my God, this forum has devolved into the worst of the worst. It's always emotional and reactionary in here, but it seems that the rational and seasoned members have pulled back to make way for the kids.
I'm going to step back for the day too. It's just too much uninformed nonsense.
I am excited for a lot of you guys, because it seems like this is your first time tracking a PNW winter storm. I remember my first time.
Hawaii can be like that too... persistently windy and never really feels uncomfortably hot. Same northeasterly trade winds that Aruba experiences. Except Aruba is mostly flat so there is nothing to break up the wind. In Hawaii there are tall mountain peaks on every island so there are usually some wind protected areas.
I’ve heard about the relentless wind in Aruba. The aridity and barrenness of the island is pretty interesting, along with the Guajira Peninsula in Colombia and neighboring areas. Not totally sure why, but it could be rainshadowing from the nearby Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta.
Washington’s coastal glaciated mountain range is cool… but Colombia has one in the deep tropics!
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