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Post by Babu on Jan 3, 2018 6:30:22 GMT -5
Instead of having a "countries which people often have misconceptions about" I thought it would be better to have a more general misconceptions thread.
For example, everybody always seems to think winter is the most humid season because the relative humidity outside is the highest. Well, I just wound some wet cloth around my indoor thermometer and used a wet bulb calculator to reversibly get a dew point reading of 3'C inside. That's a 24% RH for all those RH worshippers. That's simply not gonna happen in summer or fall.
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Post by alex992 on Jan 3, 2018 6:33:27 GMT -5
RH is kind of dumb and misleading to use. Dew Points are much more accurate in terms of how humid the air truly is.
Reminds me of that idiot who thought 100 F (38 C) with 50% RH was "mild" lol, which equates to like a 26 C dew point and like a 47 C heat index.....yeah real mild.
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Post by Lommaren on Jan 3, 2018 7:11:41 GMT -5
Hmm well of course living in an AC-free environment summers will be more humid indoors than winter, but I was still surprised that the dew point was just 3°C, must have to do with Tavelsjö being much colder than here. I struggle to imagine the dew point being beneath 7°C in here, it sure feels a bit different to summer, but since they changed windows to block the cold out it must be higher.
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Post by knot on Jan 3, 2018 7:17:25 GMT -5
Britain is subtropique.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 3, 2018 7:50:19 GMT -5
Lets do North Carolina:
1. It doesnt get cold: Many people think they have come to a less crowded Florida when they move here.... sure its warmer than whatever northern state you came from but it still gets cold.
2. The mountains are cool in the summer: True yes, but you have head up to 3500 feet before temps in july drop below 80. Not too mention the mountains have the highest RH on average. Also Asheville still has very warm summers...
3. The Fucking Sea Breeze: This one grinds my gears the most. The popular misconception that the beaches are moderated by water so therefore better than being inland... in reality summer temps range from 30c on hatteras at the coolest to around 31-32c on most coastal locations. Combine that with 70 degree lows and multiple days with dews approaching or at 80 and you have heat indexes every summer topping 110 in many coastal locations such as New bern...
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Post by alex992 on Jan 3, 2018 8:03:58 GMT -5
^ Haha, your first point reminds of the ex-NYers who thought North GA would be like Miami when they moved there. They'd be shocked at any cold snap that happened "OMG, didn't know it could get cold in GA" and any winter heat wave they'd act like it's normal weather for GA.
Do these people even look at maps? FFS.
Also, the mitigating effects of the Sea Breeze is ridiculously overrated by people who don't live in humid, hot climates during summer.
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Post by jgtheone on Jan 3, 2018 8:20:18 GMT -5
time to spam the oldies with coastal FL getting heavy snow, alex?
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Post by Babu on Jan 3, 2018 8:27:17 GMT -5
Hmm well of course living in an AC-free environment summers will be more humid indoors than winter, but I was still surprised that the dew point was just 3°C, must have to do with Tavelsjö being much colder than here. I struggle to imagine the dew point being beneath 7°C in here, it sure feels a bit different to summer, but since they changed windows to block the cold out it must be higher. It's actually the restaurant I'm working at in Umeå. You'd think that a restaurant would be more humid due to all the cooking. I'm sure houses in Nyköping get dew points below freezing as well. Dew points are freezing outside whenever the air is freezing, and why would your house be that much more humid than the outside? We just had a two day streak of 0'C weather as well so the DP's are probably higher than average. I would not be surprised if DP's were in the -10's or even -20's inside during those horrible -25'C weeks that happen here in some years. |
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Post by Lommaren on Jan 3, 2018 8:40:38 GMT -5
It's actually the restaurant I'm working at in Umeå. You'd think that a restaurant would be more humid due to all the cooking. I'm sure houses in Nyköping get dew points below freezing as well. Dew points are freezing outside whenever the air is freezing, and why would your house be that much more humid than the outside? We just had a two day streak of 0'C weather as well so the DP's are probably higher than average. I would not be surprised if DP's were in the -10's or even -20's inside during those horrible -25'C weeks that happen here in some years. Oh really? That changed things  Well, probably could explain why 20-21°C indoors still requires long sleeves for so many people during winter... |
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Post by P London on Jan 6, 2018 16:47:18 GMT -5
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Post by knot on Jan 6, 2018 18:09:55 GMT -5
Easthomo, Wilko and the sort. |
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Post by Babu on Jan 7, 2018 6:41:44 GMT -5
The UK can have quite subtropique looks though
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Post by P London on Jan 8, 2018 12:03:37 GMT -5
The UK can have quite subtropique looks though ="24.200000000000045" height="2.9200000000000017" style="position: absolute; width: 24.2px; height: 2.92px; z-index: -9999; border-style: none; left: 0px; top: 0px;" id="MoatPxIOPT0_61482794"></iframe><iframe width="24.200000000000045" height="2.9200000000000017" style="position: absolute; width: 24.2px; height: 2.92px; z-index: -9999; border-style: none; left: 1145px; top: -106px;" id="MoatPxIOPT0_45391463"></iframe> <iframe width="24.200000000000045" height="2.9200000000000017" style="position: absolute; width: 24.2px; height: 2.92px; z-index: -9999; border-style: none; left: 10px; top: -13px;" id="MoatPxIOPT0_15359131"></iframe> <iframe width="24.200000000000045" height="2.9200000000000017" style="position: absolute; width: 24.2px; height: 2.92px; z-index: -9999; border-style: none; left: 1145px; top: -13px;" id="MoatPxIOPT0_30829579"></iframe> True, some parts of the British coast looks like somewhere in the Caribbean. E.g. Cornwall, Western Scotland. . |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 8, 2018 12:20:28 GMT -5
<iframe width="24.200000000000045" height="2.9200000000000017" style="position: absolute; width: 24.2px; height: 2.92px; z-index: -9999; border-style: none; left: 1145px; top: -106px;" id="MoatPxIOPT0_45391463"></iframe> <iframe width="24.200000000000045" height="2.9200000000000017" style="position: absolute; width: 24.2px; height: 2.92px; z-index: -9999; border-style: none; left: 10px; top: -13px;" id="MoatPxIOPT0_15359131"></iframe> <iframe width="24.200000000000045" height="2.9200000000000017" style="position: absolute; width: 24.2px; height: 2.92px; z-index: -9999; border-style: none; left: 1145px; top: -13px;" id="MoatPxIOPT0_30829579"></iframe> True, some parts of the British coast looks like somewhere in the Caribbean. E.g. Cornwall, Western Scotland. . Only to the untried eye. I think its more accurate to say that parts of the Caribbean look like western Scotland, as sparse vegetation give fewer clues to a place's climate. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 8, 2018 12:27:45 GMT -5
Some parts of the UK can sustain decitfully exotic vegetation, but I wouldn't say those areas appear Caribbean at all.
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Post by P London on Jan 8, 2018 12:31:20 GMT -5
Well, it doesn't look exactly like the Caribbean but there is a vague resemblance.
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Post by Babu on Jan 8, 2018 12:35:26 GMT -5
Out of all the warm places, the Caribbean is one of the places I'd least associate the vegetation with. The southern coast does look very mediterranean though. Some places look just like Italy or Portugal or something.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 8, 2018 12:44:21 GMT -5
Out of all the warm places, the Caribbean is one of the places I'd least associate the vegetation with. The southern coast does look very mediterranean though. Some places look just like Italy or Portugal or something. Can you show comparative photos that show the south coast looking like Italy or Portugal? |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 8, 2018 12:59:37 GMT -5
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Post by P London on Jan 8, 2018 13:03:46 GMT -5
Out of all the warm places, the Caribbean is one of the places I'd least associate the vegetation with. The southern coast does look very mediterranean though. Some places look just like Italy or Portugal or something. I'm not talking of vegetation I'm talking about the white sandy beaches and the blue ocean. LOL |
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