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Post by Hlidskjalf on Aug 26, 2018 7:31:26 GMT -5
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Are there any sub arctic, low altitude places that have a mediterranean precipitation pattern?
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Post by Babu on Aug 26, 2018 13:25:30 GMT -5
A. Are there any sub arctic, low altitude places that have a mediterranean precipitation pattern? There are dsc climates at low altitude, but they're winter and spring dry with wet falls and summers |
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Post by rpvan on Aug 26, 2018 18:11:34 GMT -5
Love it. The best aspect of Vancouver's climate is the dry summers. If winter temps were 5-10 degrees cooler, it would be a pretty perfect climate year round.
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Post by firebird1988 on Aug 27, 2018 5:47:31 GMT -5
Love it. The best aspect of Vancouver's climate is the dry summers. If winter temps were 5-10 degrees cooler, it would be a pretty perfect climate year round. Maybe you'd like Sun Valley, Idaho? (Though I think they're Dsc, subpolar dry summer) Edit: Stanley, Idaho is also Dsc |
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Post by Cadeau on Aug 31, 2018 6:13:32 GMT -5
Grade B. Better than wet-summer climates, my ideal is evenly precipitation throughout the year combined drier trend in summer.
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Post by nei on Aug 31, 2018 11:11:51 GMT -5
A. Are there any sub arctic, low altitude places that have a mediterranean precipitation pattern? There are dsc climates at low altitude, but they're winter and spring dry with wet falls and summers Southeast Alaska and a few other western North America locations have dry summers and spring. And wet falls and winters en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skagway,_Alaska#Climate |
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Post by nei on Aug 31, 2018 22:29:02 GMT -5
People hate Mediterranean vegetation, but it's a good compromise between dense temperate forests from an even wet precipitation pattern and semi-arid. With the mild winters, forest has a lot of biodiversity but is more open and feels brighter + a mix of grassland adds to the variety. Wettest Mediterranean climates are as lush as forests anywhere; redwood forests and similar don't look dried out. Yellow grass isn't my favorite look but in moderation isn't not terrible IMO and can be an interesting look.
Yea, the climate is dull but the sunshine, low rain and low humidity (well some of them) is nice in the season you're the most active and outside. I remember a coastal storm with rather high rainfall rates followed by cool looking skies and a nice clearing up afterwards when I was in San Francisco in December. And that's a mediocre Med climate.
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Post by AJ1013 on Aug 31, 2018 22:34:19 GMT -5
F. Garbage
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Post by antares on Aug 31, 2018 22:44:06 GMT -5
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Post by Morningrise on Sept 1, 2018 18:28:31 GMT -5
F, hate it. That was possibly my single most disliked aspect of Vancouver's climate when I lived there - the frequent cold rain and constant overcast in the winter followed by eternal dryness and unending sunshine in the summer. No thanks! When the days are short, the sun is weak, and the temperatures are cold, I want lots of sunshine and minimal precipitation. And when the days are long, the sun is strong, and the temperatures are hot, I want epic cloud formations and epic storms with enough precipitation to keep everything lush and green. Mediterranean precipitation patterns are about as far from that as you can get. An important aspect is also distribution - I want some mixture of wet and dry. In Vancouver it seemed like the wet season was constantly wet and gloomy while the dry season was constantly dry and sunny. One thing I really appreciate about the climate in Saskatoon is that even though winter is cloudier than summer it's fairly mixed and unstable so you don't get weeks at a time of constant gloom, nor do you (usually) get weeks at a time without clouds or precipitation in the summer, so it never feels overwhelmingly like one or the other. And of course late spring/early summer is the wettest time of the year out here, just the way I like it  |
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Post by Crunch41 on Sept 16, 2018 21:35:23 GMT -5
Köppen EFs climate? It makes the 1/3 rule for dry summer.
Also: "on more than 200 days per year the wind is stronger than 15 metres per second (49 ft/s), with occasional cyclones." 15m/s is 54km/h or 34mph. Very squally.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 17, 2018 3:10:44 GMT -5
A+++
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Post by antares on Nov 7, 2019 1:13:25 GMT -5
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Post by knot on Nov 7, 2019 1:19:02 GMT -5
A+
Greener and healthier pastures due to lower evaporation-rate in winter.
However, summers should also have adequate precipitation, as a result of storm activity.
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Post by antares on Nov 7, 2019 2:10:22 GMT -5
A+Greener and healthier pastures due to lower evaporation-rate in winter. However, summers should also have adequate precipitation, as a result of storm activity. Except that in winter a healthy snow pack would negate evaporation, even with minimal snowfall amounts. Plentiful rainfall in the warmer months is always much better for green pastures than winter rainfall. If you had visited PEI you would know this to be true.  |
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Post by knot on Nov 7, 2019 4:06:17 GMT -5
Except that in winter a healthy snow pack would negate evaporation, even with minimal snowfall amounts. Plentiful rainfall in the warmer months is always much better for green pastures than winter rainfall. If you had visited PEI you would know this to be true. Prince Edward Island has long, frigid winters...as opposed to the cool winters of my regional. Here's what a non-frigid climate with heavy winter precipitation looks like (after the winter/spring snow-melt), taken at Maragle, NSW on the 7th of October this year: Notice the deep, emerald green? No matter how much it rains in summer, it dries out very swiftly and never looks emerald-like akin to the springtime pastures above. Now compare that scenery to that of a much colder place, also on October 7th; notice the difference? PEI suffers an extreme case of the photograph above—for the winters are even longer and colder. |
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Post by Crunch41 on Nov 17, 2019 15:28:53 GMT -5
There are dsc climates at low altitude, but they're winter and spring dry with wet falls and summers Southeast Alaska and a few other western North America locations have dry summers and spring. And wet falls and winters en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skagway,_Alaska#Climate Nearby Haines is a more extreme example. The driest months are May to July but it's much wetter in the other months.
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Post by tij on Nov 17, 2019 17:46:42 GMT -5
C, think I prefer med-type summers when temperatures are very borderline (like low/mid 70s) and my enjoyment of summer weather depends on sunshine and other factors (so for instance, Vancouver seems better than Brussels despite the excessively wet winters in the former). That being said, think med summers can feel "stagnant," with not a lot going on except dry and sunny weather, and favor the lusher vegetation of non-med climates as well. Don't mind a milder 'black-sea' or 'atlantic' summer drying trend though.
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Post by snj90 on Dec 5, 2020 14:50:02 GMT -5
A! It's the best pattern. A whole summer without rain would be just fine with me, weather-wise. That way, every day is good for the beach and/or outdoor swimming.
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Post by St. Middleway on Dec 5, 2020 15:25:42 GMT -5
It's OK in warmer mediterranean climate (like Italy/Spain) but I don't like it in places like Seattle, Portland etc.. which are cooler in winter. I'll go with a C-. I generally prefer dry winters.
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