Artic air over Great Lakes

I am in the mountains of Central Pennsylvania. We got down to 8*F last night and are expecting near 0*F tonight. My robusta wrap is going to be put to the test!!

We hit over 10C / 50F today. Almost made it to 52F. Vegas was about the same as here.

So far very little rain also so a good day to work outside.

Hopefully our neighbours to the east do not get hit too hard and hopefully it won't last long.

A different story over here Wes. I worked at Duke Point this afternoon and we had 35 knot - 40 knot winds which cancelled a number of sailings to and from the mainland and the island. Also affected where sailings in and out of Swartz Bay while winds at Tsawwassen where storm force with heavy seas.
Temps where not impressive but 7c (45f) doesn't feel mild when winds are that vicious with a steady heavy down pour. Truly an ugly afternoon but all had abated and the rains mainly stopped by the evening. More for the next several days are forecast 😥

Good luck with your W. robusta in Central Pennsylvania. Your wrap will have to be impressive.

Cheers, Barrie.

Hit 24 F in my yard last night, 21 F recorded at the airport. Well looks like this blast is over & we will be back up in the 70's again all next week.

We only got down to 12*F last night....only LOL.

38*F under the robusta wrap. IMO, heat tape with a built in thermostat is the greatest thing since sliced bread. Starting tomorrow it looks like I will be able to air it out for a week or so. Highs in the 50's and lows in the upper 30's and 40's.

Laaz ... a chilly night for you and your plants. Nice thing is it's always a short lived event where you are 🙂 So far this season (fingers crossed) we've had one night at 28.8f (-2.5c) but we won't see the 70's until late March.

Cali-wanna-b ... Good to hear things are working for you. I've heard of the heat tape before but have never used it.

Cheers, Barrie.

I'm glad that it is working for you. 2 30 foot heating cables are what is keeping my shelter warm.

Allen

I burnt the crap out of my queen palm last night. I wrapped the trunk with a 25 strand light set & then wrapped it all up in burlap... Went out at noon today & three fronds collapsed. When I unwrapped it, they were burnt from too much heat... Ah well it'll survive, just look like crap for a whiles.

I ran a string of 25 incandesent xmas bulbs in an Ensete vetricosum enclosure. 20 minutes later it was 80f and after fine tuning the required amount, all I needed was 3 lights to keep the temperature at a sufficent level. Even at that it's outgrown the enclosure and I have to come up with a larger one!

Cheers, Barrie.

Yeah... From now on when we get a quick drop in temp like that, all it's getting is the burlap.

Looks as if California is getting a pounding.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22503465/

Cheers, Barrie.

High pressure has cleared out here in s.ontario after 1 or 2 nights of -17C lows..

Were now almost 25 C degrees milder than we were Thursday...talk about a roller coaster ride..?

Palmettoman Z6-Ajax, On

It went as low as -21C and now we are having a zone 6B winter. After that,We had broke records of 15C during the January
thaw. All the snow was melted but not really the snow banks and now its cold and we have 8 cm on the ground.

Just to let you know that we are getting a shot of arctic air coming in and possibly the same as the last. A few in town thermometers were reading 20C at 4:00. Its all gone now.

We are going through the same thing here right now. Up to +3C early this week, then -10C with 50MPH wind gusts, and now a forecast for -1C and calm today.

I am not complaining. We usually have temps in the -20C to -10C range. We still are in line for a Z 5b winter. So far.

Allen