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Post by bjd on Jul 15, 2020 5:25:36 GMT
It was supposed to be really hot this week, but so far it has been pleasant with mid-20s and a breeze. We have even had some rain this morning. We are going to the area north of Narbonne this coming weekend, so I guess it will be much hotter and drier.
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Post by questa on Jul 15, 2020 7:53:02 GMT
Adelaide is having a proper winter this year. Some minus zero C nights and days that peak at 9C Last week we had coldest day for 20 years. At least we did not have to go out in it.
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Post by kerouac2 on Jul 15, 2020 14:40:05 GMT
There was a little shower at dawn, but I wish it would have rained longer. In the meantime, summer is quite mild so far, but it appears that hotter days are in store.
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Post by mickthecactus on Jul 15, 2020 15:39:27 GMT
In general terms it's been a pretty rubbish summer here. 1 short lived heatwave and the odd day here and there and that's about it. It's making up for the record breaking May sunshine.
Dull, cool and damp today. My tomatoes are sulking...
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Post by tod2 on Jul 15, 2020 16:53:15 GMT
Mick -I have to ask…..are they determinate or undetermanate? And which ever they are please say why you selected them? A cool nippy 17C today.
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Jul 15, 2020 17:02:53 GMT
Not particularly summery here either.
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Post by mickthecactus on Jul 15, 2020 17:04:10 GMT
Mick -I have to ask…..are they determinate or undetermanate? And which ever they are please say why you selected them? A cool nippy 17C today. I take it you mean cordon or bush. All but one cordon. Some are reliable old favourites, some are new ones that caught my eye, one Chinese seed from a friend. Bush cherry toms doing ok. They just need a long spell of warmth!
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Post by lugg on Jul 15, 2020 19:31:12 GMT
Shite again here but getting better... I think I posted that last time !! PERFECT comet-watching weather last night So pleased for you Kimby. I have plans to sett my alarm for early Friday am.
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Post by bixaorellana on Jul 15, 2020 22:47:29 GMT
Pouring here again, but with patches of blue sky through the rain clouds. (5:50 pm cdt)
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Post by lagatta on Jul 16, 2020 0:24:43 GMT
It had been extremely hot here (genre 40c) but there was a heavy rain that cooled it down somewhat. But still very warm.
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Post by tod2 on Jul 16, 2020 9:09:09 GMT
Winter is definitely here although we have passed the longest night/shortest day 21st June I think. This morning it was 1C…..
Mick -I'vd never heard those descriptions before. All I know is one produces fruit and dies and the other grows and grows- keeps heading skyward producing fruit madly and needs supports.
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Post by mickthecactus on Jul 16, 2020 11:16:54 GMT
Another dull day here. Tod, a cordon is a tomato kept one growing point which produces tomato trusses along the stem. In our conditions 5 trusses is about the best you can get. A bush tomato has multiple growing points and tomatoes appear everywhere. Tomato plants don't last beyond September here.
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Post by bjd on Jul 16, 2020 12:40:44 GMT
Just getting more confirmation that meteorology is not an exact science. It was supposed to be hot here this week but it's 22° and cloudy. It often clears in mid-afternoon with the wind blowing more strongly from the ocean.
I don't mind this weather though since I don't like when it's too hot.
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Post by tod2 on Jul 16, 2020 13:03:45 GMT
Thanks Mick. Bixa - maybe it would be advantages for us if you move the last two enquiries about tomato plants - Easy to find again in the garden section. just a thought.
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Post by kerouac2 on Jul 16, 2020 15:00:04 GMT
Mild and cloudy in Paris, too. No complaints from me!
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Post by casimira on Jul 16, 2020 15:45:48 GMT
The last 3 days we have has heavy thunderstorms accompanied by heavy rain. Currently, rainin' Cajuns and Creoles. Fine by me, nowhere to go and I won't have to water 3 gardens today or likely tomorrow and the next day either. The frogs are very happy.
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Post by kerouac2 on Jul 20, 2020 11:07:45 GMT
I see that the entire eastern seaboard and the southern United States are going to be cooking today. I saw on CNN where they even said to bring pets indoors.
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Post by Kimby on Jul 20, 2020 12:28:47 GMT
PERFECT comet-watching weather last night So pleased for you Kimby. I have plans to sett my alarm for early Friday am. Comet is now visible in the evening sky, though perhaps not yet in more southerly latitudes. I woke around midnight 2 nights after my 1 am Comet-watching trek and went to the front porch to see if there were stars out, and lo and behold, there was the Comet, visible from our cottage. I gently woke Mr. Kimby and we stood in the driveway in our bathrobes, mesmerized by the silent streak in the sky. Mission accomplished!
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Post by Kimby on Jul 20, 2020 12:32:55 GMT
Summer has FINALLY arrived in Montana. The few weeks between “too cool” and “too smoky” are just heavenly. High 80’s, low humidity, no rain, no bugs....it might even be warm enough to swim at the lake this week!
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Post by fumobici on Jul 20, 2020 17:58:40 GMT
Here it's cloudless, light breezes, low humidity, with a forecast high of 80F/27C. We're not used to this blast furnace!
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Post by bjd on Jul 20, 2020 18:51:26 GMT
27° is a blast furnace? It must get hotter in Italy.
We were away this weekend in the Minervois, southeast of Carcassonne. Saturday was okay, especially when we went for a walk in a forest, but yesterday was 34° and no wind. We had stopped over in Toulouse and when we left at 2pm today it was 34° there. We got home around 6 and it was only 28. Mid-20s forecast this week here. Not too bad this summer so far.
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Post by kerouac2 on Jul 20, 2020 20:13:37 GMT
I think Paris only got up to about 27° which was a bit less than the forecast.
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Post by bixaorellana on Jul 20, 2020 22:26:09 GMT
Thunder again. Rain threatening again. Mosquito and gnat population still multiplying.
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Post by fumobici on Jul 21, 2020 5:13:32 GMT
27° is a blast furnace? It must get hotter in Italy. I was being facetious, 27C for us is peak Summer heat. I endured 40+ in Florence last Summer. People really do freak out here once it gets close to 30C, we are just not used to heat.
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Post by tod2 on Jul 21, 2020 8:17:47 GMT
We were away this weekend in the Minervois, southeast of Carcassonne. You put a big smile on my face when I read you had been to Minervois! I remember going there for a few hours during the tour I was on. It was also a very hot day in September.
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Post by spaceneedle on Jul 22, 2020 9:14:42 GMT
Here it's cloudless, light breezes, low humidity, with a forecast high of 80F/27C. We're not used to this blast furnace! This made me laugh. So, so true.
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Post by tod2 on Jul 22, 2020 11:09:40 GMT
We are in Hell. The vagrants have set the city dump on fire once again and the smoke is so thick one can only see 50ft in front of you. Building and all else is covered in a blue/white haze and the smell is terrible. This happened yesterday and mad newspaper headline today. Someone suggested that murderers were burning their victims body parts. The fire department was not allowed to dowse the fire and were under attack if they tried. Who knows….this is Africa..
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Post by mickthecactus on Jul 22, 2020 11:42:09 GMT
Quite nice today. Warm and sunny.
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Post by bjd on Jul 22, 2020 12:44:54 GMT
Lst night's forecast rain gave about 3 drops this morning. It's 29° at the moment.
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Post by kerouac2 on Jul 24, 2020 15:50:12 GMT
"Normal July weather" in Paris. About 26°. I would like a few days of rain, though.
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