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OT meteorologist: winter vs summer
Posted on 12/20/17 at 5:55 pm
Posted on 12/20/17 at 5:55 pm
Something I've always wondered. Why is it consistently hot in the summer but not consistently cold in the winter? You get small temperature fluctuations in the summer but it's mostly balls hot. In the winter the temperature can fluctuate 30-40 degrees multiple times a month.
When the earth tilts away from the sun in the winter you would think it would create an environment of consistently colder weather.
When the earth tilts away from the sun in the winter you would think it would create an environment of consistently colder weather.
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Posted on 12/20/17 at 5:58 pm to Houma Sapien
We’re still near the tropics
Posted on 12/20/17 at 5:59 pm to Houma Sapien
I can assure you that it flips if you’re up north.
Posted on 12/20/17 at 5:59 pm to Houma Sapien
Because Louisana is super close to the equator. Alaska has pretty cool summers for the most part.
Posted on 12/20/17 at 6:00 pm to Houma Sapien
You live in a humid subtropical climate zone
Posted on 12/20/17 at 6:02 pm to Houma Sapien
If we lived on an island this would be our normal winter temps. Cold dry air pushes south over land and that’s why we get cold spurts but warm back up quickly
Posted on 12/20/17 at 6:06 pm to Houma Sapien
Interestingly enough, it wasn't always like this. It wasn't until recently that they started with the whole "changing winter temperature" thing. It started in Maine, I believe.
Posted on 12/20/17 at 6:09 pm to Yellerhammer5
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can assure you that it flips if you’re up north.
Even still up north you don't get the consistent temperatures in winter like you do in the summer. And by 'north' I don't mean Edmonton, but like the northern continental US
Posted on 12/20/17 at 6:46 pm to Houma Sapien
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Posted on 12/20/17 at 6:47 pm to Houma Sapien
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Why is it consistently hot in the summer but not consistently cold in the winter?
Because you live in Houma. Come on up to the Northeast. Trust me it’s consistently cold.
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I can assure you that it flips if you’re up north
I can assure you that it doesn’t. It’s much more temperate in the summer, but it’s consistent.
This post was edited on 12/20/17 at 6:49 pm
Posted on 12/20/17 at 6:48 pm to Houma Sapien
No pictures?
Posted on 12/20/17 at 6:50 pm to LucasP
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Interestingly enough, it wasn't always like this. It wasn't until recently that they started with the whole "changing winter temperature" thing. It started in Maine, I believe.
Not your best work. We expect more from you. I voted for you over el gaucho....don’t make me change my mind. Do better.
Posted on 12/20/17 at 7:02 pm to Houma Sapien
Posted on 12/20/17 at 7:07 pm to Houma Sapien
Posted on 12/20/17 at 9:36 pm to Houma Sapien
Summertime: sun is firmly overhead in northern hemisphere. Very little temperature gradient from equator to 60 degrees North.
-weak polar Jet displaced over Canada. Subtropical jet almost non-Existent during summer.
Weaker temperature gradient equates to lower pressure gradients. Fewer air mass boundaries/fronts coming down to the southern US.
Winter time has moving upper level ridges/Troughs that can be progressive hence causing warm moist air from tropics to enter Southern US while lower sun angle cools the arctic. Jet stream much stronger in winter and pressure gradients are greater in winter. More windy in winter than in summer.
-weak polar Jet displaced over Canada. Subtropical jet almost non-Existent during summer.
Weaker temperature gradient equates to lower pressure gradients. Fewer air mass boundaries/fronts coming down to the southern US.
Winter time has moving upper level ridges/Troughs that can be progressive hence causing warm moist air from tropics to enter Southern US while lower sun angle cools the arctic. Jet stream much stronger in winter and pressure gradients are greater in winter. More windy in winter than in summer.
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