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Post by Steelernation on Dec 18, 2017 19:49:58 GMT -5
Something like Seattle or Portland I would guess. Maybe a bit colder winters.
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Post by nei on Dec 18, 2017 19:54:27 GMT -5
Something like Seattle or Portland I would guess. Maybe a bit colder winters. Quebec would still be cold and lie to the east; Seattle and Portland have mountains blocking anything east and no large landmasses lie to the northwest
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Post by ral31 on Dec 18, 2017 19:55:44 GMT -5
I'd guess Louisiana would be Mediterranean bordering on desert.
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Post by nei on Dec 18, 2017 19:58:00 GMT -5
plots from a climate model simulation of a reverse rotating earth. Sea surface temperatures US west coast warms a lot; coast along the US South cools a lot; coast by Maine and Nova Scotia warms a bit. Evaporation - Precipitation over oceans: Evaporation - Precipitation is higher by Florida so drier
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Post by deneb78 on Dec 20, 2017 19:27:30 GMT -5
Canada would end up having more favourable climates than they do now. Nova Scotia would be similar to the Med coast of France nova scotia isn't on an inland sea, so it would be more like the Atlantic coast, still miles better then what it is now, but still kinda gloomy No but there is the Gulf of St. Lawrence and the Bay of Fundy which while wouldn't be exactly like the Mediterranean would be kind of similar in that scenario.
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Post by Babu on Dec 21, 2017 8:28:29 GMT -5
climate scientists have done computer simulations of this: www.climate-lab-book.ac.uk/2011/earth-backwards/I'm rather surprised; I thought the east coast of the US would warm, west coast would cool. for US East Coast: Perhaps the gulf stream shutdown cancels out the warming from ending most of the cold continental flow. Seasonal temperature range and precipitation would be very different of course. for US West Coast: The cold Pacific waters currently keeping the west coast cool but the average temperatures are fairly warm for its latitude. But the colder continental flow [flow over Cascades & Sierra would create a warm foehn effect blocking the coldest air so won't be that cold] must not matter much since the Pacific is currently so cold, so oceanic flow doesn't warm much when the wind direction switches [does it exactly switch?]. Upwelling of cold water should stop if the earth's rotation switch, so coastal waters would get much warmer outside of winter. East Asia warms a lot; unsurprisingly, it has the coldest winters for its latitude in the world currently so it has the most potential to warm, but does it still have monsoonal flow from the Pacific? Its mainly driven by a Thermal Low on the continent, which should be there regardless of circulation, but the wind direction would still be altered. I'd need to think about this more. The continent highs & low vs ocean would still be somewhat similar to today because continents warm & cool faster but the wind flow around pressure systems would be reverse of today. Would this mean northeasterlies from a Bermuda High? Gulf stream shutdown + prevailing easterlies from the Eurasian continent rather than Atlantic drastically cools northwest Europe of course. Another interesting find, though of course it's just a model: North African rainfall went up, and the Mediterranean received so much river input it became almost fresh. The reorganisation of the worldβs hydrological cycle that we initiated might have frozen EuropeNorwegian mountains would probably get an ice cap; dunno how big it would be I have a hard time believing southern Alaska would be 15'C warmer lol. That would mean Anchorage at 60'N would be warmer annually than current Changsha at 28'N.
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Post by Ethereal on Apr 16, 2022 22:56:51 GMT -5
Sydney will be like Bunbury WA: Maybe the summers might have hotter records due to easterly foehn winds (say if the Great Dividing Range were switched as well)
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