Will the Arctic Cold Front Cause Severe Weather and Damage to Crops?

In summary, the weather is gradually changing from cold to warmer temperatures. The forecast for tomorrow predicts that there will be winds between 20 and 25 mph with gusts up to 40 mph. This will create significant blowing and drifting of snow with near blizzard conditions possible at times. Visibilities will be reduced to below one half mile, making roads near impossible to travel on. The cold wind chill values will be widespread, ranging from 20 to 30 below zero. There is a potential for life-threatening situations due to the dangerously cold temperatures. Additionally, my aunt and uncle own a large strawberry farm and citrus orchard near Tampa, FL and stand to lose the entire crop due to the hard long freeze.
  • #911
We just got over a day of -50 F, recently, surrounded by -40/-30 days. Air quality reports come up as the inversion layer keeps exhaust of all kinds (cars, buildings, fire stoves, power plant) down low to the ground. Lots of sore throats, nasal congestion, and light-headedness without being "sick".
 
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  • #912
Perfect time to defrost the freezer.
 
  • #913
The car thermometer said -8oC this morning. Don't see that often here at sea.
 
  • #914
Winter remains mild. I saw a crocus today.
 
  • #915
Winter is still mild here, too. We're on track to burn less than 3 cords of wood for the winter. The last two years, we have burned a little less than 5 cords of seasoned hardwood/season. We have replaced a couple of dodgy windows, and our wood is better-seasoned than ever. That's a formula.
 
  • #916
Enough with the weird weather already! From the National Hurricane Center, http://www.nhc.noaa.gov, emphasis mine.

Gulf of Mexico...
A weak upper level low quickly moves across the Florida Straits to over the Bahamas giving low level support to a surface trough axis analyzed inland across southern Florida to a weak stationary 1013 mb low near the Yucatan channel around 22n85w.

Caribbean Sea...
A weak stationary 1013 mb low centered over the Yucatan Channel near 22n85w extends a surface trough from the low center to near 19n87w. No significant convection is near this system due to dry sw upper level flow covering the Caribbean basin. This feature is forecast to slowly drift ne across the far se Gulf of Mexico during the next 24 hours.

Atlantic Ocean...
Scattered moderate to isolated strong convection is expected to spread across the area w of 60w over the next 24 hours. Visible satellite imagery shows a thick area of Saharan dust moving off West Africa e of 20w from 12n-25n. This phenomenon can happen at any time of year but is usually more often during the summer months.

OK, it can happen "at any time of year", but seriously, tropical weather (or even the threat thereof) in the first week of February?
 
  • #917
Peaches are blooming in GA - NOT good We lost the strawberries in FL two years ago and the new planting came in at the same time as California killing both financially. they were giving strawberries away. SHEESH
 
  • #918
Warmer here - not -20, but -10 deg C in the morning.

Still too cold to try to revive the other car.
 
  • #919
a balmy 15F (-9C) here today
 
  • #920
Borek said:
Warmer here - not -20, but -10 deg C in the morning.

Still too cold to try to revive the other car.

-14C here this morning, right at the coast :rolleyes:

The Eleven Towns Tour fever is rapidly spreading to epidemic proportions.
 
  • #921
It's snowing again today. The Boy Scout "Klondike Derby" campout and race were canceled last weekend due to blizzard conditions.
 
  • #922
It's only 67 today compared to 80 yesterday. It'll probably go to 74 today. azaleas starting to bloom.
 
  • #923
It's been for more than 2 weeks here that I see -23 C on my thermometer in the morning.
Hope the spring will finally come...
 
  • #924
When you folks post geographically related stuff, it would help us "outsiders" to know where you are from.
 
  • #925
Andre said:
The car thermometer said -8oC this morning. Don't see that often here at sea.

I think you have bigger problems if you're at sea in a car. :eek:

We finally got snow last night and today. It's not that cold for February, though. About 20 F. And, the snow stopped before the roads got bad, so it's pretty perfect...enough snow to make it pretty outside without being trapped in the house all day.
 
  • #926
Still cold here - almost -20 deg C at the moment (1 a.m.), with around -10 deg C during the day. But next week should be warmer, and snowy.
 
  • #927
Going to get below zero F here tonight. Radiative cooling... Cold stretch coming tomorrow and early week.
 
  • #928
Might go to the upper 30's tonight. Quite a change from 70 last night in hurricane alley. Super windy.
 
  • #929
Maine is having a very mild winter. It's going to save me a lot of $$ heating the house, if it keeps up.
 
  • #930
It's supposed to be 5F tonight.
 
  • #931
We'll be below 0 tonight and maybe top out in the teens tomorrow and Monday. Still, that's mild compared to our normal temps.
 
  • #932
Evo said:
It's supposed to be 5F tonight.
No, it's supposed to be 82F. It's just going to be 5F.
 
  • #933
Jimmy Snyder said:
No, it's supposed to be 82F. It's just going to be 5F.
That's just Aruba talking.
 
  • #934
We are in the mid-teens and diving. No joy for the next few days, unfortunately. Dem Canucks are shipping us cold air, just to get rid of it.
 
  • #935
Baby, it's NOT cold outside. 35 degrees and raining with occasional admixture of wet snow. This is not a typical winter. Maine usually gets the kind of winter that Romania is having now, except that nobody helicopters in food, fuel, and firewood to us. We have to be prepared and stocked up before the freeze hits.
 
  • #936
We are back to just below 0 deg C, with some snow (enough to slow down traffic in the city, but nothing extraordinary). It can get worse if it will start to rain on Sudnay.
 
  • #937
The rain has stopped, the snow failed to accumulate, and the sun is peeking out with temps in the low 40s. This is NOT a normal winter for us. A few more years of this, and I'll be tempted to start planting orange trees.
 
  • #938
The grass in the pasture has grown 2-3 inches this week. It looks like spring has arrived a month early.
 
  • #939
Not good, Ivan. A late cold-snap can set that back quickly. Your temps are moderated by the pacific, but around here a Canadian arctic high can slam stuff back hard. If my apple trees have budded and we get a frost, we get precious few pollinators with few blossoms to visually clue in on, and few apples as a result. This inconsistent weather is a bear. Local orchards are falling on hard times.
 
  • #940
Flow baby, flow. We are above zero.
 
  • #941
Mid 30s and raining. This is one very odd winter.

My wife fell in the driveway this morning because that light rain had slicked up the frozen pavement. She's OK - just a bit sore.
 
  • #942
6°C here - that's about 43°F. Looks like the real winter is over. It wasn't long.
 
  • #943
Yesterday it was 60F and sunny. Today colder weather finally arrives. 59F.
 
  • #944
Jimmy Snyder said:
Yesterday it was 60F and sunny. Today colder weather finally arrives. 59F.
Better bundle up!
 
  • #945
Thank you for teaching us about meteorology. You're more awesome than a monkey wearing a tuxedo made out of bacon riding a cyborg unicorn with a lightsaber for the horn on the tip of a space shuttle closing in on Mars while engulfed in flames. - Flint
 

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