Happy Thread II (map, Washington, climate, warmest)

[Siberian High]

It hit -27.2°C in Scotland back in the 80's. You will never ever get that in NI unless it's the Ice Age.

[Mac15]

I wasn't trying to make any point! I was just saying that the cold comes from Greenland and 2010 makes that obvious so that is why it is better for me because I am closer

[dunno what to put here]

Originally Posted by P London

The point hrs trying to make is that NI lives up to his expectations that its a cold subarctic paradise. He can't face facts that NI is crap for winter maybe he'll have a nervous breakdown if he face facts about NI crap climate.

Truth.

He's a wee cutie, isn't he?

[Siberian High]

Originally Posted by Mac15

I wasn't trying to make any point! I was just saying that the cold comes from Greenland and 2010 makes that obvious so that is why it is better for me because I am closer

But just because you're closer doesn't mean it will be colder where you are.

Originally Posted by dunno what to put here

He's a wee cutie, isn't he?

Yes, he is.

[Mac15]

Originally Posted by Siberian High

It hit -27.2°C in Scotland back in the 80's. You will never ever get that in NI unless it's the Ice Age.

Altnaharra is only 240 miles away.. Everytime we get near those temps the atlantic comes in and thats why altnaharra has not reached -30c or lower.

[Siberian High]

Originally Posted by Mac15

Altnaharra is only 240 miles away.. Everytime we get near those temps the atlantic comes in and thats why altnaharra has not reached -30c or lower.

I wasn't talking about Altnaharra, I was talking about Braemar.

[Mac15]

Well Altnaharra reached -27.2c so

[MeteoMan]

I LOL'd because I am creating a "Ulan Bator" inspired continental fictional climate on Excel with very cold but dry windless sunny winters with down to -50°C temps (no it isn't a "dream climate") but also hot summers and when I got to the totals section I'd managed to fit in 92 thunderstorm days in a year. Hahaha.

[Mac15]

Black americans are soo funny watch glozells videos

Rubber Band Challenge ... GloZell - YouTube

[nei]

Originally Posted by theunbrainwashed

Hm, guess you and owen are right. But, technically then the UK has alpine tundra, not subarctic. Subarctic does not depend on elevation, like in Labrador's case where there is tundra even at sea level in Scotland's latitude. Imagine Glasgow, Edinburgh, or Aberdeen having a tundra climate, that is the case for Labrador.

Subarctic climate is below treeline, I'd assume below treeline at some elevation there must be a subarctic climate. Or perhaps, because the UK is so oceanic that Cfb/Cfc transitions straight to alpine tundra as with cooling summers reach the threshold for tundra before winters reach subarctic levels. Here's a way to check. Here's Ben Nevis:

Ben Nevis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

at the base is Fort William:

Fort William, Scotland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Assuming constant temperature decline with altitude, maybe you could extrapolate to figure out if/where there's a subarctic climate. Perhaps I'll do that tonight.