Record heat wave in Tasmania

[Tassie_Troy1971]

Hades opened up over Tas today ! We sure had a scorcher down here today on my day off it ended up reaching 45.2 C (113F ) here @ Old beach a record high .

I set my computer control unit for the dripper system to come on for 2 hrs last night and again early this morning . I ran around like a maniac with the Hose soaking everything including hundreds of palm seedlings early this morning .

The only damage i can see this evening is crispy fronds on my Cyathea medullaris tree fern and some damage on cyathea cooperii . All the palms seem ok except for some leaf scorching on Phoenix roebelenii in terrrecotta pots .

Hedyscepe ,leppidorrachis and Rhopalostylis baueri , chatham isle ,and North Island sapida are still fine even though they are in full sun . All Ceroxylon are under 30 % shade cloth and look great . The heavy watering saved the day

Troy

[Pedro 65]

Troy wow, thats Hot for Tassie, I see its still 36c and only 18% humidity at 7.30pm in Hobart, Lucky it was a "record heat day" not a "record heat wave" which is 3 consecutive days and above... Enjoy the nice 25c tomorrow, we have a week of 26c forecast here which is spring weather for here.. i see the beach is close, hope you went in and cooled off. Pete

[tropicbreeze]

Hopefully no fires flare up. Too many things never recover from that.

[Xerarch]

Wow, I hadn't imagined it could ever get that hot down there.

[NApalm]

Oh man. Thats hot for anywhere. Well done with the extra watering

[George Sparkman]

Record heat is better then record cold as long as one has water to hydrate.

[Tropicgardener]

That is incredible for Tassie.......almost as hot as Cloncurry !!!

[Tassie_Troy1971]

Bsck to normal today and i still cant believe not one single palm was sunburnt Howea or anything else in full sun

Using the dripper system for 1.5 hrs every 4 days over summer late spring i guess makes the roots go down and chase the water deep in the soil .If the palms roots were on the dry side maybe i would have excepted more damage .

Pete you big tiger Brom laughed off the heat !

[BS Man about Palms]

BBBrrrrrrrrrr

ooops sorry, that just pops on the keyboard when i type about weather lately...

Glad it was short like Pete said.. I hope it circles the globe and gets here soon..

[Pedro 65]

Bsck to normal today and i still cant believe not one single palm was sunburnt Howea or anything else in full sun

Using the dripper system for 1.5 hrs every 4 days over summer late spring i guess makes the roots go down and chase the water deep in the soil .If the palms roots were on the dry side maybe i would have excepted more damage .

Pete you big tiger Brom laughed off the heat !

I trained that Tiger well Troy, It grew up in the Full sun here, glad its OK, remember to top up with water on hot days, they can easily cook on the inside.

[Tyrone]

Troy, are you anywhere near the fires. What's happening with them? I heard around 100 people are reported missing on that peninsula south of Hobart. I seem to remember a Palmtalk member south of Hobart surrounded by the sea. I hope he's alright and everyone else too.

Here we're having full on tropical weather. Cloud cover and thunderstorms over the ranges. Didn't drop below 27C last night until it decided to rain at daybreak and dropped the temp to 24C and about 98%RH. Dewpoints sat around 22-24C all morning until the rain stopped at midday. Then the temp climbed to just shy of 39C with very high humidity. Tomorrow it's 40C and thunderstorms with a minimum of 26C. On the weekend a decaying cyclone will be east of Perth so the weather could get even weirder. I've been glad for air con in the car lately. Today it was blowing mist out of the vents. Haven't seen that since I went on a very dodgy airflight in Malaysia.

[Tyrone]

Tasmania, are you still there??????

[Hammer]

Good on ya mate for shepherding those sensitive palms through the furnance! Well done. That's not simply hot for Tas. As said, that's hot for any where.

[Tassie_Troy1971]

AM still here been a very busy week

Danylle and i have donated alot of non perishable items to the people whom were involved in the Bushfires .

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/national/amazing-tale-of-survival-from-tasmanias-bushfires/story-fncynkc6-1226550726787

[Tyrone]

Glad you're alright and that no one has been killed.

[Miccles]

That's amazing weather for Tassie.... hope the people who suffered in the bushfires can rebuild quickly....Black Saturday all over again.

[WestCoastGal]

Yikes, 113 is the hottest it's been in our area since living here, think it set a record for the area, and it was unbearable. Feel for you guys and trying to keep your landscaping alive, especially seedlings. We are kind of in the opposite situation right now. Have had frost to scrape off our cars in the a.m., and I watered the palms the other day, with a winter coat on and scarf and gloves, as we were expecting the worst of the below freezing temps for the week and wanted my palms to have the water beforehand. Where I'm at has similar temp ranges as you although I suspect you have a more humid atmosphere. I'm more inland from the coast. Curious what your humidity runs during the summers down there. Thought I'd mention that I saw a video of that family from Dunalley on a show here in Calif called "Right This Minute" ( http://www.rightthisminute.com/video/australian-wildfires ). Heard them relay part of their story along with footage of a firefighter from there who couldn't do anything to save his brothers place. So glad that everyone down there got out okay but to lose your house and a good part of your town has to be heartbreaking. I was shocked to see photos in some of the online news sources of the elementary school as a total loss. I'm guessing that the fire started more inland and spread towards the coast. The school from Google maps didn't look close to the forest so I'm assuming embers and winds coming down the mountain was the culprit. Glad to hear that the town of Bicheno was spared, loved my time there and would hate to hear it fell to flames. It's been many years already and not sure how much has changed but the Bicheno to Hobart to Port Arthur/Tasman Peninsula areas are some of my favorite vacation photos. Hope you guys get some breaks in the temps this summer. Hey, looks like you need to update your record high info on your sig.

[AlekLO]

Sorry for all these people.I hope there will soon be a lot time....

[Dave-Vero]

That 45º is hotter than anything I've experienced; I maybe have been up to about 105 F, which would be 41. We've had a couple of 38 days in the past few years, which the plants in the yard, Queensland and Northern Territory palms included, didn't like.

It's hard to imagine such heat on an island that's well-separated from the Victoria mainland by water in the 60s F (15º or higher).