Fall 2012 Thread (September - November) (summers, Kansas, snow, warm)
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I don't really care anyway because its only october and snow and stuff doesn't really come until november anyway so this is a bonus.
A cold winter in Alaska dosn't mean anything but from what I have seen is that it prevents Greenland from getting really cold which means that we are mild. A cold greenland usually means a cold winter for us.
It is a little disheartening to see Texas get its first frost before most of northern Europe, we have the good ol' Gulf stream to thank for that. I really hope it stops in my lifetime. Temps would drop by 15°C here, resulting in a tundra climate.
I do too but I don't think it would affect us too much.
Its because:
1. North America is at a much higher elevation than europe- If I was at say 1000feet temps would be around 2c colder on average.
2. The winds come off the ocean in Europe.
3. The Land in North America extends much further north.
4. The Azores high is a permanent high in The North Atlantic which pushes the jetstream north of us- For the British isles this is the main factor.
It is a little disheartening to see Texas get its first frost before most of northern Europe, we have the good ol' Gulf stream to thank for that. I really hope it stops in my lifetime. Temps would drop by 15°C here, resulting in a tundra climate.
Yup, Amarillo went down to 32f yesterday. Couple things to keep in mind. First, their avg first date of frost is October 19th, so not that strange given the std deviation of temps there. Another thing, Amarillo is at elevation 3,600 feet above sea level.
I really don't think the gulf stream has as much influence as you might think when you factor in elevation. In the central/southern plains of the US, elevation is much higher than cities in Europe.
You would have to compare Amarillo more with places like Segovia in Spain(elev 3,000), or how bout a town like Nova Varos, Serbia at elevation 3,600 ft. There the avg jan temp is 33f/18f compared with 51/23f for Amarillo. The gulf stream doesn't look as impressive when you compare elevation to elevation. However, when you compare latitude it does def mitigate some cold.
Segovia is quite a bit colder than lower elevations in Spain. Avg Jan low there is 32f, with many nights of frost, including in October in the past. In fact, the avg temps in Jan are very close between Amarillo and Segovia, something like 39f vs 37f. Although, another factor is that Amarillo at latitutde 35deg vs 41 for Segovia.
The woodfire smell is strong on this rainy/drizzly night. Got 11 mm in the last couple hours.
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