Originally posted by StarrmanI do like the subtle use of his smiley. It's like a neo-art-nouveau statement, teetering on the brink of minimalism and slighly contradicting his own interest in the questions he's posing.
That took you two edits?
I think you may find we are the presence of greatness here!
Originally posted by shavixmirWell either that or he clicked the on wrong one...
I do like the subtle use of his smiley. It's like a neo-art-nouveau statement, teetering on the brink of minimalism and slighly contradicting his own interest in the questions he's posing.
I think you may find we are the presence of greatness here!
Originally posted by rocketbobUnseasonably, bizarrelike warmth caused no doubt by the methane
just tell me about the weather god flam damn.
jesus mother of god, i need to know.
exuded from plant life and fossil fuel consumption in China and the
US. I am in Pennsylvania, USA, north of Philly about 80 miles.
One nice side effect is my oil consumption is down to about one third
of its normal use.
Originally posted by rocketbobBob, weather is driven by the different amounts of energy received from the Sun on different parts of the planet. Because of a planet's curvature, sunlight is incident at different angles at different latitudes (higher latitude = lower angle of incidence = less heating). Different types of surface (e.g. ocean, forest, ice) have different properties of reflectivity (albedo) and absorb differing amounts of energy. It is mainly due to these two factors that the surface is heated to different extents.
just tell me about the weather god flam damn.
jesus mother of god, i need to know.
These surface temperature differences cause vertical wind currents as the hot surface heats the air directly above it. This hot air expands and rises lowering the air pressure and drawing colder air into its place, which is in turn heated and rises and so on. When the hot air later cools it shrinks and sinks lower, increasing air pressure and displacing the air already below it. Horizontal wind currents are formed at the boundaries between differentially heated areas and can be exacerbated by the presence of sloped surfaces. The simple systems thus formed can then display emergent behaviour to produce more complex systems and thus all other weather phenomena. A large scale example of this process can be seen in the Hadley cell and other forms of atmospheric circulation, a smaller scale example would be coastal breezes.
The only two fundamental causes of weather are thus surface temperature, and to a lesser extent, elevation.
Any precession in a planet's orbit will affect the amount of energy received at a particular spot throughout the year. This effect causes seasons and may influence long term weather patterns.
Originally posted by hopscotchbut thanks for clearing that up, scooby doo
Bob, weather is driven by the different amounts of energy received from the Sun on different parts of the planet. Because of a planet's curvature, sunlight is incident at different angles at different latitudes (higher latitude = lower angle of incidence = less heating). Different types of surface (e.g. ocean, forest, ice) have different properties of refl ...[text shortened]... throughout the year. This effect causes seasons and may influence long term weather patterns.