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What? The south east of England is the most populated part of the UK, so the landscape/climate there is experienced by more people than who live on a hill or up a mountain
England is flatter than Wales & Scotland, though areas further west & north have more in the way of hills. But even southern England does have hills, cliffs etc.. so your comments are a bit silly to say the least...
Exactly, ask people to imagine the UK and they will talk about trees and fields, occasionally rolling hills. Not mountains. SE England has over a third of the UK population.
Where did you get 2% from? How can 1/4 of the geographical area of the UK ie SE only be 2% of the land!? you do realise don't you that 1/4 equates to 25%?
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Southern England represents just 20% of the entire United Kingdom's land area and it only has 40% of the population so it is actually not a majority representation of anything.
The vast majority of the UK do not live down there. Stop talking about it as if it's representative of the British climate and the British landscape because it's NOT and never will be.
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I think places that get their weather fronts off the sea, have a clearer atmosphere than landlocked places or coastal areas that don't get fronts off the sea.
Doubt it. Atmosphere inland tends to be often clearer here; deep blue skies combined with low relative humidity happen more frequently here than inland. I just don't notice the harsh sun you describe. Well standing in a field without shade midday with the temperatures in the low or mid 70s isn't ideal, not the harshest conditions I can imagine (people lay out and sunbathe in those conditions). The only reason I can think of why it seems worse to you is you don't get hotter usually so it feels harsh.
Southern England represents just 20% of the entire United Kingdom's land area and it only has 40% of the population so it is actually not a majority representation of anything.
The vast majority of the UK do not live down there. Stop talking about it as if it's representative of the British climate and the British landscape because it's NOT and never will be.
Huh? So 60% don't live there, it's not a vast majority. I could just as easily say "near half". It's obviously representative of a large part Britain, this is a stupid argument.
Doesn't the massive convection of a thunderstorm mean that air will need to flow in at ground level, to replace the higher pressure? Florida is a long thin peninsula (about 10% larger than the South Island) so the sea would seem the likely source of incoming air.
My area sees the sea breeze ease right up by mid summer, but that is because land/sea temperatures equalise and convection lessens due to more sustained high pressure.
It would, but Florida wouldn't have a large land/sea temperature differences that you get prior to mid summer, so the sea breeze wouldn't be as strong.
Southern England represents just 20% of the entire United Kingdom's land area and it only has 40% of the population so it is actually not a majority representation of anything.
The vast majority of the UK do not live down there. Stop talking about it as if it's representative of the British climate and the British landscape because it's NOT and never will be.
You're talking nonsense as usual, the South East has the highest population density in all of Britain! Also maths doesn't seem to be your strong point either does it, if you are going to 'split' the country into four geographical sectors ie NE, NW, SW & SE then SE is going to be 1/4 of the land. You do realise don't you that around 1 in 6 Britons live in London alone! Incidently there are more than FOUR times as many people living in London than in the WHOLE of Northern Ireland (which is actually in Ireland anyway!). So I think you could have an argument to say that the climate of London is MORE representative of a British climate than Norther Ireland is!!
Well, adjusting US sun hours to our standard would mean those places have barely more than 100 extra hours of sun than our sunniest places. Also, how can it feel warmer here in the Sun than other places?
Because Florida is very humid, which makes it feel colder when it gets below a certain temp (and hotter when it gets above a certain temp). I've lived in both places so I know. How warm you feel in the sun isn't just about the temperature (temperatures are measured in the shade anyway). Additionally, Florida is usually in the high 80s and 90s, so when it does drop to the 60s you really feel it.
Also, what do you mean by "adjusting sun hours"? The UK gets 1500 sunshine hours per year. London gets about 1600. Pittsburgh (the lowest in the US) gets 2000. There's no adjusting going on, it's just a fact that the UK doesn't get much sun.
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26,000,000/64,000,000 x 100 = 40.6%. It's pretty obvious dear!
Maths isn't YOUR strong point.
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