Appendix B. Climate Overview of the Oak Ridge AreaAnnual Site Environmental Report—2011 Appendix B. Climate Overview of the Oak Ridge Area B.1 Regional Climate
The climate of the Oak Ridge area and its surroundings may be broadly classified as humid subtropical. The term “humid ” indicates that the region receives an overall surplus of precipitation compared to the level of evapotranspiration that is normally experienced throughout the year. The “subtropic...
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ftciteseerx:oai:CiteSeerX.psu:10.1.1.296.8728 2023-05-15T15:07:43+02:00 Appendix B. Climate Overview of the Oak Ridge AreaAnnual Site Environmental Report—2011 Appendix B. Climate Overview of the Oak Ridge Area B.1 Regional Climate The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives application/pdf http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.296.8728 http://www.ornl.gov/sci/env_rpt/aser2011/Appendix B. Climate Overview of the Oak Ridge Area_2011.pdf en eng http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.296.8728 http://www.ornl.gov/sci/env_rpt/aser2011/Appendix B. Climate Overview of the Oak Ridge Area_2011.pdf Metadata may be used without restrictions as long as the oai identifier remains attached to it. http://www.ornl.gov/sci/env_rpt/aser2011/Appendix B. Climate Overview of the Oak Ridge Area_2011.pdf text ftciteseerx 2016-01-07T21:50:01Z The climate of the Oak Ridge area and its surroundings may be broadly classified as humid subtropical. The term “humid ” indicates that the region receives an overall surplus of precipitation compared to the level of evapotranspiration that is normally experienced throughout the year. The “subtropical ” nature of the local climate indicates that the region experiences a wide range of seasonal temperatures. Such areas typically experience significant changes in temperature between summer and winter. Local winters are characterized by synoptic weather systems that often produce significant precipitation events every 3 to 5 days. These wet periods are occasionally followed by arctic air outbreaks. Although snow and ice are not associated with many of these systems, occasional snowfall does occur. Winter cloud cover tends to be enhanced by the regional terrain (cold air wedging and trapping of moisture). Severe thunderstorms are most frequent during spring but can occur at any time during the year. The Cumberland Mountains and the Cumberland Plateau often inhibit the intensity of severe systems that traverse the region, due to the downward momentum created as the storms move off the higher terrain into the Great Valley. Summers are characterized by very warm, humid conditions. Occasional frontal Text Arctic Unknown Arctic |
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The climate of the Oak Ridge area and its surroundings may be broadly classified as humid subtropical. The term “humid ” indicates that the region receives an overall surplus of precipitation compared to the level of evapotranspiration that is normally experienced throughout the year. The “subtropical ” nature of the local climate indicates that the region experiences a wide range of seasonal temperatures. Such areas typically experience significant changes in temperature between summer and winter. Local winters are characterized by synoptic weather systems that often produce significant precipitation events every 3 to 5 days. These wet periods are occasionally followed by arctic air outbreaks. Although snow and ice are not associated with many of these systems, occasional snowfall does occur. Winter cloud cover tends to be enhanced by the regional terrain (cold air wedging and trapping of moisture). Severe thunderstorms are most frequent during spring but can occur at any time during the year. The Cumberland Mountains and the Cumberland Plateau often inhibit the intensity of severe systems that traverse the region, due to the downward momentum created as the storms move off the higher terrain into the Great Valley. Summers are characterized by very warm, humid conditions. Occasional frontal |
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