Random question* – say we were to build a huge dyke between some southern part of Victoria and northern Tasmania such that it blocked ocean currents through Bass Strait.
What affect would this have on rainfall and weather patterns over southern Australia?
*from chat, but threaded at the suggestion of it being science
It would not affect the climate, nor do I think it would have much of an effect on the weather.
sibeen said:
It would not affect the climate, nor do I think it would have much of an effect on the weather.
The weather moves from west to east mainly, doesn’t it?
morrie said:
The weather moves from west to east mainly, doesn’t it?
The earth turns.
sibeen said:
It would not affect the climate, nor do I think it would have much of an effect on the weather.
I don’t know how much effect it would have on the weather, but if whatever effect it had continued over a period of years (which it would), that would be an effect on the climate.
The Rev Dodgson said:
sibeen said:
It would not affect the climate, nor do I think it would have much of an effect on the weather.
I don’t know how much effect it would have on the weather, but if whatever effect it had continued over a period of years (which it would), that would be an effect on the climate.
Basically I’d see it this way. A dyke or land bridge high enough should create a leeward where one wasn’t beforehand. As morrie put it the southern weather generally travels from west to east but is drawn down towards Tasmania in general. The assumption would be that the weather would be further drawn this way by the extra land mass.
Not that I’m a weatherman.