{"id":572,"date":"2019-06-20T03:30:52","date_gmt":"2019-06-20T03:30:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/meganamato\/?p=572"},"modified":"2019-06-20T03:30:52","modified_gmt":"2019-06-20T03:30:52","slug":"weather-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/meganamato\/2019\/06\/20\/weather-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Weather Report"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Megan Amato
LBST 391-04
Cheryl Schreader
May 30th<\/sup>, 2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Weather Synopsis of the North East of Scotland<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

If I\nam to study a text of traditional myths in attempt pull out climate and weather\npatterns from the stories, I first need to understand the climate records of\nthe region. Hugh Miller\u2019s book titled \u201cScenes and Legends of the North of the\nScotland\u201d is a collection of folk tales and myths based in Cromarty. The small\ntown is on the coast in the northeast of Scotland and sits between the Cromarty\nFirth and the Moray Firth (See fig. 4). Due to the towns small size\u2014both in\ngeography and in population\u2014detailed climate reports are few and far between.\nTherefor, I will divide this synopsis into three parts:  general climate history of Scotland; recent weather\nand climate patterns of Cromarty; and climate and weather history of the\nregions surrounding the Cromarty and Moray firths. The first part will give a\ngeneral ideal of the weather patterns in Scotland and the second and third\nparts will provide a more detailed idea of the regional climate around\nCromarty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Fig\n1<\/strong>. Glasgow Climate Graph from:\n\u201cRunning in Glasgow.\u201d By Great Runs,
\n http:\/\/greatruns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/glasgow-climate-graph.gif<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Figure 2<\/strong>. Aberdeen Climate Graph from: \u201cSolar PV, Aberdeen and Me.\u201d By Nordintown,
https:\/\/nordintown.com\/blog\/content\/public\/upload\/aberdeen-climate-graph_0_o.gif <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Fig 3. <\/strong>Average days of rain from: \u201cTain Range Climate\u201d by MetOffice, metoffice.gov.uk\/pub\/data\/weather\/uk\/climate\/averages\/maps\/northscotland\/7100_1km\/RainDays1_Average_1971-2000_1.gif <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Scotland<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

 Scotland is the northernmost country on the\nisland of Great Britain.  It is generally\nlocated in a low-pressure system and has a temperate climate with wet, winters\nand mild summers partly in thanks to the North Atlantic Drift (environment.gov.scot\/media\/1185\/climate-climate.pdf)\nwhich flows from Jamaica and keeps it warmer despite it being located at a\nhigher latitude. However, due to the varied nature of its topography (lowlands,\nhighlands, mountains, valleys, lochs, western\/eastern coasts, islands etc.) the\ntypical climate can also differ from region to region.  The west coast of Scotland tends to\nexperience more precipitation than the east (see Fig. 1 and Fig. 2) due to\norographic rainfall as warm condensed air rises over the mountains in the\nHighlands and condenses (Dawson 29-30) much of the eastern Highlands lies in\nits rain shadow (see fig. 3).  A climate\nreport for Scotland reports that the western Highlands averages at 3000 mm of\nrain per year compared to 800 mm in the east. The highlands tend to be colder\nin the winter with higher altitudes but have longer hours of daylight.\nTemperature averages range from 5\u00b0C\nin the winter to 19\u00b0C\nin the summer. The wind tends to blow towards the southwest and average at 11kmh\n(esru.strath.ac.uk). Scotland provides 25% of wind power to the EU (rmets.onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/full\/10.1002\/wea.2290).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cromarty<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Fig 3. \u00a0Map of Cromarty and Firths from: \u201cCromarty Image Library\u201d by the Cromarty Archive, http:\/\/thecromartyarchive.org.s3.amazonaws.com\/<\/a>909.jpg <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The town of Cromarty sits on headland that lies at the mouth of the Cromarty Firth which is a finger of the Moray Firth which leads to the North Sea. Average temperatures range from 2\u00b0C in January and February to 18\u00b0C in July and August. On average, it rains 18 days out of the month with slightly more rainy days in the winter and an average of 3.8 days of snow in the winter. The average amount of total precipitation is estimated at 700 mm per year (metoffice.gov.uk\/climate\/uk\/regional-climates\/ns). Due to its coastal location it is in danger of wave and wind erosion with Arctic winds averaging 14 kmh (myweather2.com). A recorded history of storms ranging from the 17th<\/sup> to 19th<\/sup> the century accounts to an altering of the landscape due to rising sea levels, high winds, and wave erosion (Dawson, 133). The sky is often overcast with an average of five hours of sunshine per day with as little as three days during the late fall and winter, and as high as seven days in the June and July. On average, Cromarty see\u2019s two days of fog during the high summer and early fall, and one day of fog during the other months (myweather2.com\/City-Town\/United-Kingdom\/Highland\/Cromarty). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cromarty Firth<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Cromarty Firth average temperatures range from 5\u00b0C\nin the winter to 12\u00b0C in the summer (jncc.defra.gov.uk\/pdf\/RIS\/UK13009.pdf) and an estimate of 634 mm of annual rainfall (jncc.defra.gov.uk)\nwith an average of 10 days of precipitation per month. With the protection of\nthe headlands from the Moray and the North Sea, wind speed average 4kmh\n(windfinder.com).  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moray Firth<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The average temperatures in the Moray Firth range\nfrom 3\u00b0C in the winter months to 15\u00b0C in the summer, and an average of 700 mm\nof rain with 10 days of precipitation per month. Average wind speed is 20 kmh. The\ncoast sees more average sunshine than other Scottish regions (metoffice.gov.uk\/climate\/uk\/regional-climates\/ns).\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Works Cited<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cClimate\nReport.\u201d Environment, www.environment.gov.scot\/media\/1185\/climate-climate.pdf.\nAccessed May 24th<\/sup>, 2019.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cCromarty\nClimate History.\u201d MyWeather2, <\/em>www.myweather2.com\/City-Town\/United-Kingdom\/Highland\/Cromarty\/climate-profile.aspx?month=12.\nAccessed May 24th<\/sup>, 2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cInformation Sheet on Ramsar Wetlands.\u201d JNCC. <\/em>http:\/\/jncc.defra.gov.uk\/pdf\/RIS\/UK13009.pdf.\nAccessed May 28th<\/sup>, 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNorthern Scotland: Climate.\u201d MetOffice, <\/em>www.metoffice.gov.uk\/climate\/uk\/regional-climates\/ns.\nAccessed May 24th<\/sup>, 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cScottish Weather and Climate.\u201d Scotland, <\/em>scotland.com\/travel\/climate.\nAccessed May 26th<\/sup>, 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 \u201cWeather Statistics for Moray Firth,\nScotland.\u201d YR.NO, <\/em>www.yr.no\/place\/United_Kingdom\/Scotland\/Moray_Firth\/statistics.html.\nAccessed May 24th<\/sup>,\n2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWind\nand Weather for Tain\/Moray Firth.\u201d WindFinder,\n<\/em>www.windfinder.com\/windstatistics\/tain_moray_firth. Accessed May 26th<\/sup>,\n2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dawson,\nAlastair. So Foul and Fair a Day<\/em>.\nEdinburgh, Birlinn Limited, 2009.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Megan AmatoLBST 391-04Cheryl SchreaderMay 30th, 2019 Weather Synopsis of the North East of Scotland If I am to study a text of traditional myths in attempt pull out climate and weather patterns from the stories, I first need to understand the climate records of the region. Hugh Miller\u2019s book titled \u201cScenes and Legends of the … <\/p>\n

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