Is Florida Going To Have Some Iowa Weather?
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Possibly the coldest January since 2011....
78' right now.
Going outside to throw the football and collect some more firewood for tonight.
Should be 60' at midnight.
Going outside to throw the football and collect some more firewood for tonight.
Should be 60' at midnight.
In 2014 we had an ice storm that closed down 200 miles of I 10. Christmas week 2022, we had overnight temps in the teens for 4 consecutive days with them never rising above freezing. I had a red lime tree loaded with fruit. They all froze solid and fell off within a week after. The tree died afterwards. A lot of 20+ year old trees died from that blast.
"In the Southeast (Virginia, the Carolinas, Georgia, Alabama and Florida), this January could end up being the coldest since January 2018, which was 4.3 F below the historical average," DePodwin said, "In an extreme scenario where the cold lingers past the middle of January, January 2025 could be the coldest since January 2014 in this region, which was 6 F colder than the historical average."
2022 was my first winter in the Montgomery, AL area. My heat pump was struggling to keep up. I had to get space heaters out and turn on the fireplace.
You have to cover your cold-sensitive plants with frost covers. Old sheets and blankets will work, too. Putting a heat source in there (like a 100-watt Edison flood lamp on a stake) helps immensely. Modern LEDs won't help.
The duration of freezing temperatures is the critical factor. Much longer than four hours and you're risking serious damage without protection.
No shit. 64 years living in Florida and I never thought of that.
Well, you said you lost a lime tree and I figured you didn't know how to prevent that.
You missed the part about a lot of 20+ year old trees getting killed by OVER 72 CONSECUTIVE HOURS WELL BELOW FREEZING?
You had one tree, not a grove. A single Edison bulb and some blankets could have saved it.
One thing that always gets overlooked in the south is washing machines on unheated porches. That's something that would never be considered in Nebraska or Iowa. Every time there is a major freeze the hoses will freeze a burst. Might be something to think about.
The tree was 15' tall and 12' feet wide. You're wrong. As usual.
My brother in Tally is worried about his peach buds and blueberry bushes.
The commercial groves used to use smudge pots and big ace fans. I have no clue how many of those groves exist these days.
What are the models saying today? Kill storm, or just something Trad will cry about with no real
Impact?
Impact?
Trad will whine, no matter what.
I have not looked at current projections, tho at some time ahead it looks like cold shit awaits…
The Weather Channel isn't predicting a freeze on the 10-day forecast for here at Tradition Manor. Might be cold enough for some frost, but 35 is as low as they're forecasting right now.
Too bad. I was hoping for panic stricken Noles lining up for candles, and the breathless reports from Tradition Manor.
Looks like Trad got some new skirting for the manor.Too bad. I was hoping for panic stricken Noles lining up for candles, and the breathless reports from Tradition Manor.
I'm scheduled to work in Vincennes the rest of this week and all of next. They are talking 13-20" of snow here on Sunday and Sunday night. Should be fun.🥶
EDIT: Update. The storm is tracking a little father north now putting Vincennes in the snow/ice band of precipitation. Snow estimates are down to about 8-13" now.
EDIT: Update. The storm is tracking a little father north now putting Vincennes in the snow/ice band of precipitation. Snow estimates are down to about 8-13" now.
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That only works if the temperature moderates and melts the ice cover. You will suffocate the tree if it stays covered with ice for multiple days without a break.
I remember late January and early February of 1996. Had footings poured for a Burlington St. apartment then we had 10 consecutive nights below zero: -1, -1, -6,-18, -16, -26, -24, -19, -3, -4 and 4 straight daytime highs below zero, -2, -2, -6 and -13! Actual temperatures, not wind chill. It warmed up on February 7 and the rest of the spring was above average by a lot...
I remember January of 1963. 20 consecutive nights of zero or below zero, mostly double digit below zero. Single digit highs for those same 20 days...
I remember January of 1963. 20 consecutive nights of zero or below zero, mostly double digit below zero. Single digit highs for those same 20 days...
