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The east coast isn’t warmer. France is the same latitude as Maine.
by mrfusion 7y ago
The east coast isn’t warmer. France is the same latitude as Maine.
- nostrademons 7y agoIt does heat the east coast of the U.S, but not nearly as much as Northern Europe. The main complication is that prevailing weather tends to move west-to-east (because of the Coriolis force at typical U.S. latitudes), which means the east coast gets more continental air masses from Canada and the Plains than oceanic air masses. But compare Boston to Chicago, NYC to Kansas, or Washington D.C. to Colorado. All of the former are at higher latitudes, but tend to have milder temperatures than the latter. (Some of this is due to the moderating effect of water in general, but winters in coastal Boston are generally milder than in Chicago despite the latter also being on water and at a lower latitude.)
- AnimalMuppet 7y agohttps://oceancurrents.rsmas.miami.edu/atlantic/spaghetti-speed/gulf-stream.jpg https://oceancurrents.rsmas.miami.edu/atlantic/spaghetti-spe... shows the Gulf Stream as being pretty far away from Maine, though. From that map, I'd expect it to warm the US east coast below Cape Hatteras, and not much north of there.
- mrfusion 7y agoWow that explains it. Thanks. A picture=1000 words. This even shows a cold pocket of water by northern Florida.
- coldtea 7y agoThe East Coast is a lot more than Maine though. By that point the Gulf Stream has already moved eastwards...