NZ or Virginia more subtropical, part 2 (highs, may, colder, accurate)

[sandshark]

Originally Posted by WesterlyWX

Excuse me... SUBTROPICAL high pressure from the SW ?? Am I reading this correctly??

No, those are cold high pressure systems.

[WesterlyWX]

Originally Posted by sandshark

No, those are cold high pressure systems.

So that kind of throws a spanner into your whole argument then...

[sandshark]

Originally Posted by WesterlyWX

So that kind of throws a spanner into your whole argument then...

No, it doesn't.

I don't really see this as an argument
As a weather enthusiast, I just clarified a possible wrong assumption








at Oceanic climates precludes weather that isn't tropical in genesis.

You pointed out that a high from the sw wouldn't have a tropical genesis which is correct.

This is what weather forums are all about.

[Ed's Mountain]

Trade winds in Virginia? LOL, who came up with that?

Absolutely zero trade winds there whatsoever.

[sandshark]

Originally Posted by whylie

What? City landscaping and private gardens are most affected by things like over-conservative USDA hardiness zone maps.

Perhaps it's just an American thing?, unwilling to push new boundaries, to see what's possible.

[sandshark]

Originally Posted by whylie

Yes, which is why it’s a superpower and has one of the most innovative and popular and dominant cultures in the world

In regards to gardening, I think the culture is fairly weak in the US.

"you can judge a people by their gardens" sandshark 1987

[Ed's Mountain]

Originally Posted by sandshark

"you can judge a people by their gardens" sandshark 1987

Can you judge a climate by its gardens?

[Climatepolice48]

Originally Posted by WesterlyWX

Excuse me... SUBTROPICAL high pressure from the SW ?? Am I reading this correctly??

NZ is simply oceanic climate, oceanic climates can get high pressure from anywhere whether tropical or polar.

[Climatepolice48]

Originally Posted by Ed's Mountain

Trade winds in Virginia? LOL, who came up with that?

Absolutely zero trade winds there whatsoever.

You are right. But remember Virginia has strong influence from the Bermuda high shaping it’s climate. Well in summer(May-Sept for Virginia) it gets tropical air, but trade winds? The Atlantic ocean influences Virginia, and the Bermuda high gets the influence from the humidity of the ocean itself and the tropical air flowing from more southern areas, and it is near the limit from getting Saharan air too. This affects Virginia, but to say the trade winds make its climate it is not the best way to say it.

[Climatepolice48]

The westerlies, and some Sahara desert air that affects the Bermuda high do affect Virginia to some point. So it is also inaccurate to say that there is no trade winds affecting Virginia’s climate.