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Well it is obvious that some lake in Alberta would be warmer than ocean water in PEI...
I swam in a lake near Munich (48N) a few days ago and despite the air temperature being only around 25c (low was around 10c with a similar dewpoint), the water was pretty warm, say, probably around 22c at least, because it was a lake...
It looks nice on pictures, but not that good in reality. The water is freezing and beach weather doesn't happen too often. I am wondering how the water at Parksville Beach can be in the 70s when the weather is around 75 in the summer.
It looks nice on pictures, but not that good in reality. The water is freezing and beach weather doesn't happen too often. I am wondering how the water at Parksville Beach can be in the 70s when the weather is around 75 in the summer.
If water loses heat slower than it gains it, then it's temperature can increase relative to air temperature averages - the sea temperature here is higher than the air temperature all year, for that reason
Direct heating from the sun, and outflows from rivers and estuaries etc, are the mechanisms that can exceed raditional cooling.
It looks nice on pictures, but not that good in reality. The water is freezing and beach weather doesn't happen too often. I am wondering how the water at Parksville Beach can be in the 70s when the weather is around 75 in the summer.
It is exactly as nice as it looks, actually. Eastern Vancouver Island is paradise in the summer, and beach weather is basically every day in July and August, with plenty of days in June and September.
The water in the northern Strait of Georgia warms significantly more than the water further south because there is less upwelling and less circulation of cold water in from the Pacific. Even though Puget Sound seems isolated from the Pacific, for some reason it stays very cold.
Beach weather to me means highs in the 80s and lows in 60s at least. Weather in summer is nice/pleasant, but not warm enough most of the time to allow for comfortable swimming.
Beach weather to me means highs in the 80s and lows in 60s at least. Weather in summer is nice/pleasant, but not warm enough most of the time to allow for comfortable swimming.
Everyone is different, but to me 75 is just fine for swimming, especially if the water is 70. Lying in the sun on hot sand you get warm very quickly, and the water as it comes over the sand gets bathtub warm.
Beach weather to me means highs in the 80s and lows in 60s at least. Weather in summer is nice/pleasant, but not warm enough most of the time to allow for comfortable swimming.
That's probably because Seattle sea water doesn't get that warm -if it had warmer water, you likely be happy swimming in cooler temperatures.
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