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If you had a planet the size of earth with 10 ft alternating flat latitute bands of land and water around the entire globe, could you predict the weather for years in advance? Could you say that on like Saturday January 5th, 3 years from now it will snow from 10:00 am to 11:15.
Thoughts?
If you had a planet the size of earth with 10 ft alternating flat latitute bands of land and water around the entire globe, could you predict the weather for years in advance? Could you say that on like Saturday January 5th, 3 years from now it will snow from 10:00 am to 11:15.
Thoughts?
Weather on Earth depends on a lot of factors.. the axial tilt of the planet, orbital inclination... distribution of the continents.. I think you'd still need a very powerful supercomputer to make predictions about the weather in advance.. although it might be a tad easier.
If you had a planet the size of earth with 10 ft alternating flat latitute bands of land and water around the entire globe, could you predict the weather for years in advance? Could you say that on like Saturday January 5th, 3 years from now it will snow from 10:00 am to 11:15.
Thoughts?
Is ten feet the thickness of each water/land band, or the altitude of each earth band above each water band? If the latter, then how thick are the bands?
I dont know if it would be possible, but i would LOVE it . I always end up going away (only for 2-4 days) to mar del plata in the worst possible days!! Last summer i was in MDP 2 days in the hottest summer days there (37c) and this year i was away (4 days) in the coolest days here (and if here was cool, it means there it was COLD....5celsius!!).
If i could only have exact predictions, i will chose my going away days much better (such as....the days when here its very hot, and there is very pleasant....wich are the majority of the days anyway, but obviously im very unlucky )
Is ten feet the thickness of each water/land band, or the altitude of each earth band above each water band? If the latter, then how thick are the bands?
The bands are 10 ft wide and 1 ft high for the land and 10 ft deep for the water
The bands are 10 ft wide and 1 ft high for the land and 10 ft deep for the water
Sounds like a scenario for snowball earth. There wouldn't really be a big enough single body of water to retain heat, and land loses heat even more quickly than water does. The freeze would start at the poles and quickly advance towards the equator. 10 feet is narrower than most people's living rooms. I don't think the fact that each band encircles the earth would matter much, especially for only 10 feet of depth in the water bands.
It would be good for planning events and stuff like that, but I kind of like the fact future weather is a mystery.
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. I always end up going away (only for 2-4 days) to mar del plata in the worst possible days!! Last summer i was in MDP 2 days in the hottest summer days there (37c) and this year i was away (4 days) in the coolest days here (and if here was cool, it means there it was COLD....5celsius!!).
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