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The Weather in Norway Norway is 1400 kilometers long, and that itself gives us big variations in temperature and

climate. Here are some characteristics with Norwegian weather: The Gulf Stream gives us an unsual mild climate here in Norway. But what is the Gulf Stream? o The Gulf Stream is an ocean current that leads hot water from the Caribbean trough the Atlantic and northeast until it hits Ireland. Some of the water is then transferred to Norway, and follows the coast. The Gulf Stream originates in the Gulf of Mexico. Without the Gulf Stream we wouldnt have had a very different climate. For example we wouldnt have had the warm summers we are used to, and the temperature rises with 4-5 degrees because of the Gulf Stream. Without the Gulf Stream we also would have colder winters and large parts of the country would have been covered with ice and snow all year. Temperature. o In Norway the coast has warm winters and cold summers. This is because of the waters ability to maintain heath. The water gives heath to the air, and that gives us unusual warm winters and cold summer as I mentioned earlier. o The inland area has a climate determined by the temperature in the ground. The ground takes up and gives away heath easily. Therefore the inland area has warm summers and cold winters in contrast to the coast. o We find differences in climate all troughs the country, while the southern part of the country has long and warm summers, and not so cold winters, the northern part has long and cold winters and short summers. This is because of the countrys large extension as I mentioned earlier. And this gives us a lot of variations in climate. Wind. o The Norwegian Coast is exposed to a lot of wind, and that can often lead to nature damages. The wind dosent have a uniform velocity, but the wind speed decreases when it hits land. However, it can still be used as a resource. In more and more places along the coast you will now find wind mills that give us electricity which is both effective and environmentally friendly. o Norway is rarely exposed to hurricanes like the ones we have seen in f.eks. The USA, but we still have our amount of hard weather. A place in Finnmark, called Furuholmen, has 50 days of storm every year! Precipitation and fog. o The coast in west has between 190 200 cloudy days every year o Frostmist (frostryk) arise over the open sea when the air over the water is extra cold. Steam from the water surface increases and condenses in the cold air. o The amount of precipitation is a lot bigger during autumn and winter. This is caused by the difference between the wind temperatures. As I mentioned earlier the temperature in the southern part of Norway is a lot higher than the temperature in the north. And when wind from the south runs into wind from the north, and this is what causes precipitation.

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