Countries Climate Battle - UK vs Sweden (tornado, 2013, day)
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Here, coastal ares are sunnier because being close to the coast inhibits convection, so while inland areas have lots of cumulus, the coastal strip will be clear and sunny. This is most prominent on the south coast.
I'm not being rude, but check out the wikipedia article on cloud and google some more.
That doesn't really explain much. Seas are a source of humidity, even cooler ones. Does proximity to the sea give all of coastal Scandinavia similar levels of sunshine?
Here, coastal ares are sunnier because being close to the coast inhibits convection, so while inland areas have lots of cumulus, the coastal strip will be clear and sunny. This is most prominent on the south coast.
I guess that makes sense in low coastal areas (Without big hill/mountains). With hills, the sea breeze condenses and forms a cloud layer back over the coast -that's why early summer is cloudiest here. Inland a few miles, is typically sunnier during that time. The last week here has had big Towering Cumulus (20-30,000 ft) right out at sea on most days
Yes we had this discussion previously... The fact that lots of Brits head to the Med for holidays is because it is CHEAPER than holidaying in the UK!
So it's all about the money and has nothing to do with the weather huh?
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Yes the weather is better in the Med, but I'm sure just as many residents of Chicago head to Florida to get away from the frigid, freezing cold winters
Hey, I do go down to Puerto Rico for a few days in the winter and Florida in March during spring break just to get a taste of some sun and heat. I love cold snowy winters, but I need to bask in the sun at least for a few days. I've met plenty of Europeans on holiday in Miami during March, and not only from the colder climates of Northern Europe. Lots of Italians, Greeks and so on. All there mainly because of the weather.
What is not typical is what we experienced this year. I went to Miami in June when school let out (to visit friends, not because of the weather), and Pensacola in late July this summer (for lake of a better word to describe it) when the temperature was closer to what you typically would experience and call it summer... Coolest last nine days of July on record. The average high was only 23.7C. Unheard of.
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July ended with the chilliest nine-day spell in 142 years of weather records.
The final nine days averaged more than 8 degrees below normal. That's the coolest close to a July since weather records began here in 1871.
The climate here is not boring. Maybe you should come and experience it yourself - that's the only way to know. The only reason people call our climate boring is because the weather here isn't trying to kill you.
Sweden for its winters. Still rather weak for the latitude when comparing then to continentall winters.
Neither country has desirable summers. That's why you find loads of Swedes and Brits in the Mediterranean during the summer. Also both British and Swedish forumers seem to go bonkers when temps rise to the upper 20's or low 30's, so you know that many here aren't satisfied with their typical summers either
it may be true that many swedes think that the typical swedish summer is a bit on the coolish side. however, most people i know of would still prefer that over the ridiciolously hot US-summers with temperatures exceeding 32C for prolonged periods of time. that sort of heat is just plain nasty, and how anyone can find that enjoyable is beyond me. but each to his own i guess.
it may be true that many swedes think that the typical swedish summer is a bit on the coolish side. however, most people i know of would still prefer that over the ridiciolously hot US-summers with temperatures exceeding 32C for prolonged periods of time. that sort of heat is just plain nasty, and how anyone can find that enjoyable is beyond me. but each to his own i guess.
True. The heat there is just unnecessary, pointless, excessive and unpleasant. I'll take our cool summers over their broiling summers any day.
Exactly. Although I myself like my summer temperatures between 17 and 23°C (depends on whether the sun shines + wind), I can still understand, why other people like temperatures between 25 and 30°C for various reasons. But I just don't get, what is good about temperatures above 30°C or even above 35°C... those temperatures are just toally annoying. temperatures between 25°C and 30°C should be hot enough for everyone. I don't understand why anyone would like warmer average temperatures.
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