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It looks like Southern Ontario is going to be spared, despite our proximity to affected areas. Can anyone venture as to why it (and the Northeast US) is not go
by gunfighthacksaw 5y ago
It looks like Southern Ontario is going to be spared, despite our proximity to affected areas.
Can anyone venture as to why it (and the Northeast US) is not going to be affected?
I assume it’s some geographic or climactic quirk since I don’t expect heat domes to respect national boundaries.
- tzs 5y agoProbably the jet stream. Here's a wind speed map for jet stream altitudes [1]. The jet stream plays a big part in positioning heat domes [2]. [1] https://www.windy.com/?300h,15.708,-125.244,3 https://www.windy.com/?300h,15.708,-125.244,3 [2] https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/heat-dome.html https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/heat-dome.html
- gunfighthacksaw 5y agoOh wow that’s pretty cool. It looks like there is a current that stays mostly within Canada, with the exception of upstate NY and northern New England. It suggests that my climate will have more in common with areas 300mi to the NE vs 150mi to the SW. I know that Windsor-Detroit is in a warmer Koppen zone than pretty much every Canadian zone to the east. Continental a vs b IIRC.