Canada's Climate February 20, Often defined
as average weather, when weather means the current state of the atmosphere Because of Canada's size,
Climate - Climate in a narrow sense is usually defined
as the average weather, or more rigorously, as the statistical description in terms of the mean and variability of relevant quantities over a period of time ranging from months to thousands or millions of years.
Now it is used
as the average weather overall.
Regional climate is often described
as the average weather in a place over more than 30 years.
The «climate» of a geographic location can be defined
as the average weather observed in that place.
Not exact matches
Natural Gas Natural gas futures were among the quarter's key decliners -LRB--7.5 %, to US$ 2.73 per million British thermal units)
as production growth outweighed seasonal consumption and higher exports of the fuel.1 Spot prices saw an even larger drop of 20.6 % (to US$ 2.81)
as the support of December's
weather - related demand spikes faded and a more normal winter pattern developed.1 Natural gas generally took its downward price cues from elevated US production and growth in the natural gas - focused rig count, which increased from 179 to 194 in March alone.2 Despite the price drop, traders remained optimistic given surging US shale - gas exports and a supply deficit that was 20 % larger than the five - year
average at March - end, the biggest in four years.3 Moreover, total natural gas inventories of 1.38 trillion cubic feet were nearly 33 % below their year - ago level.3 Meanwhile, the market appeared focused on an anticipated production surge (2018 is projected to be a record growth year for gas supplies) and may have overlooked intensifying demand
as US exports increasingly helped drain supplies.
Cocoa prices are now trading below their 20 - day but still far above their 100 - day moving
average as the trend is mixed
as prices topped out on April 2nd around 2647
as the hot and dry
weather conditions still do persist in West Africa, but the commodity markets, in general, are drifting lower due to the fact of the possible trade war with China.
He has not really addressed the fact that the notion of climate,
as distinct from the notion of
weather, is not concerned with particular features of a single trajectory or history, but with the fact that there are some general features about certain kinds of time and system
averages over many trajectories - and that these
average features tend to show certain kinds of regularity or slow secular variation that are not apparent in a single trajectory (the term secular here has a technical meaning, not the common one of «not religious»).
Blessed with sunny
weather, dry powder and a mild
average temperature, Big White is best known
as a family friendly resort where kids and adults can all have fun.
Having received 115 percent of its
average annual snowfall total so far this season, the mountain expects to offer skiing and riding on all four mountain faces, including more than 100 features over at Carinthia Parks for
as long
as the
weather cooperates.
Every ten years the data center calculates new U.S. «climate normals,» or 30 - year
average values, for meteorological elements such
as temperature, precipitation, and heating and cooling degree days for thousands of U.S.
weather stations.
Texas experienced blackouts in February 2011,
as colder - than -
average winter
weather simultaneously increased demand for electricity and damaged coal - fired power plants and wind turbines.
Threats — ranging from the destruction of coral reefs to more extreme
weather events like hurricanes, droughts and floods — are becoming more likely at the temperature change already underway:
as little
as 1.8 degree Fahrenheit (1 degree Celsius) of warming in global
average temperatures.
«Our results show that the uncertainty estimates of greenhouse gas inventories depend on the calculation method and on how the input data for the model, such
as weather and litterfall data, have been
averaged,» says Aleksi Lehtonen, researcher at the Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke).
Because climate studies using multi-model ensembles are generally superior to single model approaches43, all nine fire
weather season lengths for each location were
averaged into an ensemble mean fire
weather season length, hereafter referred to
as «Fire
Weather Season Length» (See Supplementary Methods).
The
average dress can be adapted by the addition of a cardigan, some seamed stockings, better
weather - suited shoes and perhaps the occasional vintage accessory such
as gloves and a fabulous hat.
Though
weather is constantly changing, the
average weather is a good indicator
as to which coat you should invest the most money in.
For cold -
weather testing, Jaguar turned to its test facility in Arjeplog, Sweden, where the
average winter temperatures rarely exceed 5 - degrees Fahrenheit and can drop to
as low
as -40.
They reorder
as their supply is used, which can significantly shift the supply - demand dynamic in favor of salt producers during extreme winter
weather events — CMP's
average price on awarded highway deicing contracts rose by 25 % in 2014
as a result.
Not quite
as much downside protection (
averages around 10 %) but still enough to
weather a 10 % drop, in most cases.
The
average water temperature is 75 degrees Fahrenheit, so if you and your travel companion like aquatic fun, Phu Quoc's ideal
weather and calm waters are ideal for water sports such
as snorkelling, scuba diving, fishing, kayaking, jet - skiing and wind sailing popular.
Boasting absolutely perfect
weather conditions most of the year round, you can expect to swim and enjoy the beaches everyday
as Rainbow Beach produces an
average low of 13.9 degrees and an
average high of a beautiful 24.2 degrees.
The
weather is one of the most attractive things about Incekum,
as it boasts an
average of 300 sunny days a year.
As Bali sits on the equator, the
weather is consistently warm with temperatures
averaging around 85 degrees throughout the year.
KAANAPALI, Maui — On the world - famous three - mile stretch of white sand beach known
as Kaanapali Beach in West Maui, the sun sets in glorious colors throughout the year, humpback whales frolic off shore in winter months, the
weather averages a balmy 75 - 85 degrees Fahrenheit, and, at the center of it all, Whalers Village Fine Shops -LSB-...]
During the summer months, the
weather is super-hot (
average temp 35 degrees), the waves are forgiving and friendly — and
as its low season, the waves are less crowded, making it the perfect place for learners to practice their surf skills.
Most people prefer to wear sandals or beach shoes anyway
as the
weather in our various trip locations is very pleasant, usually dry, and daytime temperatures
average in the 60's to 80's.
The
weather,
as in the rest of the Azores Islands, is warm and mild, with the
average annual temperature oscillating between 14 to 25 centigrade degrees.
As the sea temperature now
averages 28 °C and the afternoons become quite hot, there's hardly better beach
weather to be found anywhere.
The
average sea temperature is around 22 °C, so whether you want to take a refreshing dip or try some watersports such
as sailing, wakeboarding or jetskiing or scuba diving, the
weather conditions are definitely clement.
Sounds awesome we will try this when we go back, we have just returned from airlie beach where we went on a fishing charter with Gone Fishing Charters the
weather was perfect the fishing was very
average, very congested and very uncomfortable
as there were 5 adults and 3 kids jammed into the boat, The 1 fish that was caught got tangled in 2 other lines due to the shortage of space, Definately not recommended for kids or inexperienced fisherman, help for the children was an issue
as the guide was constantly busy making sure the young lady with a 2 piece bikini was ok.
However, the temperature
as an added signal which is either a cooling or warming one based on current «
weather» influenced by ENSO inter alia and this additional «
weather» signal in the temperature record is only
averaged in the models if included at all.
Am I that far off to say that the
average reader who agrees with George Will is likely use their own experience of local
weather as a guide to Global Warming?
This is in fact part of the central conceit behind climatology: it isn't dealing with the day to day
weather so much
as the
average behavior of the system, but it can do this only because fluctuations and unknown factors often cancel one - another out.
Averaging smoothes out day - to - day and year - to - year natural
weather variability and extremes, removing much of the chaotic behavior, revealing any underlying long term trends in climate, such
as a long term increase or decrease in temperature, or long term shifts in precipitation patterns.
That is
AVERAGE weather conditions over a set time frame (such
as one month) and not a single day's
weather conditions.
Therefore the issue is not that on
average it is hotter in the middle of the city or the suburb or the airport, but rather whether the environment of the
weather station has changed significantly in such a way
as to effect the anomoly.
(Mirriam and Websters define climate
as: 2 a: the
average course or condition of the
weather at a place usually over a period of years
as exhibited by temperature, wind velocity, and precipitation.)
Simon N. Gosling, a geographer at the University of Nottingham in England, and Robert E. Davis of the University of Virginia agree that hotter
weather on
average isn't
as dangerous
as unexpected
weather.
The behaviour and influence of
weather as part of the global heat energy redistribution system is ignored or reduced to meaningless
averages because we have so little numerical information about it and I believe that is where our current theories and projections fail.
Climate is usually defined
as the «
average weather» in a place.
Climate is defined
as an
average of
weather over a period of time, usually 30 years sometimes shorter.
Global temperature
averages are creeping upward, seas are warming, rising and becoming more acidic, and extreme
weather events such
as droughts, wildfires, floods and powerful storms are more commonplace.
As greenhouse gas emissions increase, sea levels are rising,
average global temperatures are increasing, and severe
weather patterns are accelerating.
In Baltimore, Maryland, the city's Sustainability Office launched a Neighborhood Energy Challenge with surprising results: last year, low - income Park Heights» homeowners conserved more energy on
average than residents of gentrified Carroll Park, saving
as much
as $ 1,300 a year through simple measures like
weather - stripping and reduced water use.
Query: If
weather is acknowledged to be chaotic and we are speaking of a 10 day or so window; and, if climate is
weather averaged out over time: 30, 60 or more years, why hasn't climate been acknowledged to be chaotic
as well?
«Despite colder than
average weather in any one part of the world,» said GISS Director Gavin Schmidt, «temperatures over the planet
as a whole continue the rapid warming trend we have seen over the last 40 years.»
Since the climate is the
average of local
weather, and
weather is the sum of behavior of the surging gases around us, and mankind moves through and modifies these gases,
as does every other animal and plant species, it is certain humanity influences the
weather, hence climate.
I accept that there are complex
weather systems bubbling away at any given point over the earth's surface but, on a planetary scale
as the earth rotates on its axis, I suggest these will essentially
average out, at similar angular distances
as from the sub-solar point, at decadal and centennial timeframes.
«The most active period of the witchcraft trials coincides with a period of lower than
average temperature known to climatologists
as the «little ice age»... In a time period when the reasons for changes in
weather were largely a mystery, people would have searched for a scapegoat in the face of deadly changes in
weather patterns.