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It's also interesting to look at the bigger picture. The southern hemisphere has its own level of insanity going on: https://www.windy.com/?-22.513,39.375,3 ht
by olegkikin 9y ago
It's also interesting to look at the bigger picture. The southern hemisphere has its own level of insanity going on:
https://www.windy.com/?-22.513,39.375,3 https://www.windy.com/?-22.513,39.375,3
- rpeden 9y agoI think that's somewhat normal below 40 degrees south. Lots of open ocean without any significant land masses to slow things down. See more here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roaring_Forties https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roaring_Forties
- singularity2001 9y agolest we forget the Furious Fifties
- elbac 9y agoIs that normal?
- jcranmer 9y agoYes. There's no land around 40-50°S, so you basically get in effect a permanent storm over ocean with nothing to break the wind. It's why the weather in Antarctica is so much severer than that in the Arctic.
- dmix 9y agoThis is one of the reasons why building the Panama Canal was so important. Having to go through the Drake Passage was not only a long distance it was very dangerous due to the persistent extreme weather: https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Drake_Passage https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Drake_Passage Searching youtube videos for "Drake passage" is also very interesting to see how strong the waves are when travelling via boat through the passage.