Summer Thread 2016-2017(Southern Hemisphere) (global warming, world, freezing, thunderstorm)

[Warszawa]

Originally Posted by Joe90

I can't really see England as a good comparison at all -It's warmer per latitude, and doesn't have the huge variation in climate, rainfall amounts and distribution that Chile does- better to call Chile "The Western and Southern Europe" of South America

Not just in climate, but just culture in general. Cold weather, even colder people, terrible food, but also safe, peaceful, and developed

[Joe90]

Originally Posted by Warszawa

Not just in climate, but just culture in general. Cold weather, even colder people, terrible food, but also safe, peaceful, and developed

I guess. I don't know much about the food in the UK, but the Brits I meet here, don't seem like cold people.

[Ethereal]

Originally Posted by koyaanisqatsi1

Well, my previous rant did wonders seeing that the lovely, soothing and beautiful rains started to fall yesterday (Thursday) morning and didn't stop until about an hour ago (Friday evening)

Very nice to see/hear it and good bloody riddance to that evil foul dry dusty air and seeing nasty murderous bush-fires extinguished for the time being

Around 50mm have fallen in my area and great to see lawns greening up very rapidly.
No more having to look at disgusting dead, crunchy and ugly brown lawns

Haven't seen the sun for two and an half days days now which has been so nice
I'm not missing the sun at all after suffering too much of it during October and last month

I'm a very happy Vegemite right now

I'm laughing at the criminally insane heat/sun/drought lovers that have completely taken over a certain Oz forum, hilarious because they're total idiots for screaming their heads off - this is Sydney after all, not QLD .

Just because Sydney had two days of rain and cool temperatures, according to them, is Armageddon Please. Get over it

Pathetic dipsticks really

Thank you rain and cloud for making me very happy because I was quite depressed after suffering through two months of too much sun and little rain!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uSxzJsl_CU

[Warszawa]

Originally Posted by Joe90

I guess. I don't know much about the food in the UK, but the Brits I meet here, don't seem like cold people.

They definitely seem very sarcastic which I like, but in general the culture is much colder. People say Russians are very cold, but from personal experience, I think people from the British Isles are much colder, Russians are just colder on the outside but on the inside we're very warm

[ghost-likin]

Originally Posted by Warszawa

Chile is "The England of South America" for a reason

Southern Chile at least,but in general the climate in Magallanes is well colder than in England.
For me,England is an paradise compared to Magallanes and Tierra del Fuego.

Originally Posted by Warszawa

Some things I noticed

warm current+West Coast=Warm winters, mild summers, cloudy at higher latitudes, sunny at lower latitudes, very stable
cold current+West Coast=Warm winters, cool summers, very dry, very sunny, high diurnal ranges inland
warm current+East Coast=Cold winters, hot summers, insanely humid, very unstable, very cloudy
cold current+East Coast=Cold winters, cool summers, very humid, unstable, cloudy

Your opnion about cold currents are valid to lower latitudes.
Southern South America(Patagonia),have cold currents on both coasts,on its west coast it brings an very humid climate,with cool summers and mild to cool winters,stable overall.
While that,the effect of an cold current on east coast are different,there it contribute to an dry climate,with warmer summer and colder winter compared to the west coast.

[Joe90]

Originally Posted by Warszawa

They definitely seem very sarcastic which I like, but in general the culture is much colder. People say Russians are very cold, but from personal experience, I think people from the British Isles are much colder, Russians are just colder on the outside but on the inside we're very warm

Not sure what is meant by colder exactly.

Don't know many Russians here, but the ones I do know seem okay -there does seem to be a tendency to have a bit of a chip on the shoulder though.

[jgtheone]

Christmas forecast is out and it looks spectacular. Three days of 30°C so far. THANK YOU DEAR LORD.

[Joe90]

Originally Posted by ghost-likin

Southern Chile at least,but in general the climate in Magallanes is well colder than in England.
For me,England is an paradise compared to Magallanes and Tierra del Fuego.

Yes indeed -England is warm. I don't think it even has any place with average winter minimums as cold as NZ at comparable altitudes.

BTW -whats the coldest winter climate in South America below 800 metres? Coldest I've found in NZ is at Mannorburn Reservoir, which is at 780 metres. It has a July average of -5.2C/4.0C, for a monthly mean of -0.5C

[ghost-likin]

Originally Posted by Joe90

Yes indeed -England is warm. I don't think it even has any place with average winter minimums as cold as NZ at comparable altitudes.

BTW -whats the coldest winter climate in South America below 800 metres? Coldest I've found in NZ is at Mannorburn Reservoir, which is at 780 metres. It has a July average of -5.2C/4.0C, for a monthly mean of -0.5C

Coyhaique alto,an frontier complex at Chile/Argentina border(45S/728m of altitude) with July average of 3.2C/-3.0C.
During the june 2002 extreme cold wave in southern Patagonia,it registered the Chile official all time record low of -37C,that is insanely cold.
I think that is because thoses events, trees there need to be deciduous.

June 2002 was so cold that Balmaceda ended the month with an continental climate averages.
they got from 33.4C to -27.7C within 4 months,I dont think things like that happens so often in New Zealand.

[ghost-likin]

31C at Rawson,Argentinean coast and 14C in Chaiten,Chilean coast ,both at same latitude,things are inverse in winter where there can be -10C in Rawson and 5C in Chaiten.