In article .com,
vince writes:

wrote:
That was a damn sight better question than many of the daft ones that
we get on this newsgroup.

Jack


well said Jack , im 41 and I didnt know that.

here's my question for the day

when is midwinter ?

To which the answer is: whenever you like, as there is no "official"
definition. However the Met Office takes December, January and February
as comprising winter. It's obviously convenient for statistics to refer
to complete months, and those three are the coldest. On that basis,
midwinter would be mid-January.
--
John Hall

"I am not young enough to know everything."
Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)

"vince" wrote in news:1136914902.723255.224070
@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com:


well said Jack , im 41 and I didnt know that.
here's my question for the day
when is midwinter ?

I have seen written down somewhere (I cannot remember for the life of me
where)

Midwinter's Day for England and Wales - 20th January
Midwinter's Day for Scotland - 27th January

Not sure of the origins or the reasoning behind these dates (or the
accuracy!).

Richard

wrote:
That was a damn sight better question than many of the daft ones that
we get on this newsgroup.

And it hasn't been fully answered.

Apparently most of the water uptake happens when the ocean gyres slow
down but this is still moot as the research is only just beginning. And
this is all my own jump at a conclusion anyway.

So, in the still air when the water temperatures are greatest, even at
tropical latitudes the temperature is not enough to supply the quantity
required. Besides which, it takes a tremendous amount of heat to
evapourate water.

Afterward when oscillations occur; the water can be taken up due to
kinetics as spray rather than evapouration. But according to
percieved.... what is that word... ? the waves are caused by winds. So
what causes the winds?

And where does the 35 grams of salt per litre go to?

"Weatherlawyer" wrote in message
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Afterward when oscillations occur; the water can be taken up due to
kinetics as spray rather than evapouration. But according to
percieved.... what is that word... ? the waves are caused by winds. So
what causes the winds?

Pressure differences in the atmosphere which are caused by unequal
heating of the atmosphere by the sun.

And where does the 35 grams of salt per litre go to?

Stays in the ocean.

Col
--
Bolton, Lancashire.
160m asl.

wrote in message
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That was a damn sight better question than many of the daft ones that
we get on this newsgroup.

I would hope that no meteorological question is considered
daft enough to be mocked or sneered at.

Col
--
Bolton, Lancashire.
160m asl.

"Ian H" wrote in message
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True, but I can add that wave action physically forces minute sea water
droplets into the atmosphere (aerosols) which results in very slight
salinity levels in rain water. Rain is essentially dilute seawater.


Is that why water taken from desalination plants is reputedly still very
slightly salty?

Col
--
Bolton, Lancashire.
160m asl.

"Dave Liquorice" wrote in message
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On Tue, 10 Jan 2006 14:54:25 -0000, JamesB wrote:

Because only the water evaporates from the sea surface, not the
salt, which is not volatile.

I knew it would be a simple answer

He he, who didn't do chemistry at school then?

One of my best memories of school chemistry is on distillation. The
double period practical was distilling a mixture of H2O and C2H5OH.
Hic... Bet they don't do that these days. B-)

I did, I just forgot most of it!
James