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Back to fog
Posted by: tropicalthought, 31. tammikuuta 2012 klo 17:39 (GMT) +0
Now are having fog, but it is not a wet fog at this point. The sun did come out for a short time around noon, but then it was back to all clouds.
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nice sunny today
Posted by: tropicalthought, 29. tammikuuta 2012 klo 02:13 (GMT) +0
Yesterday and today was great weather for gardening and composting. Warm not too hot, low wind.
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The sun is out
Posted by: tropicalthought, 27. tammikuuta 2012 klo 16:12 (GMT) +0
This is a good thing.
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Heavy fog
Posted by: tropicalthought, 26. tammikuuta 2012 klo 13:09 (GMT) +0
This is bad for the roses.
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It is not too cold
Posted by: tropicalthought, 24. tammikuuta 2012 klo 01:26 (GMT) +0
We had a lot of rain, I am hoping for more sun to help with growth.
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We have a lot of rain
Posted by: tropicalthought, 21. tammikuuta 2012 klo 13:30 (GMT) +0
Rain is good, but now it is too late in the season to make up for it.
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It was 10 degrees colder then normal
Posted by: tropicalthought, 19. tammikuuta 2012 klo 14:46 (GMT) +0
On Monday and Tuesday night it may have gotten down to 34 or 35. I don't have a weather station in my garden, so I don't really know. There was alot of frost in the morning. The small flowers seems to defrost and come back, but I don't know if they have damage. I have to see if they will turn black in a few days.
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Some plants are frozen
Posted by: tropicalthought, 16. tammikuuta 2012 klo 18:08 (GMT) +0
It got below 40 and some of the plants that have green leaves look like frozen lettuce leaves. But from the process of elimination, I have not lost any perennials, and those cold sensitive perennials all died in 2009.
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It says 42 again
Posted by: tropicalthought, 14. tammikuuta 2012 klo 12:58 (GMT) +0
But, I have not lost any plants as all the nice ones died in 2009.
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The sky is clear
Posted by: tropicalthought, 10. tammikuuta 2012 klo 15:23 (GMT) +0
I see some white thin streaky clouds, but at least we don't have cloud cover. The temp says 42, but I have not lost any plants this week, yet due to cold. I had to remove some mimulus, but that was over grown anyway. The mimulus turned black, but much of it stayed green. If the cold weather comes too early before the plants get into winter mode, they are more likely to die. On Dec. 7 2009, I lot a lot of plants due to cold weather.
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Palm Springs Weather in the winter
Posted by: tropicalthought, 8. tammikuuta 2012 klo 17:10 (GMT) +0
In the winter in Palm Springs the sun goes down behind the mountain at 3:30pm. It starts to get dark, not very dark, but so dark, that all the photos failed. Then I went to Joshua Trees in the morning, and I could not get any good shots because there was another mountain blocking the light. When I got to the other side and started to go downhill. There was plenty of light, but I was out of the areas. So, I did not get a good photos of the Jumbo Boulders or the Skull Rock. All the photos were burned out from the sun coming in on one side. Next time I go to Palm Springs I will know Palm Springs has very different light then San Francisco. I could have over come some of these things with a very expensive camera.
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It should be nice for gardening today
Posted by: tropicalthought, 8. tammikuuta 2012 klo 17:05 (GMT) +0
This is supposted to be the only warm day before it gets cooler.
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very wet fog today
Posted by: tropicalthought, 3. tammikuuta 2012 klo 18:13 (GMT) +0
It is less wet as the day goes on, but a foggy day, not very good for the garden. The sun did come out later on and I got a lot done in the garden.
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Cold again
Posted by: tropicalthought, 1. tammikuuta 2012 klo 00:32 (GMT) +0
Today was cold, the sun was out.
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About tropicalthought
San Francisco has a unique micro climate. Each neighborhood has different amounts of sun vs. fog based on the location, the hills and the wind.