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Interesting idea. I believe the jet stream is much flatter this year. Maybe this would be the typical yearly pattern if the Rockies weren't there? The Rockies seem to act like a funnel that push all the cold away from the West Coast and direct it to the East, maybe without them it would be like this year every year. Obviously West Coast would still be warmer, but the disparity would be significantly smaller
The Arctic Ocean is on the Eastern Side of the Continental Divide in its entirety. North of Montana, the CD pretty much follows the BC/AB border, then the Yukon/NWT border until about the Arctic Circle give or take, then turns due west and goes through the Brooks Range in Alaska ending at the Bering Strait.
That is why places west of the divide don't get as cold. The Arctic air can't cross the divide. When we get troughs and cold waves, they come from the Gulf Of Alaska, which is warmer than the Arctic
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Originally Posted by Warszawa
Interesting idea. I believe the jet stream is much flatter this year. Maybe this would be the typical yearly pattern if the Rockies weren't there? The Rockies seem to act like a funnel that push all the cold away from the West Coast and direct it to the East, maybe without them it would be like this year every year. Obviously West Coast would still be warmer, but the disparity would be significantly smaller
The truth is, winds in temperate climates mostly come from west, so places on the east coast of continents will receive winds direct from the interior of the continents,,even here in South America this have it effect,compare Mar del Plata with Melbourne for example, both at the same latitude and located on the coast,but since Melbourne doesnt have any considerable land to its south,it rarely get freezing,while MDP receive winds from southwest(Patagonia), so below freezing temperatures is quite common there.
The truth is, winds in temperate climates mostly come from west, so places on the east coast of continents will receive winds direct from the interior of the continents,,even here in South America this have it effect,compare Mar del Plata with Melbourne for example, both at the same latitude and located on the coast,but since Melbourne doesnt have any considerable land to its south,it rarely get freezing,while MDP receive winds from southwest(Patagonia), so below freezing temperatures is quite common there.
True, but I believe that western winds would be much more common there. Sort of like in Western Russia, which still gets a lil bit of oceanic influence despite being far away from the Atlantic
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True, but I believe that western winds would be much more common there. Sort of like in Western Russia, which still gets a lil bit of oceanic influence despite being far away from the Atlantic
But Western North America do get winds from northwest,but if you see the map,you will see that thoses winds as the guy told before,come from the gulf of Alaska.
Already 82 F at 11 AM, which is the predicted high. Cue in the start of the underestimated high temperatures season. I bet we hit at least 85-86 F today.
Low didn't drop below 74 F last night. If we're going to get this type of weather, it may as well be wet season. One reason I hate spring more than summer down here.
I even saw some convective showers around this afternoon. A fitting end to a record warm winter I guess.
I even saw some convective showers around this afternoon. A fitting end to a record warm winter I guess.
All 3 months of winter averaged highs above 80 in Miami! Quite warm! Here Feb should finish with an average high of nearly 67; wished it was 1 degree warmer just to get the novelty of a 20c average high in a winter month.
I even saw some convective showers around this afternoon. A fitting end to a record warm winter I guess.
Same here, though of course none of them hit here lol but I did see lots of convective clouds. Sun is getting strong enough again to create instability?
High hit 84 F today, lower than what I was predicting but still higher than what NWS predicted. Right now it's warm and muggy at 77 F with a 70 F dew point. Avocado plant is loving this.
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I bet we hit at least 85-86 F today.
