Anyone out there have any weather knowledge?

Question

I am working on an assignment for my geography class, and I am having a hard time figuring this out. We were given about 2 paragraphs talking about the Bermuda-Azores High Pressure Cell / Maritime Influence.... My professor wants us to explain why the English didn't find the same type of climate in Virginia as the climate in Italy when they came to Jamestown. Something about how the high pressure system in the middle of the Atlantic affects Virginia differently than it affects Italy.
If anyone knows anything about this, please let me know as soon as possible, I really am having a hard time with this. Thanks so much. :)

Answer 1

Well, the situation in VA is much different.

The cell in the Atlantic creates as anticyclonic circle around the northern Atlantic - the water rotate clockwise around the high pressure cell. This brings warm water up from the Gulf of Mexico. This warms the VA area and add a lot of moisture for rain. This can have a destabalizing affect.

Please read about the two climates affecting these areas.

Answer 2

In the northern hemisphere the southwestern quadrant of a subtropical high is the least stable, the southeastern quadrant the most stable.

In the summer the subtropical ridge transports a very unstable Maritime Tropical Air Mass over Virginia and much of the southeastern USA.

In summer, in Italy, the high is very stable and the subsidence produces generally fair skies and warm weather.

In the winter the Alps block the cold Continental Polar Air Mass from much of Italy. In Virginia there's nothing between Jamestown and the North Pole to block cold winter outbreaks.

Answer 3

Try looking into the ocean current of the Atlantic ocean. The ocean play a huge role in the transfer of heat energy from the equator. This may in part have an effect on the pressure in weather patterns. The current runs along the coast of the North American continent up to the north Atlantic (Greenland) and then down the European coast. This is why these two location are similar in geographical location on the planet but have different pressure systems in regards to weather.