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I think this was discussed in another thread somewhere, can't remember where. I'd expect a lot of cool and gloomy weather for much of the year in the Northeast, but much less severe cold. Upper 850 mb temperatures would be much warmer, weakening the chance for true cold. It would be a chilly ocean and a source of cloudy weather. Usually, weather from the northwest brings us clear (usually, sometimes clouds, upstate NY gets clouds from this source due to the great lakes), dry and cold (in summer, just a bit cooler) weather. I suspect with Canada turned into an ocean this would bring drizzly weather. The coastal Northeast may be less cloud and drizzle prone, and the Appalachians may block it much of the time, similar to how the Appalachians block winter cloudiness from the Great Lakes now.
Also, due to new ocean currents, I don't think the Arctic Ocean would have a year around thick sea ice coverage, currents would carry sea ice to lower latitudes, preventing any old sea ice from building up and thickening.
I'm thinking that the North coast may have 'bipolar' summers similar to Melbourne.
I think so, definitely more prone to cool temperatures than now. The hot part won't be as hot as Melbourne can get, probably just about the same as typical summer weather now.
]I think this was discussed in another thread somewhere, can't remember where.[/b] I'd expect a lot of cool and gloomy weather for much of the year in the Northeast, but much less severe cold. Upper 850 mb temperatures would be much warmer, weakening the chance for true cold. It would be a chilly ocean and a source of cloudy weather. Usually, weather from the northwest brings us clear (usually, sometimes clouds, upstate NY gets clouds from this source due to the great lakes), dry and cold (in summer, just a bit cooler) weather. I suspect with Canada turned into an ocean this would bring drizzly weather. The coastal Northeast may be less cloud and drizzle prone, and the Appalachians may block it much of the time, similar to how the Appalachians block winter cloudiness from the Great Lakes now.
I think it was me that asked that question, either I started a topic or I made a train of thought in a similar one.
If it is just Canada, how would the massive new island of Alaska be changed?
Alaska would be much milder in winter and summers would probably be slightly cooler and probably wetter in places...but it's a big state so it's not practical to give big generalizations like that.
Anyway, I think it would be similar to a cooler Iceland overall. Probably the biggest change would be less sunshine and more clouds during the winter.
Fairbanks would be pretty different I think. It would still be a Dfc climate but winters wouldn't be nearly as extreme temperature-wise (that goes for extreme lows and extreme highs). I'm thinking upper teens to low 20s for the coldest average highs in winter and upper 50s to low 60s for the warmest average highs in summer. Winter lows would probably be around 5F to 10F and summer lows around 45F to 50F.
The north coast would have an extreme crap version of Melbourne's climate, probably be like Dunedin or Invercargill while the lower latitude parts like around Ohio etc would likely be similar to Melbourne. The New York-Boston area would have weather similar to Tasmania.
The north coast would have an extreme crap version of Melbourne's climate, probably be like Dunedin or Invercargill while the lower latitude parts like around Ohio etc would likely be similar to Melbourne. The New York-Boston area would have weather similar to Tasmania.
I agree about the Melbourne bit but the areas would be more continental than Tasmania.
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