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Post by Lommaren on Jan 5, 2018 15:07:43 GMT -5
132 or so being rainy days, actually. There are an average of 68 snowfall days in Lerwick.  Are you good with Weatherboxes, Frey? If you are, could you please make a guesstimation for downtown Lerwick at sea level?  |
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Post by knot on Jan 5, 2018 15:10:11 GMT -5
Are you good with Weatherboxes, Frey? If you are, could you please make a guesstimation for downtown Lerwick at sea level? Yes, I've made custom weatherboxes before. An estimation for Lerwick shouldn't be too hard at all. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 5, 2018 15:10:22 GMT -5
To be honest, Lerwick has 200 precipitation days, 160-or-so of them being rainy days. Curig has 200 rainy days 132 or so being rainy days, actually. There are an average of 68 snowfall days in Lerwick. How much is decent sticking snow, rather than just slushy sleet? Worth mentioning that the higher ground surrounding Capel will be snowcapped throughout much of the winter, as well as there being a frosthollow effect further down in the valley. Although visibility often isn't nearly as good as in those pictures. Mountains will often be hidden beneath cloud and fog. |
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Post by knot on Jan 5, 2018 15:16:49 GMT -5
How much is decent sticking snow, rather than just slushy sleet? Worth mentioning that the higher ground surrounding Capel will be snowcapped throughout much of the winter, as well as there being a frosthollow effect further down in the valley. No idea on that; snow is snow to me, slushy or not. Capel may have snowcapped mountains, but it lacks the northeasterly polar snowstorms that Shetland occasionally recieves:  |
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Post by alex992 on Jan 5, 2018 15:18:12 GMT -5
Capel Curig is sunnier, wetter, and has more interesting extremes, so I'll choose that. They're both absolutely horrid though.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 5, 2018 15:28:23 GMT -5
How much is decent sticking snow, rather than just slushy sleet? Worth mentioning that the higher ground surrounding Capel will be snowcapped throughout much of the winter, as well as there being a frosthollow effect further down in the valley. No idea on that; snow is snow to me, slushy or not. Capel may have snowcapped mountains, but it lacks the northeasterly polar snowstorms that Shetland occasionally recieves: How common are those scenes? |
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Post by knot on Jan 5, 2018 15:33:48 GMT -5
How common are those scenes? Not very common, but not too rare either. Only happens on exceptional winters; when the northeasterly winds blow at their strongest. In Lerwick, the squalliest and stormiest years are always the coldest, owing to the polar northeasterlies that lash the island. |
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Post by Cadeau on Jan 5, 2018 15:35:08 GMT -5
As long as thunderstorm counts are still extremely lower in Capel Curig not correlating to precipitation, I'd take the Welsh climate because they have much greater chance to have 18~24°C highs in summer.
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Post by Steelernation on Jan 5, 2018 16:08:35 GMT -5
132 or so being rainy days, actually. There are an average of 68 snowfall days in Lerwick. With those averages, there probably would be a bunch of days with both snow and rain. I choose Capel Curig for warmer summers, more sunshine, higher record highs and a bonus of nice mountain scenery. Still an F though. |
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Post by deneb78 on Jan 9, 2018 14:30:09 GMT -5
Capel Curig for being milder year round.
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