Sentences with phrase «average weather over»

It is not the same as climate which is the average weather over a much longer period.
(when latter is defined as: average weather over a longer period of time).
Climate is the average weather over a period of at least 30 years.
Climate, on the other hand is average weather over a period of years; it can be thoug...
Climatology is the study of average weather over time or in a region.

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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»).
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.
The strength and path of the North Atlantic jet stream and the Greenland blocking phenomena appear to be influenced by increasing temperatures in the Arctic which have averaged at least twice the global warming rate over the past two decades, suggesting that those marked changes may be a key factor affecting extreme weather conditions over the UK, although an Arctic connection may not occur each year.
When in January rainfall was double the expected average over wide areas, many people made cautious links between such extreme weather and global climate change.
«We still don't know exactly where the meltwater came from, but given that the average temperature at the nearest weather station has risen by about 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) over the last 50 years, it makes sense that snow and ice are melting and the resulting water is seeping down beneath the glacier,» Thompson said.
Wondering how that cold spell compares to recent times, atmospheric scientists Susan Solomon of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Aeronomy Laboratory in Boulder, Colorado, and Chuck Stearns of the University of Wisconsin, Madison, tracked the average monthly temperatures over the last 15 years at a series of four automated weather stations located, by coincidence, along Scott's return route.
But the questionnaire, which asks for averages based on weather conditions over the past 10 years, does not require cities to anticipate how climate may change in the seven to eight years between bidding and hosting the games.
Climate, however, is the bigger picture of a region's weather: the average, over 30 years (according to the World Meteorological Association's definition), of the weather pattern in a region.
Climate trends are weather, averaged out over time - usually 30 years.
A single installation of a GPS and seismic site includes over 3,000 pounds of equipment and takes, on average, about four hours to install, depending on weather conditions and proximity of the aircraft to the installation site.
We actually had our first frost over the weekend, after enjoying several weeks of warmer - than - average weather.
It is probably the case that the effect of cold weather averaged over the entire year is bigger than the effect of thick snow.
Driving over an average asphalt road, the IS 350's F Sport suspension components make every weather - worn bump and ripple felt in the cabin.
Underlying revenue was hit by the prolonged hot weather last year, but the acquisition of Prime Champ (out of administration) delivered a 7 % overall jump in revenue to 459 M. Grossing up the numbers, it looks like MMM earned an average 4.1 % OP margin over the past 3 years:
Curacao is a compact island — about 38 miles long and just over seven miles wide at its widest point — with excellent year - round weather (the average temperature is 81 degrees F) and a multicultural ambience.
Santa Ynez weather averages over 250 sunny days per year.
Convenient for year - round vacationers, the area is protected from inclement weather by the Sierra Madre Occidental Mountain Range and averages over 300 days of sunshine.
[Response: Hansen's analysis was for seasonal anomalies — which are still averaging over a lot of weather.
This is an attempt to average over the «weather» to understand the climate.
By climate, we mean the statistics of weather, averaged over suitable time and perhaps space scales (more on this below).
It is worth noting that a Tesla vehicle is over five times less likely to experience a fire than the average gasoline car and that there have been zero serious injuries or deaths for any reason ever, fire or otherwise, in a Model S. Over the course of more than 100 million miles driven in almost every possible terrain, weather and crash conditions, the Tesla Model S has consistently protected its driver and passengers, achieving the best safety track record of any car on the rover five times less likely to experience a fire than the average gasoline car and that there have been zero serious injuries or deaths for any reason ever, fire or otherwise, in a Model S. Over the course of more than 100 million miles driven in almost every possible terrain, weather and crash conditions, the Tesla Model S has consistently protected its driver and passengers, achieving the best safety track record of any car on the rOver the course of more than 100 million miles driven in almost every possible terrain, weather and crash conditions, the Tesla Model S has consistently protected its driver and passengers, achieving the best safety track record of any car on the road.
Perturbing the initial conditions gives a completely different trajectory (weather), but this averages out over time, and the statistics of different long - term runs are indistinguishable.
Nowadays we would use an ensemble of runs with slightly perturbed initial conditions (usually a different ocean state) in order to average over «weather noise» and extract the «forced» signal.
- What makes this period of time statistically significant in terms of climate (which is simply average of weather over time)?
Climate is an average of weather over «long» term.
Climate is by definition the average of weather over time, nominally around 30 years.
So now you can say that climate models have this «averaging over chaotic behaviour» and weather models don't?
That is AVERAGE weather conditions over a set time frame (such as one month) and not a single day's weather conditions.
That is actually to be expected since the ensembles average over the «weather» noise, and are therefore closer to the forcings.
Because the average person isn't going to trust your 80 - year - from - now climate prediction if your weather prediction over the next 10 years isn't on the money.
(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.)
Climate — the weather patterns of a particular region averaged over a long.
Could they produce sets of weather - maps that if somehow integrated over 30 years could produce a «supermap» showing actual climate change in terms of e.g average windspeeds, rainfall, cloud - cover, pressure and so on?
Andrew, are you claiming that average weather does not change over time?
Climate is defined as an average of weather over a period of time, usually 30 years sometimes shorter.
Lloyd's says damage and weather - related losses around the world have increased from an annual average of $ 50bn in the 1980s to close to $ 200bn over the last 10 years.
You are correct that regional and average weather changes over various time scales of interest, and that extreme events continue to occur.
Answer: Firstly, let's make sure we define climate: an average of weather patterns over some meaningful time period.
«Methodology: Historical weather station maximum temperature data was averaged over November 22 - 28 for the period 1996 - 2015 to obtain the 2016 baseline.
When the hourly data are averaged over the course of a month to control for weather variation, the average peak hourly generation in May 2014 of 4,086 MWAC was 150 % greater than the level in May 2013.
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.»
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.
When I said is: «If the period of time over which the weather is averaged in producing the climate, then, the sample that is available for model building and validation consists of 15 events» What I meant to say is: «If the period of time over which the weather is averaged in producing the climate IS TEN YEARS then, the sample that is available for model building and validation consists of 15 events.»
It is therefore a gross over simplification to say weather (ie turbulence) = noise can be averaged out to pick up some kind of imaginary background bulk signal.
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