NWS last time I checked had 29 here tonight, should be interesting, looks like higher chance to do that tonight
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SE US freezes/frosts April 2-4 with mega frost possibly down to Hogtown April 3rd!
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It was a little too cold there but way too cold seems like an exaggeration. It was pretty close in much of NC and was actually several degrees too warm in much of C and S GA/SC as well as N FL. So, too warm in more spots than too cold.
Why might the CMC’s much colder lows verify more closely than the GFS/Euro?
1. Arctic high pressure centered almost overhead at 12Z tomorrow with close to 1034 mb in much of NC, which is 30.53”! How often has NC had a SLP that high in April? That is pretty rare for sure.
2. Ridiculously low dewpoints in the teens along with very light winds and clear skies:
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The brand new (12Z) CMC maintains its very cold night. The dashed line in the Charlotte to RDU corridor is 26 F:
1. Arctic high pressure centered almost overhead at 12Z tomorrow with close to 1034 mb in much of NC, which is 30.53”! How often has NC had a SLP that high in April? That is pretty rare for sure.
2. Ridiculously low dewpoints in the teens along with very light winds and clear skies:
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The brand new (12Z) CMC maintains its very cold night. The dashed line in the Charlotte to RDU corridor is 26 F:
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Oof looks like they didn't do a good job at covering the vegetables at home depot. I think they are all dead
Looks like my hydrangea got it, some new growth on crepe myrtles and most of the grass in my front yard. Nice.
LickWx
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Interestingly enough everything that is injured is protected from the N wind. Most plants/grass that are in the open yard are fine. I'm going to put my senor tonight at 2 or 3 feet instead of 6 to see how cold it gets
LickWx
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I forgot to add I saw an article this morning that strawberries are delayed this year not sure if that's good or bad for them
LickWx
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How cold at South of the Border?
I've always understood it as the further along plants are in their green up the less cold required to cause damage. That said strawberries aren't typical warm season plants. My assumption would be the step between bud and fruit is the most sensitive period
LickWx
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Perhaps , strawberries are more cool summer plants . That’s what makes them so tough to grow here . We warm up fast but our freezes don’t follow , then they get frozen . Then comes may and the first few 90s and they are toast. Northern places pick strawberries in June and July just fine .
Dang just to think that my grandmas plum trees took that sort of hit, imagine how widespread this is gonna be when tonight does even more damage to many more spots
Iceagewhereartthou
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Very disappointing 32 IMBY this morning. Pickens county airport, less than 10 miles away made it down to 26. Even GSP got to 28. Breeze just never quit. Tonight could actually be colder for me than last night.
The cold tonight is supported by unseasonably high SLPs.
This map below has the record high SLP's for April. Note the 1037.3 mb (30.63") for Asheville, which was set 4/7/1945. Their low that day was 28, well above the daily record of 20. Records there go back to 1939. The CMC has them getting to as high as 1035 mb or 30.56" (at 12Z tomorrow).
Note also the 1037.3 mb (30.63") for Charlotte, which was set 4/21/1897. Their low that day was 35, but keep in mind that that was in late April thogh ti was well above the daily record of 30. Records there go back to 1893. The CMC has them getting to as high as 1034 mb or 30.53" (at 12Z tomorrow).
This map below has the record high SLP's for April. Note the 1037.3 mb (30.63") for Asheville, which was set 4/7/1945. Their low that day was 28, well above the daily record of 20. Records there go back to 1939. The CMC has them getting to as high as 1035 mb or 30.56" (at 12Z tomorrow).
Note also the 1037.3 mb (30.63") for Charlotte, which was set 4/21/1897. Their low that day was 35, but keep in mind that that was in late April thogh ti was well above the daily record of 30. Records there go back to 1893. The CMC has them getting to as high as 1034 mb or 30.53" (at 12Z tomorrow).
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You are correct. For the most part at this point the strawberries should be ok as long as the basic stuff is done to protect them... it would have hurt them more if there had been an early bloom and then the hard freeze. What really might take a hit though tonight is peaches. The really bad thing about tonight and why I think some of these lower numbers on the guidance has a chance to verify is simply how low the highs are going to be today. I’m at 46 right with full sunshine and calm wind. With dewpoints already around 10... things may drop fast tonight and add more time below freezing
MichaelJ
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Got to 26.7 at my house this morning, as for Strawberries, we don't start picking them here until May 15th