Is entire North America windy? If yes why is it so?
2007-01-09 06:30:34 · 6 answers · asked by szhob 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Weather
There are Millions and millions of trees in Toronto, and the city is way bigger than just where the tallest buildings are...
Also, the year 2006 was more consistently windy than any other year all my life here. That could have something to do with the El Nino weather-year.
Generally though, Toronto is in the pathway of the normal west-to-east air currents that sweep across the continent, the normal mild to moderate wind pattern. Also, there are occasional weather spurts that come from the Gulf of Mexico area or up from the southern Mississippi area, as we get the remnants of their hurricanes. And of course, the occasional "Noreaster" crazy wind storms from the Atlantic area in the North-East when the weatherworld protests the same old routine for a few days. And we're in the tail-end of the "Tornado Alley" which produces the spicy tornadoes in the USA midwest, and usually we just get the relatively stale left-overs of those nasty storms that gives us wind. Also, we're in the battlegrounds of the cold north air and hot southern air as the seasons change. Its a part of the continent where it all comes together.
2007-01-10 13:21:15 · answer #1 · answered by million$gon 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Anyplace on a large body of water is windy; same thing for the flat Prairies and Plains. Toronto's on Lake Ontario, so it gets lots of wind from the southwest.
Something else: very tall buildings make the wind problem worse for people walking below, what they call the "tunnel effect." It's similar to the breezes you get in mountains and valleys.
But no, there are lots of places on the continent that aren't windy -- away from the shores and where the terrain is hillier.
2007-01-09 06:45:42 · answer #2 · answered by will_o_the_west 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Not to discredit any of the above answers but it is cause by and overall tight gradient between high and low pressure systems that sweep across North America and the entire northern hemisphere,of course there is lake effect and the buildings that cause the wind speed to increase.
2007-01-09 06:53:11 · answer #3 · answered by joe 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not only do all the tall buildings cause a wind tunnell but Toronto is right on Lake Ontario !!
2007-01-09 06:40:27 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
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2016-12-12 07:48:46 · answer #5 · answered by motato 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The tall buildings downtown cause a wind tunnel affect and the wind speeds up. It may be that the trees all around the city have been mowed down for the suburbs and the trees serve as a wind block.
2007-01-09 06:37:52 · answer #6 · answered by ? 6 · 2⤊ 2⤋