The weather in Talanie

[John]

> >
> > The Talanie source book states that the climate is subtropical, like
> > florida I would assume.
> >
>
> Duh? How can Talinie be sub-tropical? It lies about 150 miles to the
> south of Rjurik. Not to mention that Medoure and such clearly have a
> temperate climate and they arte located further to the south. Warm
> currents can have a large influence on the climate, but to change a
> temperate climate to a tropical climate seems a little bit to far
> stretched to me.

Yep. Even if there was a Gulf Stream-style current warming up
Talinie's climate, the overall effect would only be milder winters
and a load more rain in summer - the UK is on the same latitude (more
or less) as Newfoundland but has milder winter weather due to the
effect of the Gulf Stream.
And the UK certainly ain't sub-tropical....

John.

"Once I was a lamb, playing in a green field. Then
the wolves came. Now I am an eagle and I fly in a
different universe."
"And now you kill the lambs," whispered Dardalion.
"No, priest. No one pays for lambs."
- David Gemmel, Waylander

[The Cold Rider]

Hello,
Just a few quick questions to those who know about weather reasonably
well(and have a better imagination than me)....what would the weather be
like in Talanie?(I think quite rainy and somewhat warm, never below +10
degrees Celsius and never above +35).... because it is on the coast and all
and what adverse effects would it have upon an adventuring party?

Thanks,
Terence

[Mark A Vandermeulen]

On Thu, 18 Feb 1999, The Cold Rider wrote:

> Hello,
> Just a few quick questions to those who know about weather reasonably
> well(and have a better imagination than me)....what would the weather be
> like in Talanie?(I think quite rainy and somewhat warm, never below +10
> degrees Celsius and never above +35).... because it is on the coast and all
> and what adverse effects would it have upon an adventuring party?

I would tend to think of it as having a climate similar to the coastal
Pacific Northwest of North America. Long, cool summers, and short, mild
winters. Snow does fall there as a matter of course during the winter, and
at times can be abundant, but tends not to stay around too long, as the
next front to come through is just as likely to be rain, and help melt the
snow. I would also expect that the wind can pick up to a pretty good clip
along the coast, making the seas dangerous except between that island and
the mainland. I would say that dangerous exposure is certainly a
possibility near the coast during the winter, when frequent rains can be
drenching and strong winds rip the heat out of wet garments. Fog is also a
possibility, but that's not near as dangerous to people whose major forms
of transportation are walking and riding horses, as opposed to driving
motorized vehicles. Still, I suspect that the coast is rocky there for the
most part, and there are frequent light houses warning sailors from the
rocks, and include large, deep toned bells to be rung at night or in fogs
to warn sailors away.

The ocean there is called the Sea of Storms, so I suppose that hurricanes
are at least a possibility, but I suspect that the seas are cold enough
there that hurricanes there are the mostly-exhaused travellers from warmer
seas to the south. Still could be pretty bad, though.

Mark VanderMeulen
vander+@pitt.edu

[Pieter Sleijpen]

The Cold Rider wrote:
>
> Hello,
> Just a few quick questions to those who know about weather reasonably
> well(and have a better imagination than me)....what would the weather be
> like in Talanie?(I think quite rainy and somewhat warm, never below +10
> degrees Celsius and never above +35).... because it is on the coast and all
> and what adverse effects would it have upon an adventuring party?
>
> Thanks,
> Terence

Weather is a very difficult thing to determine purely on the facts
presented in the boxed set. Let me see, Talinie is located at the feet
of mountains and at a large ocean at the west. The location of Cerilia
could be compared with Europe (though the continent is smaller then
Europe). Lets also assume that their is a warm current in the ocean west
of Talinie, which could explain the forests on Thaele. In this case the
climate in Talanie could be compared to the Western European nations
like the Netherlands, Great Brittain and Ireland. Meaning that you can
expact rain in every season, but esspecially in the spring, autumn and
winter. Near the mountains the amount of rain would even be larger when
these mountains force the air to rise. The weather will be
unpredictable.
Winters would seldomly be under freezing temperatures, but most of the
time around 4 degrees Celcius. Snow is a rare thing and when it falls it
will be mostly stay for only a few day's. This is not because there will
be no cold winters, but because these cold winters will only be if the
wind is from the east or north-east. These winds will be dry air (all
moisture lost in the Five Peaks) and hence the sky will be clear blue.
The coldest month would be the end of January, February and the
beginning of March. This is also the storm period, who would come from
the west. These storms can be destructive, but they would almost never
reach the force of tropical cyclone's, certainly not further inland.
Summers will seldomly be warmer then 20 to 25 degrees Celcius and
almost never higher then 30 degrees Celcius. This extreme hot weather
will seldomly stay for more then two weeks and will almost always end in
thunder storms (tornado's will be extremely rare or even non-existent).
These hot period will take place in July and esspecially August. Most of
the time the weather will be around 17 till 20 degrees Celcius.
Extreme weather, except extreme amounts of rain (which could happen in
every season), will be very rare.

I hope this helps. But as I told in the beginning of this E-mail, the
weather on Cerilia is difficult to explain because of the lack on
information. There is no knowlegde on ocean currents, the locations and
forms of other large continents (like Djapar and Aduria) or the
longitudal location of Cerilia. For example, if the coast before Talinie
is a place were cold deep ocean water raises to the surface, the climate
will be very different (a lot dryer for instance).

Pieter Sleijpen

[Pieter Sleijpen]

Peter Wiyda wrote:
>
> The Talanie source book states that the climate is subtropical, like
> florida I would assume.
>

Duh? How can Talinie be sub-tropical? It lies about 150 miles to the
south of Rjurik. Not to mention that Medoure and such clearly have a
temperate climate and they arte located further to the south. Warm
currents can have a large influence on the climate, but to change a
temperate climate to a tropical climate seems a little bit to far
stretched to me.

[Jeff Dunnett]

I think that's one of the problem with the PS books, they didn't
think. They tried so hard to make each realm uniques they didn't
think to cross reference with other realms.




- ---John wrote:
>
> > >
> > > The Talanie source book states that the climate is subtropical,
like
> > > florida I would assume.
> > >
> >
> > Duh? How can Talinie be sub-tropical? It lies about 150 miles to the
> > south of Rjurik. Not to mention that Medoure and such clearly have a
> > temperate climate and they arte located further to the south. Warm
> > currents can have a large influence on the climate, but to change a
> > temperate climate to a tropical climate seems a little bit to far
> > stretched to me.
>
> Yep. Even if there was a Gulf Stream-style current warming up
> Talinie's climate, the overall effect would only be milder winters
> and a load more rain in summer - the UK is on the same latitude (more
> or less) as Newfoundland but has milder winter weather due to the
> effect of the Gulf Stream.
> And the UK certainly ain't sub-tropical....
>
> John.
>
> "Once I was a lamb, playing in a green field. Then
> the wolves came. Now I am an eagle and I fly in a
> different universe."
> "And now you kill the lambs," whispered Dardalion.
> "No, priest. No one pays for lambs."
> - David Gemmel, Waylander
>> To unsubscribe from this list send mail to majordomo@mpgn.com with
the line
> 'unsubscribe birthright' as the body of the message.
>

__________________________________________________ _______
DO YOU YAHOO!?
Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com