Another lite frost this morn, but the hostas are still going
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Nashville was calling for 36 last nightā¦
I am up now at 515 amā¦ 41F nowā¦ it may drop to 40F at sun up.
Now our lows are supposed to get back up in the 40s 50s.
Looks like figs, raspberries, tomatoes will continue a bit longer here.
TNHunter
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26f this morning. raspberries are still alive but leaves have a red cast to them.
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Does it help to wet the trees overnight? Thinking of some sort of sprinkler on mist. I seem to recall reading about something like that at one time.
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my tomatoes and peppers and a few other plants were melted from 28F.
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@JesusisLordandChrist ā¦ some try that in the spring when a frost is comming to try and save buds, blossoms, fruit ???
I have never tried that myself.
In the fall I think that most just accept that the first hard frost is the end for the season.
I would sure prefer that my end is a month or more laterā¦ got lots of nice figs hanging.
TNHunter
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We usally get a few nights of frost, then it warms back up for a few weeks, then another round of frosts, thatās when I know winter is inevitable.
Besides dried figs are my new goto snack. Just 2 or 3 figs cures the snack craving. What do you think would happen if I planted one of these figs?
Ingredients: Organic Figs
Fyiā¦ Persimmon seed showing spoon.
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It was weird. We were supposed to get a frost sometime in the wee hours, but around 10:30 pm yesterday, both our cars had iced over windshields.
I checked two thermometers. One read 33Ā°F and the other 35Ā°F.
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I actually want the freeze so I can get the leaves dealt with and some fall pruning and spray dormant oil.
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Keep in mind the air cools on those clear, calm nights from the bottom up. The surface loses longwave radiation (heat) to space so the ground will get colder. This cold will build up and work its way up to where we measure the official air temperature. But that is why you can get frost on certain surfaces even if the 2 meter air temp is 34-36Ā°F. That surface cold is dense and heavy and will drain down into valleys. Thatās why we can get inversions where the hills are 10-15Ā°F or more warmer than the valleys.
I donāt really count frost on vehicles because they tend to function as strong blackbodies. Most are strong absorbers and emitters of radiation.
I have a few friends in the NWS that want to get away from issuing frost advisories and just stick to freeze (32Ā°F) and hard freeze (28Ā°F) advisories and warnings since frost development has so many variables.
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Leaves are falling off a few trees, but most are holding strong. It is supposed to be in the 80Fs tomorrow so not sure what is going on.
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Iāve noticed a few trees that have dropped all their leaves, but that seems to be drought, not fall. My sugar maples are nearing peak color - very slowly.
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Same here, leaves falling because of the severe drought. The cooler weather has made some of the trees to start changing colors. Nice to see the colors.
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Got all my tropicals protected for the upcoming week 
Now just gotta fish out the heater and get an outdoor extension cord.
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Weāve been in our location for a couple of years and Iām still learning the climate nuance of each area of our property as compared to friends and family who live nearby. We supposedly already had a freeze last week but my sensitive plants in my garden are still green and untouched. Tonight it will be 31, though, so Iām gathering the remains of my produce, including some winter squash that isnāt going to make it in time. Saying goodbye to some plants for the season.
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the frost probability website I use said my zip code should have had a 90% chance of the first 32 degree night by 11/18. still hasnāt reached that yet per my WS-2000 weather station. it got down to 34 last night, the coldest its been so far.
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We hit 30 the nite before last, with snow, which I think was our first hard freeze. Much colder predicted next weekend.
Youāre talking Ambient, right? ā¦ so it has Wi-Fi. ā¦ so what is that? Does it call home? Or W-U? Or your server? My old Ambient WS-2095 doesnāt call anywhere. Instead, itās connected to my Linux PC with a USB umbilical cord and I monitor it with WeeWX freewareĀ¹. I need to replace it because the wind direction sensor quit working. (Iāve had it for several years.) I hesitate because Iām squeamish about letting my connected home spill its guts to various hardware manufacturers not only overseas but also in the sky. Apparently no one makes a home weather station without a mandatory Internet connection nowadays.
Ā¹You can see: my WeeWX reports here.
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Iām not sure what you are asking here
Iām not sure what you are asking here. I have it connected to the ambient weather website (ambientweather.net) and data stored on a micro SD attached to the display
It is not connected to Weather Underground.
I donāt have a home server
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