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Interesting how you can see the clouds move north / south with the seasons. West coast of North America is one of the more obvious one.s
North Africa/the Sahara is a lot more pronounced with the clouds thing though.
The Atacama desert is virtually sunny all year round, I noticed! So much for its "2,400 hours" of annual sunshine - It looks more like 3,900. Was 2014 a very sunny year there or what? Do they fluctuate a lot between years?
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I was surprised to see Australia that much without clouds. Then again, isn't a lot of it desert like in central part?
Interesting "Australia is the lowest, flattest, and oldest continental landmass on Earth"
Current temps. Some sites I pointed to says no clouds detected right now. lol
Yes, it has been clear for like a week now due to the cold and dry southwesterlies - They're not the most pleasant thing, but at least we're getting abundant sunshine despite the chilly weather.
Yes, it has been clear for like a week now due to the cold and dry southwesterlies - They're not the most pleasant thing, but at least we're getting abundant sunshine despite the chilly weather.
Hey, an OBS from you and not a Climate game bump , yeah, I forgot, it's almost winter there.
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Interesting how you can see the clouds move north / south with the seasons. West coast of North America is one of the more obvious one.s
Yup, that was cool, first thing that the eye was drawn to for me. Is it from a stronger push from the north or just colder clearer air in the northern lats?
Interesting how you can see the clouds move north / south with the seasons. West coast of North America is one of the more obvious one.s
The monsoon season of Africa is another really interesting one too. It's amazing the way the clouds dip further south bringing the life giving rains of the season.
And come on, how come you don't notice the more beneficial stuff I contribute here? I'm not always a bumping bot.
lol. I do, was over on the Southern Hem Seasonal thread, I enjoyed the OBS (Observations) posts. Nice to see and know whats happening elsewhere. I liked hearing about the SW winds going on there
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On the map I noticed Eastern South America as well being cloudless. So as we may have suspected... desert areas look pretty cloudless around the globe..
Question.... is there an area of desert that has clouds? I know SW U.S has them but maybe not enough for a long term map view like that?
On the map I noticed Eastern South America as well being cloudless. So as we may have suspected... desert areas look pretty cloudless around the globe..
I thought eastern South America was a desert.
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Question.... is there an area of desert that has clouds? I know SW U.S has them but maybe not enough for a long term map view like that?
Coastal deserts. Near cold water upwelling zones that get a lot of stratus clouds but under a stuck ridge. Namibia is a coastal desert, but wikipedia claims it's sunny. Tropical and subtropical coast of South America (maybe 10-25°S) is cool and cloudy. Almost zero rain, and very low sunshine (< 30%)
Yup, that was cool, first thing that the eye was drawn to for me. Is it from a stronger push from the north or just colder clearer air in the northern lats?
Subtropical high pressure system in the North Pacific migrates northward in the summer clearing the skies. In the winter, north of the system frequent pacific ocean fronts bringing lots of stratus. California is on the edge in the winter, so it gets a mix of dry sunny weather and rainstorms. In the summer the edge is maybe 200 miles north of the US border. In Mexico in the summer, the high pressure is far enough north and the equatorial rain belt has moved northward and close enough that it's somewhat cloudier from streams of tropical moisture. Might be monsoonal.
The British Isles are permanently covered in cloud
No they're not - but completely clear skies are unusual.
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, yeah, I forgot, it's almost winter there. 
