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Alastair writes:
On Jan 27, 9:41*pm, John Hall wrote:
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*Alastair writes:
On Jan 27, 6:34*pm, John Hall wrote:

[re Vancouver]

One factor may be that their northerlies will be considerably colder
than ours, since IIRC the orientation of the coast is such that winds
from that direction will have had a long land track (and before that
probably over Arctic Ocean ice).

I think it is the influence of ocean currents. Because the Pacific is
so much larger than the Atlantic, its eastern boundary current is
cold. *Seehttp://www.kidsgeo.com/images/ocean-current.jpg

Cheers, Alastair.

This map on Wikipedia tells a rather different story:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Co...-oceanicas.gif

It suggests that Vancouver would benefit from the relatively warm Alaska
Current. See also:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Current

Note that it is relatively warm! The Wikipedia entry states "Alaska
Current water is characterized by temperatures above 39°F (4°C)"

True, but I imagine that would be its temperature by the time it had
reached the Gulf of Alaska, and that it would still be several degrees
warmer off Vancouver.
--
John Hall
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