Temperatures in France cross 45°C threshold for first time since records began

Re:Temperatures in France cross 45°C threshold for first tim... by isostatic on Friday June 28, 2019 @12:16PM (#20305877)

Europe has far milder weather than the States due to the gulf stream. While New York (40 degrees north) can get a foot or two of snow dumping several times a year, Rome (41 degrees north) gets an inch or two once or twice a century.

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Re:Temperatures in France cross 45°C threshold for first tim... by cgh on Friday June 28, 2019 @01:30PM (#20306749)

Bergen, Norway is at roughly the same latitude as the small city of Whitehorse, in Canada's Yukon Territory. Bergen is rainy and barely gets below freezing in the winter. Meanwhile, Whitehorse in winter ranges between -15 and -30 degrees C.

If climate change seriously disrupts the gulf stream, much of northern Europe is in serious trouble.

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Re:Temperatures in France cross 45°C threshold for first tim... by logfromblammo on Friday June 28, 2019 @12:44PM (#20306207)

Visualization of Earth oceanic currents:

https://earth.nullschool.net/#current/ocean/surface/currents...

Stick around to play with the other options in the hamburger menu in the lower left.

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Re:Temperatures in France cross 45°C threshold for first tim... by ralphhughes on Monday July 01, 2019 @10:34AM (#20325616)

Thanks for sharing that, I notice they have an overlay for ocean temperature as well, so you can visualise both the heat flows and absolute temperatures on the same map: https://earth.nullschool.net/#current/ocean/surface/currents...

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Re:Temperatures in France cross 45°C threshold for first tim... by isostatic on Friday June 28, 2019 @02:34PM (#20307458)

Wow, that's an amazing site that will drain hours of time

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Re:Temperatures in France cross 45°C threshold for first tim... by Scarblac on Friday June 28, 2019 @03:29PM (#20307996)

Rome is rather far away from the gulf stream. Isn't it more that if there is wind from the north over Europe, Italy is mostly shielded by the Alps and other mountain ranges?

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