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Post by Lommaren on Jun 20, 2018 6:09:06 GMT -5
Named after its weird climate with a bit above 300 k inhabitants and inspired in part by Stehekin (Washington) and also a bit by Osoyoos (British Columbia), this climate takes mediterranean winter precipitation as snow and summer drought to extremes. Also the sunlight cycle is inspired by and made a bit more extreme than those of the Pacific Northwest. Winters are dominated by low-pressure systems being cooled down due to elevation, whereas summers are influenced by a desert to its south-east, as the mountains to its west act as a very strong shield from cool maritime air. Being at 50°N on the same planet but at another continent than those other fictional climates, the climate is a bit warmer than it would've been on earth on that latitude and elevation (roughly 1,000 metres in a valley), especially during summer. While March and November might have a bit higher snowfall than would be expected, it has to be taken into account that March is at a drying trend the warmer it gets and November at a wetter trend the colder it gets later in the month due to the mediterranean cycle. I'll go with B- Summers have a bit too hot days, but the cool nights compensate for that and make those manageable, whereas winters are too snowy, and perhaps a bit too cold by continental standards for my utmost comfort. Having said that, keeping it at -2/-10 was necessary to minimize winter rainfall. Let's just say this: if you hate rain, but love snow and summer sunshine, this is the climate for you.  |
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Post by knot on Jun 20, 2018 6:56:08 GMT -5
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Post by knot on Jun 20, 2018 6:57:01 GMT -5
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Post by boombo on Jun 20, 2018 6:59:03 GMT -5
C+, a bit too much winter snow and summer sun but I'd give it a go.
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Post by Lommaren on Jun 20, 2018 7:01:19 GMT -5
What kind of positive features does it have then knot? Also if I'd added 50 mm of rain to each month April-October what grade would it have had? |
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Post by knot on Jun 20, 2018 7:04:27 GMT -5
What kind of positive features does it have then knot ? Also if I'd added 50 mm of rain to each month April-October what grade would it have had? Although winter highs are a little chilly, the epic spring warm-up saves it; snowfall is likewise heavy. Summers have absolutely marvellous diurnal ranges & exciting heat, only to be ruined by its bone-dry nature. |
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Post by Steelernation on Jun 20, 2018 9:43:04 GMT -5
B. The lack of storms is annoying and winter is a bit too cold and snowy, otherwise very good. Temps outside of winter are epic.
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Post by sari on Jun 20, 2018 10:00:33 GMT -5
Averaging zero snow in April and October is unrealistic.
B, and definitely an improvement over KC.
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Post by Lommaren on Jun 20, 2018 10:13:25 GMT -5
Averaging zero snow in April and October is unrealistic. How come? It's dry most of the time and 16-18°C avg highs with very moderate frosts. Snow season is between Nov 10 and Mar 15 pretty much. |
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Post by Ariete on Jun 20, 2018 10:16:48 GMT -5
How come? It's dry most of the time and 16-18°C avg highs with very moderate frosts. Snow season is between Nov 10 and Mar 15 pretty much.
Lows in April being at freezing and likely also in late November is bound to get some snow. Statistically 0 cm does no sense.
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Post by sari on Jun 20, 2018 10:17:11 GMT -5
Averaging zero snow in April and October is unrealistic. How come? It's dry most of the time and 16-18°C avg highs with very moderate frosts. Snow season is between Nov 10 and Mar 15 pretty much. No month with a record low of -10.4C and 21mm of precipitation can go without at least a few snowfalls at some point in its history. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 20, 2018 10:21:35 GMT -5
E. Far too cold and snowy for nearly half the year.
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Post by Lommaren on Jun 20, 2018 10:23:26 GMT -5
October here is wetter and at 10/3 and still hardly ever receives any snow. Also, if 1-2 cm happens every fifth year or so, it still averages out at beneath 0.5 cm total, thus translating into 0. I'd say the average for those months would be about 0.4 cm for April and 0.2 for October to be real technical. Freak events. |
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Post by Beercules on Jun 20, 2018 10:26:05 GMT -5
D-
some real summer heat possible, with epic sunshine, but the rest of the year is shithouse. But you are compensated with epic sunshine,
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Post by Deleted on Jun 20, 2018 10:26:48 GMT -5
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Post by 🖕🏿Mörön🖕🏿 on Jun 20, 2018 10:34:40 GMT -5
Could've been A+, but nah...fucken precipitation pattern buggered it CumBum style  Just for that shit I have to give this one an F. You're too lenient... Anyway, this gets an F from me just for the very long rainless season. Horrible summers. The winters are good but could never make up for the shitty summer. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 20, 2018 10:37:25 GMT -5
B-/C+
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Post by Morningrise on Jun 20, 2018 10:45:51 GMT -5
E.
Winters are way too gloomy and wet, summers are way too dry and sunny, summer highs are a bit hot (particularly the records), and the diurnal range is too high. It's too bad, cause it has good seasonality and a lot of potential but the distribution of precipitation and sunshine ruins it for me.
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Post by alex992 on Jun 20, 2018 10:47:26 GMT -5
The beginning of April averages around 11/-3, those type of temps will yield a snowfall at least once every few years or so. That's about what Minneapolis averages in the beginning of April and April sees snow on most years. Zero snow makes no sense. Also, a record low of -10 C when the average low is -3 C for such a continental climate like this one is unrealistic. Record low in March is also too mild to be realistic, the record low for March wouldn't magically jump 10-13 C from January/February levels. Even a highly continental climate like Fairbanks which warms up ridiculously fast during March, has a record low only 5 C warmer in March than January (-49 C vs. -54 C).
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Post by alex992 on Jun 20, 2018 11:25:39 GMT -5
October here is wetter and at 10/3 and still hardly ever receives any snow. Also, if 1-2 cm happens every fifth year or so, it still averages out at beneath 0.5 cm total, thus translating into 0. I'd say the average for those months would be about 0.4 cm for April and 0.2 for October to be real technical. Freak events. You're also not a highly continental climate like this one, so the comparison isn't logical. Snow wouldn't be a "freak event" with averages of 11/-3 at the beginning of April. It would be an event that'd be somewhat common. |
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