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For example, for South Florida I would say the most predictable summer weather pattern on earth
Morning humid-drenched sun
Afternoon friction of cumulonimbus clouds from Atlantic meets Gulf of Mexico in the middle of the state
Thunderstorm clouds move back towards the coasts and drop torrential downpour, lightning, thunder and then it stops 30 minutes later
Then humid scattered cloudy nights. Muggy
If there is high pressure aloft it will be hot humid without the afternoon downpour
Other than that, only a hurricane will set this pattern off course
Also I would say South Florida has the most perfectly timed transition between the end of the muggy summer season and the first cold front ...almost ALWAYs occurs first week November
New England, lowest tree line per latitude north of the equator
Fewest partly cloudy days in a year "lots of all blue sky days and also lots of all gray sky days"
Some of longest durations of steady rain in the world ...it can rain steadily and continuously for over 24 hours at a level not enough to drown you but just enough to soak you...
Happens more in New England because there's more patterns that result in this weather...
Nor'easter pattern (occluded front...
the warm Moisture lies to the south and east, dry cool air out towards the west, cold turbulent low pressure cyclone over New England states with cold wind and rain.
Low pressure offshore
Stalled out or slow-moving frontal boundary
Jet stream moisture behind a cold front
Widespread low pressure system
Being on the line of an approaching front with the warm sunny air being to the south
Strong pressure gradient
And then there's what would be New England's favorite weather system
"Stalled out west-east front that is stuck over Minnesota-North Dakota
This is THE New England drought scenario ...the 7 sunny days in a row
In winter: -Heavy snowstorms about twice per season (although some years have barely any snow)
-Temperatures furthest from average (25.8c in February, 19.6c above average and -27.2c in February, 24.7c below average)
-Possibility for cold temperatures (below -15c), which is getting smaller every year
In spring: -Strong thunderstorms and heavy rain (mostly about three days of >30 mm of rain in spring)
-Heatwaves in late spring, which can cause many deaths due to people not being prepared to heat
In summer:-Endless heat (it gets worse with each passing year)
-Endless sunshine, interrupted by one or two days with thunderstorms lasting all day
-Strong thunderstorms and heavy rain (stronger, but less frequent than in spring)
-Drought
-Strong winds (that mostly go with thunderstorms)
In autumn:-Strong winds
-Weeks of completely overcast skies
-Heavy rain (it doesn't fall in short showers like in spring and summer, but more steadily all day, or even longer)
Change in sky. Once it is a bright day, with clear skies the scorching sun shining and your skin felt like it was being burned. 15 minutes later, heavy rain and thunderstorm.
Rain for here. The wettest town in the region, picked up 254mm/10 inches yesterday (for the 24 hour period). My town got 124mm/5 inches in comparison (the dry side)
It tends to fall in bursts, rather than steady all day rain.
Other than that, extreme isn't a word that applies to the climate here.
For example, for South Florida I would say the most predictable summer weather pattern on earth
Morning humid-drenched sun
Afternoon friction of cumulonimbus clouds from Atlantic meets Gulf of Mexico in the middle of the state
Thunderstorm clouds move back towards the coasts and drop torrential downpour, lightning, thunder and then it stops 30 minutes later
Then humid scattered cloudy nights. Muggy
If there is high pressure aloft it will be hot humid without the afternoon downpour
Other than that, only a hurricane will set this pattern off course
Also I would say South Florida has the most perfectly timed transition between the end of the muggy summer season and the first cold front ...almost ALWAYs occurs first week November
That's what attracts me to living there. The wet season pattern is simply indestructible.
Nothing really extreme here... we get some cold snaps when we get easterly winds in winter.. but usually never going below about -5C.. and ice days would still be very rare.
In summer we can get up to 100F if low pressure stalls out to our west.. but more often than not we only get 90F from these.
All a bit tame really.
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