Palm Tree News
Heavy rain and thunderstorms are in the forecast for
areas east of the Mississippi River.
Heavy rain and severe weather has already taken
the spotlight over the Florida Peninsula. Damaging
winds and isolated tornadoes are possible with the
strongest storms.
Rainfall across the Southeast and Florida could run
1 to 3 inches with locally higher amounts through
Friday morning and additional heavy rain is possible
Friday afternoon.
Some areas of the Southeast already picked up 2 to
5 inches of rain Wednesday and that combined with
the expected rain today and Friday could lead to
increased flooding.
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Local Palm tree report: Windmill palms are doing great so far this year. Palmetto and Pindo
palm trees are showing some winter damage. Washingtonias and Sagos fronds and leaves
are burnt in the Upstate area, but are looking better than the last few years at this point in time.
We are testing some trees during this extended long cold period. So far everything is going as
planned. Dennis, 3-3-10
Palm trees: Warmer Temperatures are
coming next week.. All protection
should be off.

Wintry precipitation (snow, sleet, and freezing rain) also
affect South Carolina. Snow and sleet may occur
separately, together, or mixed with rain during the
winter months from November to March, although snow
has occurred as late as May in the mountains.
Measurable snowfall may occur from one to three times
in a winter in all areas except the Lowcountry, where
snowfall occurs on average once every three years.
Accumulations seldom remain very long on the ground
except in the mountains.
Typically, snowfall occurs when a mid-latitude cyclone
moves northeastward along or just off the coast. Snow
usually occurs about 150 to 200 miles inland from the
center of the cyclone. The greatest snowfall in a
24-hour period was 24 inches at Rimini in February
1973. During December 1989 Charleston experienced
its first white Christmas on record, and other coastal
locations had more than six inches of snow on the
ground for several days following.
Sleet and freezing rain vary from 3.75 events per year in
Chesterfield County to less than 0.75 events per year in
the Lowcountry. The highest frequency by month occurs
in January with more than 1.5 events per year in the
Charlotte area and Chesterfield County, to less than
0.25 events per year in the Lowcountry. This rain, which
freezes on contact with the ground and other objects,
can cause hazardous driving conditions, breakage of
various types of wires and the poles on which they are
strung. One of the most severe cases of ice
accumulation from freezing rain took place February
1969 in several Piedmont and Midlands counties.
Timber losses were tremendous and power and
telephone services were seriously disrupted over a
large area
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