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Probably he was talking about the fact that Melbourne has four seasons in a day :laugh: Edbert Sydney, Australia "A day without sunshine is like, you know, night."
Edbert P. wrote:
Probably he was talking about the fact that Melbourne has four seasons in a day
Yep. If we could have five we would. :-D Neville Franks, Author of Surfulater www.surfulater.com "Save what you Surf" and ED for Windows www.getsoft.com
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JimmyRopes wrote:
What is the temperature where you live today?
Today - Wendsday - the temp ia about 80F. However - being Texas - its not gonna stay that way. We have an artic cold front due in late Thursday night thats gonna drop us into the 20's and 30's for the weekend - with rain/sleet/snow possible. Thats about a 40 - 50 degree change in 24 hours. Then again on Monday we start a warming trend that is supposed to have us back in the 70's before the middle of next week. Oh well..... Richard Suppose you were an idiot... And suppose you were a member of Congress... But I repeat myself. --Mark Twain
A 40 - 50 degrees drop in one day is impressive. :omg: I'm on-line therefore I am. JimmyRopes
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What amazes me is that it is 7 degrees in Newcastle since you are approximately on the same latitude as Cape Harrison, Labrador which is probably around -20 on a warm day this time of year. I'm on-line therefore I am. JimmyRopes
Yup, that's because the gulf stream keeps the UK nice and warm. If global warming kicks in badly, then the ice caps will melt, stop the gulf stream from doing it's thing, and put us into pretty much the same climate as Canada. -- Help me! I'm turning into a grapefruit! Buzzwords!
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Yup, that's because the gulf stream keeps the UK nice and warm. If global warming kicks in badly, then the ice caps will melt, stop the gulf stream from doing it's thing, and put us into pretty much the same climate as Canada. -- Help me! I'm turning into a grapefruit! Buzzwords!
I have heard the same thing about the Gulf Stream from a lot of people [conventional wisdom] but I have difficulty reconciling that it is just the Gulf Stream and not the Jet Stream. If it is the Gulf Stream that is keeping you warm then why doesn’t the Japan Current [a cold ocean current] keep Vancouver BC cold? I have never been to BC but I am told that it is warmer than central and eastern Canada. The Northeast US similarly [US states of Washington and Oregon] should also be cold if the Japan Current was the only deciding factor. In fact they both enjoy relatively warm, albeit damp conditions, similar to the UK. I lived on the East Coast of the US for a long time and the Gulf Stream was so close that eddies used to reach the shore line but we had very cold winters. In fact if you dive in the bays protected by barrier islands, in the summer, it is not unusual to see tropical fish at 42 degrees North latitude. They get into the bays when a Gulf Stream eddy would reach the inlets but then would die over the winter because the water temperature was too cold for them to survive. I think the relatively warm weather in the UK and North American West Coast has a lot to do with the Jet Stream flowing from west to east. The ocean waters in winter are relatively warmer than the land and this warm air is being transported from ocean to land because the Jet Stream causes the weather patterns to go in that general direction also. I haven’t had the time to study this much but if this holds true there should be a similar effect in the Southern Hemisphere. Perhaps some folks from “Down Under” can supply some data. In the winter is it relatively warmer in Perth or Fremantle [West Coast] than in Newcastle or Sydney [East Coast]. I picked these cities because they are at approximately the same general latitude, and also near the polar ridge (where the polar and subtropical jet streams collide) to simulate approximate conditions in North America. Due to the Great Australian Bight this may not be as pronounced as in North America. Perhaps Geraldton [West Coast]/Brisbane [East Coast] might be a better comparison,although not as close to the polar ridge? If anyone with knowledge of the relative winter temperatures in these cities would care to comment it would be appreciated. Also relative humidity as the Pacific Northwest is very much damper – actually having rainforests - than the Atlantic Northeast in North America. I'm on-line