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Author:  paulzolo [ Wed Jan 06, 2010 10:42 am ]
Post subject:  Why is it so cold?
Apparently it’s complicated:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters ... cause.html

I thought it was cold because it is winter, and it’s meant to be cold.
Author:  adidan [ Wed Jan 06, 2010 11:28 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Why is it so cold?
Magnetic pole reversal I tell ye!!!
Author:  JohnSheridan [ Wed Jan 06, 2010 8:27 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Why is it so cold?
Climate Change :lol:

I was wondering whether the earth had shifted slightly on its North/South axis so that the Northern hemisphere is now nearer the "top" as it were and the southern hemisphere nearer where the equator was - that could explain why we are cold yet Australia is suffering a huge heatwave.
Author:  jonbwfc [ Wed Jan 06, 2010 9:22 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Why is it so cold?
In the case of the current weather, isn't it simpler than that? We're on the same latitude as Scandanavia, so in theory we should have just as harsh winters as they do. Generally, we don't because we're first in line for the atlantic stream of warmer water and therefore air which they don't benefit from. Currently, there's a front which is blocking that warmer atmosphere and is effectively 'sucking' the air across the North Sea from Mainland Europe and Russia.

As a result, colder temperatures and more snow. If not for the atlantic stream, this is the winter we'd get every year.

Jon
Author:  mikepgood [ Wed Jan 06, 2010 10:18 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Why is it so cold?
Cos its winter?

it happens occasionally.
Author:  rustybucket [ Wed Jan 06, 2010 11:14 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Why is it so cold?
jonbwfc wrote:
In the case of the current weather, isn't it simpler than that? We're on the same latitude as Scandanavia, so in theory we should have just as harsh winters as they do. Generally, we don't because we're first in line for the atlantic stream of warmer water and therefore air which they don't benefit from. Currently, there's a front which is blocking that warmer atmosphere and is effectively 'sucking' the air across the North Sea from Mainland Europe and Russia.

As a result, colder temperatures and more snow. If not for the atlantic stream, this is the winter we'd get every year.

Jon

Sounds good to me

's winter indit?
Author:  adidan [ Thu Jan 07, 2010 8:47 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Why is it so cold?
Yes, it is true, it is just the Gulf Stream that stops us having seasons like Scandinavia and Canada and the Gulf Stream is always on the move.
Author:  rustybucket [ Thu Jan 07, 2010 12:35 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Why is it so cold?
It's not right - cold weather in winter.

How dare the planet have a tilted axis! :evil: :evil: :x

I blame Gordon Brown.

[/sarcasm]
Author:  james016 [ Thu Jan 07, 2010 3:46 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Why is it so cold?
It's all that global warming. Making it snow.
Author:  JohnSheridan [ Thu Jan 07, 2010 7:51 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Why is it so cold?
jonbwfc wrote:
In the case of the current weather, isn't it simpler than that? We're on the same latitude as Scandanavia, so in theory we should have just as harsh winters as they do. Generally, we don't because we're first in line for the atlantic stream of warmer water and therefore air which they don't benefit from. Currently, there's a front which is blocking that warmer atmosphere and is effectively 'sucking' the air across the North Sea from Mainland Europe and Russia.

As a result, colder temperatures and more snow. If not for the atlantic stream, this is the winter we'd get every year.

Jon


Yes but how does that explain the excessive heatwave Australia is suffering from or the unprecidented cold spell North America is currently having?
Author:  ProfessorF [ Thu Jan 07, 2010 7:57 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Why is it so cold?
JohnSheridan wrote:
Yes but how does that explain the excessive heatwave Australia is suffering from or the unprecidented cold spell North America is currently having?


It's Australia's summer, and it's winter in North America. This happens, from time to time. I recall a friend showing pictures of ice floes in the Hudson about 6 years ago.
Is it really 'unprecedented'? Has it never been this cold/warm before, really?
Author:  Fogmeister [ Thu Jan 07, 2010 10:15 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Why is it so cold?
Why is it so cold...

Because of all the snow!

Look...

Image

:D
Author:  JJW009 [ Thu Jan 07, 2010 10:35 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Why is it so cold?
HD version here: http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/gall ... 0.250m.jpg

I'm trying to pin-point my village, although it's only going to be about 20 pixels and they're all white :lol:
Author:  paulzolo [ Fri Jan 08, 2010 12:07 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Why is it so cold?
It used to get so cold that the Thames would freeze.
Author:  rustybucket [ Fri Jan 08, 2010 3:29 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Why is it so cold?
paulzolo wrote:
It used to get so cold that the Thames would freeze.

Indeed.

People used to mark out tennis courts on the ice and practise there over the winter.
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