The city itself is consider to be hilly. These hills include: Capitol Hill, First Hill, West Seattle, Beacon Hill, Queen Anne, Magnolia, and Denny Hill. Seattle is surrounded by a sea, rivers, forest, and lakes. If we take a look at Seattle, it is located between the Puget Sound on the west which is an inlet of the Pacific Ocean and on the east we have Lake Washington. We also have Elliott Bay an inlet of the Puget Sound that is the city's chief habor.
Seattle's climate is usually rainy. It is categorized as temperate oceanic or marine west coast with mild, wet winters and mild, relatively dry summers. Luckily the region is protected from Pacific Ocean storms by the Olympic Mountains. These mountains are also the reason why Seattle has a reputation. Seattle has a reputation for having lots of rain. This is only half true, although it does rain, it seldom pours. The rain usually comes in drizzles or light rain. Seattle's reputation also owes it to its cloudy days, it is said to be cloudy on an average of 201 days and 93 partly cloudy days per year. Seattle is part of something called the Puget Convergence Zone, which is an important factor in it's weather. In it's convergence zone, we have air from the north meet the air from the south. It is explained that the air from the Pacific Ocean is split by the Olympic Moutains to the west of Seattle and the air flow is reunited by the cascade Mountains in the east. When the air is reunited, it causes the air to go upward, causing convection which is responsible for the rain and few thunderstorms.
Sources
No comments:
Post a Comment