January 1, 2008 by bubba

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    Update on this method of Climatic Observation.My earlier post explains the methodology,which identifies areas and their corresponding heating/cooling requirements.specifically,it identifies hot and cold spots. Texas- Brownsville-Cooling-127 hours;Heating-86 hours Harligen-Cooling-133 hours;Heating-106 hours Florida- Marathon-Cooling-355 hours;Heating-0 hours Miami-Cooling-318 hours;Heating-0 hours Ft.Lauderdale-Cooling-307 hours;Heating-0 hours Naples-Cooling-224 hours;Heating-16 hours West Palm-Cooling-239 hours;Heating-14 hours California- Los Angeles-Cooling-0 hours;Heating-207 hours Palm Springs-Cooling-0 hours;Heating-361 hours Arizona- …

    

    Last reply by bubba, January 1, 2008
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    Cooling/Heating Degrees for selected locations

    December 11, 2007 by bubba

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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-…

    

    Last reply by bubba, December 11, 2007
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    Could be the Wettest year EVER!

    July 18, 2007 by NBTX11

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    We are absolutely swimming in water. Areas of floods all over the state the past couple months. Many in areas that don't normally get floods. This could yet be the wettest year ever in many areas of TX. San Antonio, for example has had about 33 inches of rain so far this year (32.59 as of 2 days ago), not including the rain we got last night or today. It has been raining and raining and raining. That is about the annual normal total in just a little over 6 months. We could end up with 55-60 inches or rain easily at this rate, which would shatter the all time record of around 53 inches. During the last 33 days, we have had about 25 days with at least some rai…

    

    Last reply by NBTX11, July 26, 2007
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    Could climate change be good? 1 2

    September 19, 2018 by NC_Palms

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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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    Countdown to disaster 1 2

    January 13, 2007 by STEVE IN SO CAL

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    1715...35 degrees, down from 41 degrees 30 min ago. Hold on to your fur lined underlovelies again, this one's gonna get bad...

    

    Last reply by epicure3, January 14, 2007
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    Countdown to disaster part 2 1 2 3

    January 13, 2007 by STEVE IN SO CAL

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    Well, time for another fitfull night. NWS has offered up this little tidbit to make us all feel better: MINIMUM TEMPERATURES TONIGHT ARE EXPECTED TO FALL TO THE LOW TO MID 20S WITH A FEW UPPER TEENS POSSIBLE AT THE COLDER LOCATIONS. TEMPERATURES AT THE COLDER LOCATIONS COULD FALL BELOW 32 DEGREES SOON AFTER SUNSET WITH THE LOWEST TEMPERATURES OCCURRING AROUND SUNRISE. DURATIONS OF TEMPERATURES OF 32 DEGREES OR LOWER COULD BE AS MUCH AS 12 TO 13 HOURS. Adding to all this BS, my fireplace insert(which I heat my house with) is belching smoke into the house everytime I open the door. Must be some kind of inversion going on...

    

    Last reply by BS Man about Palms, January 20, 2007
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    Counting it down 1 2

    January 3, 2008 by _Keith

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    7:05PM, 36 degrees, So. Louisiana

    

    Last reply by John in Andalucia, October 9, 2008
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    Crap, newest forecast now predicting 23 for a low this week

    January 4, 2015 by _Keith

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    23 low, then 40 high, then 27 low. That is a whole lot of hours below freezing. My palms were just starting to look nice again. It is enough to make you cry, then it just makes you mad, and then it drives you mad.. I should just start growing damn conifers instead of palms.

    

    Last reply by Jimbean, January 4, 2015
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    Crazy Frost Pics

    April 6, 2010 by MattyB

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    I usually don't forward junk emails, but I thought that these pics were worth sharing. This is from a severe frost storm in Candada. Those fluffy upright things are trees covered in frost.

    

    Last reply by JASON M, April 13, 2010
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    Crazy LA Weather

    January 9, 2007 by NM_PALM_BOY

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    Hey all, I don't know about you guys, but I am sick of the hot weather here! 84F right now (noon) and climbing. It was 87F yesterday. All you So. Cal'ers. chime in! Global Warming? Doug

    

    Last reply by NM_PALM_BOY, January 24, 2007