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Pattern April Thread

superjames1992 said:
It’s like a whole different world up there. RDU’s low was a balmy 43!
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Man you cannot go by the sensor at RDU lol. I'd bet there were so isolated locations not 15 miles from the airport that dipped down into the 30s last night.

Soil type plays a part in it too imho. Sandier soils here, I'm also isolated and have always cooled more than forecast on optimal radiational cooling nights.
 
Today's forecast high is 90*F at DFW. It would be the 3rd 90*F day of the year, and the 2nd this month.
 
metwannabe said:
Man you cannot go by the sensor at RDU lol. I'd bet there were so isolated locations not 15 miles from the airport that dipped down into the 30s last night.

Soil type plays a part in it too imho. Sandier soils here, I'm also isolated and have always cooled more than forecast on optimal radiational cooling nights.
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37 here ?
 
Definitely have some cold damage to the most sensitive plants today. Looks like the chances of another frost/ freeze are pretty high between the 20th and 22nd with 5-7 days upcoming near or above 80 and lows 55-65 that's going to be a big oof as greenup is about to go into hyperdrive
 
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SD said:
Definitely have some cold damage to the most sensitive plants today. Looks like the chances of another frost/ freeze are pretty high between the 20th and 22nd with 5-7 days upcoming near or above 80 and lows 55-65 that's going to be a big oof as greenup is about to go into hyperdrive
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Pretty much everything has leaves on it now. A lot have small leaves. Leaf out this year is much later than normal seems like. Usually by now we are mostly leafed . But hey, 6 months hEAt & HOoMiTITTY averted and appreciated. At this point why even plant things ? We have the growing season of eastern canada with the heat of the amazon jungle. Leaves us with nothing to grow as we are not cold enough to grow eastern canada stuff or warm enough for the amazon stuff. We should just plant more bradford pears.
 
Lickwx said:
Pretty much everything has leaves on it now. A lot have small leaves. Leaf out this year is much later than normal seems like. Usually by now we are mostly leafed . But hey, 6 months hEAt & HOoMiTITTY averted and appreciated. At this point why even plant things ? We have the growing season of eastern canada with the heat of the amazon jungle. Leaves us with nothing to grow as we are not cold enough to grow eastern canada stuff or warm enough for the amazon stuff. We should just plant more bradford pears.
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It's frustrating. I think we all accept and understand late season cold happens there's no surprise there but the damage to ag is certainly enhanced when you have a March that's +5 vs one that was -5 given the ability of a colder March to hold back explosive greenups. We have certainly entered a hemispheric cycle of warm late winter early spring then a cold mid to late spring over the last half decade. I'm not sure the exact cause my guess is stronger pvs and more polar cold being released during the seasonal pv breakdown but it's just a hunch.

Regardless there are cumulative effects of doing this year over year and within the year as well. It'll be interesting to see if we see parts of the region affected by late spring cold start heading into drought territory in June/ July if you remember last year we were headed toward dry but elsa came along and held off dryness for a while.

When it comes to holding back heat and humidity maybe that's relevant for the deep south and some coastal areas but heat and humidity in April and even early may around here is about as rare as late season cold. Sure we might pop and random 90 in April/ early may but it's not commonplace. If people want to hold off true heat and humidity hope for a late may or early June wedge or cutoff when dews 65-70 and highs near 90 are more likely, or a July cold front, or early fall fronts in mid August to early September not -15-20 days in April when our averages are struggling into the low 70s with lows still in the mid 40s
 
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SD said:
It's frustrating. I think we all accept and understand late season cold happens there's no surprise there but the damage to ag is certainly enhanced when you have a March that's +5 vs one that was -5 given the ability of a colder March to hold back explosive greenups. We have certainly entered a hemispheric cycle of warm late winter early spring then a cold mid to late spring over the last half decade. I'm not sure the exact cause my guess is stronger pvs and more polar cold being released during the seasonal pv breakdown but it's just a hunch.

Regardless there are cumulative effects of doing this year over year and within the year as well. It'll be interesting to see if we see parts of the region affected by late spring cold start heading into drought territory in June/ July if you remember last year we were headed toward dry but elsa came along and held off dryness for a while.

When it comes to holding back heat and humidity maybe that's relevant for the deep south and some coastal areas but heat and humidity in April and even early may around here is about as rare as late season cold. Sure we might pop and random 90 in April/ early may but it's not commonplace. If people want to hold off true heat and humidity hope for a late may or early June wedge or cutoff when dews 65-70 and highs near 90 are more likely, or a July cold front, or early fall fronts in mid August to early September not -15-20 days in April when our averages are struggling into the low 70s with lows still in the mid 40s
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Yep. As for drought it’s been expanding across eastern NC . Yippee . It will probably continue to do so .
 
Lickwx said:
Pretty much everything has leaves on it now. A lot have small leaves. Leaf out this year is much later than normal seems like. Usually by now we are mostly leafed . But hey, 6 months hEAt & HOoMiTITTY averted and appreciated. At this point why even plant things ? We have the growing season of eastern canada with the heat of the amazon jungle. Leaves us with nothing to grow as we are not cold enough to grow eastern canada stuff or warm enough for the amazon stuff. We should just plant more bradford pears.
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I read something that January really stunted leaf output, not sure if that's true or not but I read it.
 
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