Climates (Was)BR WEB PAGE UPDAT

[Pieter A de Jong]

At 12:47 AM 7/23/98 -0600, Keith wrote:
>
>
>Ed Stark wrote:
>
>> I just saw the restarted webpage (it looks cool) and BR (along with several
>> other AD&D worlds) was not represented. I was told that BR (and others) are
>> still being plugged in. I hope this means the BR section will be there soon.
>>
>> More when I know more ...
>>
>
> Thanks for the update Ed! (I think we might be giving our friendly
neighbor
>hood Ed the impression that we are all paranoid...myself, I'm a big fan of the
>conspiracy theory...) :)~ Anyway, I was looking at my maps the other day,
>and I started to get tied into more than a little knot. The climatic regions
>don't seem to make sense in relation to their geographic locations.
> For example, Grabentod is cold, but the Vos realms are described as being
>even colder (at least that's the impression I get.) Anuire is more seasonal,
>but is not much farther north in latitude than the warmer Khinasi lands.
> Can someone help me out of this brain boggle please....
>
>Thanks,
>
Cerilia isn't that big. Therefore, the influence of the ocean temperatures
beside the land is very large. If there are are ocean currents mixed into
the mess, these can vary considerably over short distances. Eg. the Khinasi
lands could be in contact with a Gulf Stream equivalent -> this explains how
england stays relatively warm (winter average temperature ~ 0 celcius), when
it is at almost the same latitude as Saskatchewan (Canadian Province, winter
average temperature ~ -25 celcius).

Pieter A de Jong
Graduate Mechanical Engineering Student
University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada

[Solmyr]

> For example, Grabentod is cold, but the Vos realms are described as
being
>even colder (at least that's the impression I get.) Anuire is more
seasonal,
>but is not much farther north in latitude than the warmer Khinasi lands.
> Can someone help me out of this brain boggle please....
>
The Vos could be hit by cold winds from the north, while Grabentod is
'covered' by Drachenward (which itself is COLD). Khinasi could be warmed by
a current.

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[The Olesens]

> Cerilia isn't that big. Therefore, the influence of the ocean temperatures
> beside the land is very large. If there are are ocean currents mixed into
> the mess, these can vary considerably over short distances. Eg. the Khinasi
> lands could be in contact with a Gulf Stream equivalent -> this explains how
> england stays relatively warm (winter average temperature ~ 0 celcius)

Not to mention that little cove in England where plam tress grow. I
just heard tis from someone else but I believe them.


>

[Morgramen the Magician]

Ed Stark wrote:

> I just saw the restarted webpage (it looks cool) and BR (along with several
> other AD&D worlds) was not represented. I was told that BR (and others) are
> still being plugged in. I hope this means the BR section will be there soon.
>
> More when I know more ...
>

Thanks for the update Ed! (I think we might be giving our friendly neighbor
hood Ed the impression that we are all paranoid...myself, I'm a big fan of the
conspiracy theory...) :)~ Anyway, I was looking at my maps the other day,
and I started to get tied into more than a little knot. The climatic regions
don't seem to make sense in relation to their geographic locations.
For example, Grabentod is cold, but the Vos realms are described as being
even colder (at least that's the impression I get.) Anuire is more seasonal,
but is not much farther north in latitude than the warmer Khinasi lands.
Can someone help me out of this brain boggle please....

Thanks,

Keith


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[James Ray]

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> From: Morgramen the Magician
Anyway, I was looking at my maps the other day, and I started to get tied
into more than a little knot. The climatic regions don't seem to make
sense in relation to their geographic locations. For example, Grabentod
is cold, but the Vos realms are described as being
> even colder (at least that's the impression I get.) Anuire is more
seasonal, but is not much farther north in latitude than the warmer Khinasi
lands.
> Can someone help me out of this brain boggle please....
The Vos Gods make SURE that the lands held by their worshipers are COLD
enough to keep ANY non-Vos sentiments FAR away from the Vos borders. It is
Beleniks and Krieshas combined efforts that keep Vosgaasrd caught in a
frigid web of eternal conflict. Gods have been known to fight entire wars
over smaller matters than this...

[Sindre Berg]

The Olesens wrote:

> > Cerilia isn't that big. Therefore, the influence of the ocean
> temperatures
> > beside the land is very large. If there are are ocean currents
> mixed into
> > the mess, these can vary considerably over short distances. Eg. the
> Khinasi
> > lands could be in contact with a Gulf Stream equivalent -> this
> explains how
> > england stays relatively warm (winter average temperature ~ 0
> celcius)
>
> Not to mention that little cove in England where plam tress grow. I
> just heard tis from someone else but I believe them.
>

And the fact that Oslo (capitol in Norway) has winter average of -10 to
0, and it isat 60 degrees north, the same as southern Alaska ! Because
of the Golf Stream

Sindre

> >

[James Ray]

I can believe that parts of Scandanavia are warmer than Alaska. BUT, I
dont think it is the Gulf Stream that warms Alaska's Western Coast. Mostly
because "Gulf Stream" refers to the currents in the Gulf of Mexico that
bring warm ocean water from Central America up to Mexico, and then East
from Texas down to the South, towards Florida. I can be wrong about this
though - its been AGES since I studied geography LOL. I DO remember that
England enjoys pretty much the same weather as our Pacific Northwest (LOTS
o rain :) When you Europeans calculate temperatures like that
though...do you figure in wind chill? No offense, but, I hate to think
that the ancient Vikings enjoyed better weather conditions than *I* did
just *LAST* winter LOL. I do agree that the variance in Cerilia's weather
can be entirely ocean current based, though :) I PREFER that these
weather patterns be DM-based, but, hey - to each their own :)
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> From: Sindre Berg
> And the fact that Oslo (capitol in Norway) has winter average of -10 to
0, and it isat 60 degrees north, the same as southern Alaska ! Because of
the Golf Stream
>

[David Sean Brown]

The Gulf Stream continues up the east coast of the US to the southern part
of Nova Scotia off the east coast of Canada before it moves east and
north..it warms parts of northern Europe (if memory serves) moderating
temperature there..which is what I think the other reference was too..that
the Stream warms Scandinavia..not Alaska :) FYI..as far as I know
whenever seasonal temperature avereges are calculated, it is done WITHOUT
wind chill factor...although I'm not sure where I rememebr this from :)

Sean


On Sat, 25 Jul 1998, James Ray wrote:

> I can believe that parts of Scandanavia are warmer than Alaska. BUT, I
> dont think it is the Gulf Stream that warms Alaska's Western Coast. Mostly
> because "Gulf Stream" refers to the currents in the Gulf of Mexico that
> bring warm ocean water from Central America up to Mexico, and then East
> from Texas down to the South, towards Florida. I can be wrong about this
> though - its been AGES since I studied geography LOL. I DO remember that
> England enjoys pretty much the same weather as our Pacific Northwest (LOTS
> o rain :) When you Europeans calculate temperatures like that
> though...do you figure in wind chill? No offense, but, I hate to think
> that the ancient Vikings enjoyed better weather conditions than *I* did
> just *LAST* winter LOL. I do agree that the variance in Cerilia's weather
> can be entirely ocean current based, though :) I PREFER that these
> weather patterns be DM-based, but, hey - to each their own :)
> ----------
> > From: Sindre Berg
> > And the fact that Oslo (capitol in Norway) has winter average of -10 to
> 0, and it isat 60 degrees north, the same as southern Alaska ! Because of
> the Golf Stream
> >
>
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