WEATHER / CLIMATE
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Ordering plants online during the winter
by miamicuse- 1 follower
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Is it a good idea to order plants online during the winter months? Even though it may be warm where you are (I am in Fort Lauderdale) and say you are ordering from another warm climate seller, say Hawaii, Texas etc...that the transit may take it through a hub in Chicago, New York or Minneapolis, where it can be below zero, where the parcels may be sitting outside waiting, or being sorted in an unheated space right? Is this a concern?
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Californian's, are you watering?
by iwan- 1 follower
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I was out out weeding over the weekend and noticed that most of my beds were bone dry for the first couple of inches, even under canopy and mulch. I last watered last weekend before the big freeze to make sure everything was hydrated and to raise the humidity and soil temperatures a bit. These cold, dry winds with dew points in the teens combined with sunny skies have sucked the moisture out of the ground. If you are not watering, you might want to check your soil. I have never had to water in February before.
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Evacuations ordered as biggest storm in years moves into Southern California
by Las Palmas Norte- 2 replies
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Evacuations ordered as biggest storm in years moves into Southern California link >>> Southern California storm Best of luck there, and keep us posted. Cheers, Barrie.
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This is tongue in cheek but I noticed Corona, Ca. and other normally beneficient spots in California, Arizona and Nevada are under Winter Weather Advisories. Snow showers may occur until 6 AM PST tomorrow in Corona, Ca. with high/low 48F/32F (Coconut Blues but for micro-climate). It is snowing North of Phoenix, where downtown reports 38F at 3PM MST with predicted high/low of 52F/44F today with a few snow flurries tomorrow. Vegas is a toasty 39F mid-day with an inch of snow on the strip predicted through 10 AM tomorrow morning. At the same time, freezing Florida, per the head of the weather thread as I spawn this, is cooling down towards the mid-70’s with hi…
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Best/Warmest Microclimate Along the SoCal Coast?
by Alex High- 3 replies
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Hello all, I have recently been reading a lot about people's attempts, failures, and also wonderful successes zone pushing with many tropical and less hardy palms in Southern California, and it got me wondering: what is the best/warmest microclimate along the Southern California coast? I have been monitoring the weather in several different cities along the coast for the past couple months during winter to see which stays the warmest, and from what I've found it seems the San Pedro area near Long Beach has highest lows, notably higher than inland Los Angeles and San Diego as well as many other coastal cities nearby. Since San Pedro is facing south, as the coast juts …
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Florida storm warning
by gsn- 3 replies
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to add insult to injury Florida is under a strong thunderstorm ,tornado alert for overnight from the NWS issued 7:37 PM 1/16/2010!!! THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. ...THUNDERSTORM IMPACT... ENVIRONMENTAL ELEMENTS CONTINUE TO LOOK FAVORABLE FOR AN ORGANIZED LINE OF STORMS TO MOVE ACROSS EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA STARTING LATE THIS EVENING AND WORK THEIR WAY TOWARD THE COAST OVERNIGHT. RADAR TRENDS SUGGEST THAT STORMS WILL REACH LAKE COUNTY DURING THE LATE EVENING...THEN PUSH EAST TOWARD THE SPACE COAST AFTER MIDNIGHT AND REACH THE TREASURE COAST DURING THE LATE OVERNIGHT HOURS. LATEST UPPER AIR SOUNDINGS SHOW THAT…
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Deep Freeze on Gulf Coast
by ntxpalms- 0 replies
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Anyone out there tonight on the MS or AL gulf coast? Wondering how long since its been as cold as last night, and what survived?
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Cooling trend heading for Central Florida
by Reeverse- 3 replies
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7+ days in the low 40's. Here comes winter
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California Fires 2016
by WestCoastGal- 0 replies
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I took a look at the wunderground map with the Fire button activated and was surprised to see all the fires ongoing in the State of California right now. We have been occasionally impacted by the Soberanes Fire's smoke here for a few days at a time (Big Sur State Park) since it started but fortunately have been spared much of the dense smoke. Heard that San Francisco could even smelled the smoke the other day. Looking at the latest CalFire/USFS maps I have to wonder if the whole park is going to burn. Found this blog a few weeks ago, bigsurkate, published by Kate Woods Novos with nice updates of general info, fire maps, personal stories and photos if you're interested: ht…
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first snow fall of 07
by Howeadypsis- 0 replies
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was getting ready to finish work tonight and i saw white on the path outside the shop. i step out and see snow falling. not a lot and i think its stopped now but it has been really cold today,cold enough for snow as we say. anyone else in the UK got snow yet?
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Snow in Los Angeles
by JasonD- 1 reply
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It hasn't snowed in downtown Los Angeles since 1962, but it used to do so every decade or so: Here's an article from KCET TV with lots of cool pictures.
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Sydney warmth continues
by palmad Merc- 1 follower
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It's been an extended summer in Sydney with temps hovering around 26 to 30 deg Celsius, and more of the same 10 days out. I wonder how our winter will be...
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Weather has been topsy turvey since I started this garden 14 year ago, but this spring this year seems to be a return to normal. My part of Louisiana average 56 inches of rain a year. We have wet winters and wet summers with spring and winter droughts. Just 3 years ago we had an all time record drought. Then when the rains came they came. We made 12 consecutive months with 100 inches and the calendar year just short of 100. And while we have a near record cold winter, and are having a nice cool spring, the spring drought has returns. I am watering the over 50 new additions to the garden on an every other day basis until the summer rains begin. As you can see,…
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Starting to get cold in so cal
by DALION- 3 replies
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Anyone doing anything to protect palms from this week's weather?
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Want the most reliable forecast of how severe this winter will be? One scientists says just watch Siberia's weather come October. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIG2p9r1y8Ehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIG2p9r1y8E
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WATER WATER WATER
by trioderob- 0 replies
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very hot - up to 110 F coming to inland Cali
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Hot spring this year!
by Palm crazy- 4 replies
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The weather people are saying we are going to have another warmer than normal spring weather, with less rain. Yesterday was 88F and today will be just as warm if not warmer. Just look at this months 80 degree weather in April and compare to the average highs. This monthly calender is from the airport so the lows are cooler than in town. I’ve already put out my summer plants this month and lots of new growth in the garden. https://www.wunderground.com/history/airport/KOLM/2016/4/19/MonthlyCalendar.html?req_city=Olympia&req_state=WA&reqdb.zip=98501&reqdb.magic=1&reqdb.wmo=99999#calendar Happy Spring!
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Cyclone Ciarán (northwest Europe)
by UK_Palms- 1 follower
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So it looks like this storm system is going to smash straight into us in the next 12-24 hours. I was hoping it would head further south and go through France, but it looks like the eye of the storm will pass directly through central England now, with the worst winds on the southern end of its tail, affecting the south coast of England and northern France the worst. The latest run on France’s AROME model has 150kmh+ winds over the Isles of Scilly and exposed parts of southern England. The Channel Islands of Guernsey and Jersey looks like they could be devastated, potentially with 180kmh winds. AROME is a fairly accurate model in the shorter t…
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Smoke in Palm Beach County 3/5/19
by NOT A TA- 2 replies
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Smelled like a house in back of mine was on fire, an hour later it still smelled. You can see smoke in the air as cars with headlights on pass by. Started surfing around online looking for "news" about a fire in the area. Turns out there's a controlled burn south of Lake Okeechobee and abnormal wind pattern is sending it our way, I'm like 50 miles away. 22,000 acre burn seems big to me for a "controlled burn" considering the wind and time of year (our dry season). I'm curious how they can control a 22,000 acre fire in 13-14 MPH wind? News https://www.wpbf.com/article/concerns-over-smoke-in-palm-beach-county/26682517
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The wet stuff...
by Silas_Sancona- 0 replies
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Well, after a very dry and much warmer than average start to 18, looks as if the West/ Southwest is in for a bit of a pattern change. How long or brief? We'll see but anything is welcomed, esp throughout S. CA and AZ. While there has been a bit of hymn and haw back east regarding the weather pattern sparing the west much of the brutal cold everyone else has been enduring, keep in mind it isn't all rosy glasses in t-shirts here either. While the recent stretch in the 70s and 80s (in a few spots) this time of year is obviously great for people and plants, there's an unfavorable side to the coin. Keep in mind that alot of our water going forward comes from winter…
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Who in SoCal had hail last night?
by GottmitAlex- 1 follower
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About 1:00AM PST there was about 2 minutes of hail, say reports. Mostly coastal. Anyone?
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I am reading about the weather out West and see predictions of a somewhat fierce Santa Ana wind event with gusts up to 55 MPH. It seems to have a relationship with cold air advection and interaction with the warmer Pacific. My understanding was that the Santa Ana was always hot air.
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AP reports La Nina; Cool photo inside Hehe
by smithgn- 2 replies
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I wouldn't normally post anything on weather conditions like La Nina and El Nino since I just know the very basics of it, but the picture that the AP has included in this article should make you chuckle a bit. https://www.yahoo.com/news/weather-forecast-la-nina-may-last-winter-164559134.html
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Floods in Northern California - again
by DoomsDave- 2 replies
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All that snow that fell this winter is melting. A lot and quickly. Anyone familiar with the area in the picture below? Want some scuba gear? http://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/homes-evacuated-after-california-river-swells-from-snowmelt/ar-BBDep2g?li=BBnbfcL&ocid=spartanntp
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Summer ripening
by Bilbo- 0 replies
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This has been one of the best summers for late autumn ripening that I can remember - lotsa sun and warmth = excellent ripening and build up of natural plant "anti-freeze" for winter to come. Hope this proves true for others in UK and indeed everyone in this hemisphere. Regardez Juan