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How Weather and Climate Work
« on: May 05, 2018, 01:59:22 am »
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There are three big drivers of weather for any place on Earth: the latitude, the local environment, and solar system cycles.

The biggest weather factor is latitude – are you in the torrid, temperate, or frigid zone?  These climatic zones are defined by the intensity of heat delivered to Earth's surface by the sun.

In the Torrid Zone, the sun is always high in the sky.  It is generally hot, often moist, with low atmospheric pressure, muggy conditions, and abundant rain and storms, some severe.  Places close to the Equator get two summers per year (just one long summer) and very little winter.  Farther from the equator, there are two seasons: "The Wet" and "The Dry."  The Torrid Zone produces many equatorial rainforests and also contains some deserts.  Most people dream of vacations or retirement in the warm zone.

The Temperate Zone is cooler, with more distinct seasons and sometimes severe droughts and floods.  The granaries of the world lie within it.  But the belt of sub-tropical high-pressure zones also produces most of the world's great deserts.

The Frigid Zone has low humidity and high atmospheric pressure, with just two seasons (one cool, with a sun that never sets, followed by a long, cold, dark, sunless winter).  Only a few foolish people long for expansion of the frigid zone
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2018/04/how_weather_and_climate_work.html
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