May Weather Thread

[Exotic Life]

Hi...

Ok my turn again After this week some cooler tempetures and sometime a shower the spring is coming hard back after a little break with look a like summer tempetures....

Tomorrow 02-05

Day 16C/60.8F

Night 6C/42.8F

Sunny and some clouds..

Saturday 03-05

Day 21C/69.8F

Night 6C/42.8F

Sunny and blue skys

Sunday 04-05

Day 23C/73.4F

Night 9C/48.2F

Sunny and blue skys

Monday 05-05

Day 24C/75.2F

Night Night 9C/48.2F

Sunny and blue skys

Tuesday 06-05

Day 24C/75.2F

Night Night 9C/48.2F

Sunny and blue skys

Wednesday

Day 25C/77F

Night 10C/50F

Sunny and blue skys

Every day the forecast looks like to be getting warmer...

Robbin

[Steve]

The 10-day forcast looks great out this way. Highs 76-82F and lows of 50-60F. Except for two of those days, the predicted lows are 57-60F. I love when it starts to get warm, espcecially before the summer humidity sets in.

[sonoranfans]

Its now 82F with a dewpoint of 9F, just therapeutic. Supposedly we'll see 90-92 highs this weekend but dropping to 85F by tuesday. I'll take it, great palm growing weather, and very nice weather for people too. My bizzies like it, they are throwing 2 new spears each.

[amazondk]

The La Niña effect on the Amazonian rainy season continues. And, the first cold fronts of the year are hitting southern Brazil.

dk

[_Keith]

We are in Pensacola, Fl this weekend. Great weather, but a bit on the windy side. Tomorrow it is poolside for me, but there is that 80% chance of rain tomorrow. Oh well, if we get rained out I guess we will have to go palm shopping. Oh, darn.

Keith

[bubba]

May 5,2008-Thunderstorms have usually started by now.Not this year.When will they start.The weather has actually been great.Hot during the day,a little bit cool at night.Kind of like the Imperial Desert.

[Exotic Life]

It's getting better en better... and also warmer!

The forecast now is...

Tuesday

Day: 24C/75.2F

Night: 9C/48.2F

Sunny and blue sky's!

Wednesday

Day: 25C/77F

Night: 10C/50F

Sunny and blue sky's!

Thursday

Day: 26C/78.8F

Night: 10C/50F

Sunny and blue sky's!

Friday

Day: 26C/78.8F

Night: 11C/51.8F

Sunny and blue sky's!

Saturday

Day: 26C/78.8F

Night: 11C/51.8F

Sunny and blue sky's!

Come on springgg!!!

Robbin

[ruskinPalms]

Hot and dry. Little to no clouds in the sky during the day. My grass is torched in the backyard; but the palms, even my most drought intolerant palms, are doing great. Grass should be illegal in Florida....

[FRITO]

Dry here. I let the hose soak many in ground palms and the soil just suced the water up, pretty rare to see.

dewpoints in the teens high mid to upper 80's. Should hit the first 90 degree day later this week. perfect camping weather. about 60-65 degrees at night for a low.

[Steve]

We have been warm and very dry too. I'm enjoying the temps in the low 80's without being smacked in the face with humidity. By the end of May, the humidity usually arrives.

[_Keith]

I am in downtown Miami this week. It is HOT.

[gsytch]

Yes, hot hot! I recorded 90.9F when I got home from work at 310pm. My car registered 94F on the road. The sun is at work here and the rain has been absent for a month now...rain rain please come back! May and early June are always sooooo dry here. Greg

[ruskinPalms]

Need rain....Very hot and dry here, but the humidity is creeping up so maybe in a couple weeks we will start seeing some summertime showers and storms. My grass is totally crispy now, but the palms are doing great.

[bubba]

May 8,2008-Dryseason has yet to end.Those big Boomers from the Glades have usually shown up by now.What does this portend?

[gsn]

May 8,2008-Dryseason has yet to end.Those big Boomers from the Glades have usually shown up by now.What does this portend?

Bubba I'm going out on a limb here, it means DROUGHT! And I am not even a meteorologist,but I have stayed in those hotels on several occassions!

Edited May 8, 2008 by gsn

[bubba]

Scott,We are actually 6 inches wetter than nomal but there is a muck fire on 4,000 acres of exposed former Lake Chobeeobee.

[JimR]

On my car temp. gauge (I know, I know, I am not claiming it is perfectly accurate) hit 99F today.

[Tyrone]

Well over here in SW Oz May started off a bit cool at night with mins in the single digit celcius zone due to a high that wouldn't budge. Days have been low to mid twenties celcius. The last couple of days have been great. The high budged enough for the temps to enter the teens again at night, and the days have been 24-26C with very high humidity. Yesterday was a humid 24C with almost full cloud cover and last night we had some big drops that although not really wetting the ground sent the dewpoints to the 20C zone. After hitting 100% humidity this morning with everything really wet from the dew it's now a sunny and humid 25C. Tonight we get thunderstorms, but we are slowly drifting into winter. The max's forecast are steadily declining. As long as we don't get too many of those highs that don't budge I'll be happy.

Best regards

Tyrone

[Tyrone]

It got to 28C today. Not bad for 3 weeks out of winter.

regards

Tyrone

[ruskinPalms]

Humidity is definitley increasing along with the temps here. Even some clouds today. I'll take some cloud cover even without rain at this point since it will limit the sun's attack somewhat.

[bubba]

Finally got some scattered thunderstorms today.We may be getting close to the end of Dry Season.I wonder if it rained on the Muck fire out in Lake Okeechobee.

[amazondk]

The rain continues south of the equator. And, just north of the equator where I work a lot the rain has started. The projection is that our rainy season will last through June here in Manaus. And, up north it has started a bit early. La Niña is still around.

I ran into a real nice rainbow while on the road up north, 480 kms from Manaus last Wednesday. There was a nice Attalea as an accent to the rainbow. The sun was starting to go down and it made a great scene.

dk

[Tyrone]

Winter is moving in fast. The cold fronts are becoming more frequent and it is forecast to be 19C on Wed. Here we go again.

regards

Tyrone

[ruskinPalms]

Humid and warm tonight with a strong flow off the gulf ahead of a cold front, but not a drop of rain! Supposed to cool a bit at night with really no effect on daytime highs which will still make it well up into the 80s F. Very little "cold" is coming with this particular cold front, just lots of wind, dry air and, well, daytime heat. Perfect fire weather.... Still in irrigaton mode here, can't wait for the wet season to start! Probably will have to wait until well into June this year to get the real wet season started. Has anyone been watching the atlantic tropics? Hurricane season is right around the corner....

[ruskinPalms]

Tyrone, good luck with your winter. Fortunately, where you are in Australia is well moderated by the seas so that Antarctic blasts don't have such a devastating effect such as an Arctic blast would have in Florida.

[Tyrone]

Tyrone, good luck with your winter. Fortunately, where you are in Australia is well moderated by the seas so that Antarctic blasts don't have such a devastating effect such as an Arctic blast would have in Florida.

True. You are right. I've got a lot to be thankful for and in reality, I don't think I've ever lost a healthy palm in winter. The most damage my garden gets is sun burn from freak heat spells in summer.

Anyway, in 3 weeks I'm leaving the wintry southern hemisphere for 6 weeks of summer in England and Spain. When I get back there will only be a small bit of winter to contend with. Then it will be Spring again. Yippeee.

regards

Tyrone

[Exotic Life]

Tyrone, good luck with your winter. Fortunately, where you are in Australia is well moderated by the seas so that Antarctic blasts don't have such a devastating effect such as an Arctic blast would have in Florida.

True. You are right. I've got a lot to be thankful for and in reality, I don't think I've ever lost a healthy palm in winter. The most damage my garden gets is sun burn from freak heat spells in summer.

Anyway, in 3 weeks I'm leaving the wintry southern hemisphere for 6 weeks of summer in England and Spain. When I get back there will only be a small bit of winter to contend with. Then it will be Spring again. Yippeee.

regards

Tyrone

I hope for you that over 3 weeks the weather better is in Spain.. The last couple day's was The Netherlands the warmest place of whole europe... Madrid was a few days ago 14C and rain and here i recorded almost the 28C... Barcelona has got more then 200 mm of rain the last couple days... But for the people that living there no problem!

Robbin

[_Keith]

I am back home from Florida, and STILL NO RAIN. Our normal April drought is extending well into May. The normal summer rains have yet to come. Some of the newer plantings are stuggling. And it has been a cool spring as well. Woke up this morning to 55 degrees here in So. Louisiana. Most unusual. Great on the gardener, but hard on the palms which would like both heat and rain to "get it on."

[PalmsZA]

Hey Ty

Whos gonna look after the children while you are jet-setting in Europe? Lucky bugger!

Temps have been great here, days in the mid to high 20's and lows at around 15c. We need some rain! Today may bring a few drops. Was 18c this morning with a gentle SW wind and cloudy cause by a weak cold-front. tomorrow is back to 25c.

Cheers

Dennis

[Tyrone]

Hi Dennis,

My children have all been placed in their wintering positions, and really there is not much to do in winter in a tropical garden. Everything slows down. Going away in Spring would be a nightmare.

I really want to get over to Madagascar and South Africa one day. I'll go and have a look at the rivers in Pondoland.

Your weather sounds glorious. My weather is rubbish today. Although the min was 14.5C it quickly got to 20C then the rain came and dropped the temp to 15 or 16C with drissle. Forecast for tonight is 7C. Luckily I covered my coconut.

regards

Tyrone

[SubTropicRay]

It's very dry here now with brush fires self starting.

[PalmsZA]

Yeah you really should make a plan to come and have a look. Ill be your guide-----keep you out of trouble and all that!

7c is a little nippy, but dont worry those are the max temps in England in Summer anyway!

Cheers for now

[_Keith]

Again, for the 3rd time in as many weeks the rains roar just 25 miles north while leaving us high and dry. I have several palms to plant, but the ground is like concrete in some places. Arghhhhhhhhhhhh!

[Tyrone]

Yeah you really should make a plan to come and have a look. Ill be your guide-----keep you out of trouble and all that!

7c is a little nippy, but dont worry those are the max temps in England in Summer anyway!

Cheers for now

Dennis, maybe one day I'll actually do it, and see your wonderful garden, and yes I'd really appreciate a local guide. It'll keep me from blindly wandering into hostile Kwa Zulu territory looking at palm trees.

We had our coldest day since our last really cold day back in October. We only reached 17.6C yesterday. I'm reminded what winter is again. Single digit mins for the next week, but low twenties celcius with plenty of sunshine to warm the ground. Yesterday I went to check on my covered Dwarf Malay and even though the sun was behind the clouds and the air temp was around 17C, it was a toasty 29C in there. It's not seen below 11C yet and it's still growing, so hopefully it won't be outgrowing it's enclosure too early.

Best regards

Tyrone

[PalmsZA]

Yeah you really should make a plan to come and have a look. Ill be your guide-----keep you out of trouble and all that!

7c is a little nippy, but dont worry those are the max temps in England in Summer anyway!

Cheers for now

Dennis, maybe one day I'll actually do it, and see your wonderful garden, and yes I'd really appreciate a local guide. It'll keep me from blindly wandering into hostile Kwa Zulu territory looking at palm trees.

We had our coldest day since our last really cold day back in October. We only reached 17.6C yesterday. I'm reminded what winter is again. Single digit mins for the next week, but low twenties celcius with plenty of sunshine to warm the ground. Yesterday I went to check on my covered Dwarf Malay and even though the sun was behind the clouds and the air temp was around 17C, it was a toasty 29C in there. It's not seen below 11C yet and it's still growing, so hopefully it won't be outgrowing it's enclosure too early.

Best regards

Tyrone

Ja you shouldnt venture "deep" into Africa alone!

Ohhh 17.6c max......that was our min this morning! Ok well almost. It was 17c in the garden this morning and max is due to hit 28c but I see that there is a bit of cooling for the rest of the week. Your Cocos should be fine under the plastic.....

Cheers for now

D

[Walter John]

The Beatles white album, side 4, track 4.

Dry baby dry

Make Licuala sigh

It's cold but it should be wetter

The kings of my garden, they're all whinging

Cause it's okay, for the queens

The queens and the parlour

They are laughing at the children of the kings

Dry baby dry

Make Licuala sigh

It's cold but it should be wetter

The Dypsis of Pembana always smiling

And a growing to a "T"

The Stilts are having problems

Need a massage from the local birds and bees.

Dry baby dry

Make Licuala sigh

It's cold but it should be wetter

[_Keith]

Woke last night to the sound of thunder How far off i sat and wondered ...

But I didn't wonder long as the sound of rain came quickly afterwards, and it has been rainng since. YES, FINALLY!

Here it is coming down. And look at the cool effect on the 2nd picture, before I turned the flash off.

[SubTropicRay]

Keith, thanks for renewing my confidence. I was beginning to think rain was mythical.

[_Keith]

Keith, thanks for renewing my confidence. I was beginning to think rain was mythical.

Beware when it comes, as it may bring a little chaos with it. All is good at my home, but just a few miles north these were the scenes (source The Independent www.theind.com )

Mini-twisters and micro-burst

[SubTropicRay]

I would welcome a bit of chaos right now although the photos are a bit extreme.