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<blockquote data-quote="kenobi65" data-source="post: 2648700" data-attributes="member: 1515"><p>As a layman who just knows too much about weather...</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Depends on several other factors, including what latitude we're talking about.</p><p></p><p>In the northern hemisphere, at the mid-latitudes, the prevailing winds (and, thus, most of the weather) moves from west to east. Thus, areas on the windward (west) side of the mountains will tend to be wet (as the air rises to cross the mountains, it cools, causing clouds and, eventually, precipitation to form), while areas on the leeward (east) side of the mountains tend to be drier (as the air sinks, it's less likely to form clouds / precipitation, and it's already lost much of its moisture on the other side of the mountain).</p><p></p><p>Near the equator, the prevailing winds blow the other way (i.e., east to west), so you'd get the opposite effect. (BTW, this is why Atlantic hurricanes usually start out moving from the east towards the U.S., a direction which seems counterintuitive to those of us who are accustomed to weather moving eastward.)</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I'm not so sure about that (though, please, if someone knows for sure, tell me otherwise). From what I remember in geology / geography, you tend to get tectonically active areas when two plates are meeting or sliding against each other. What he's described here sounds more like two plates moving *apart*. From what I've read, I don't think that'd lead to earthquakes.</p><p></p><p>However, if that channel is really narrow in some places, it'd probably lead to some very interesting and powerful ocean currents.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="kenobi65, post: 2648700, member: 1515"] As a layman who just knows too much about weather... Depends on several other factors, including what latitude we're talking about. In the northern hemisphere, at the mid-latitudes, the prevailing winds (and, thus, most of the weather) moves from west to east. Thus, areas on the windward (west) side of the mountains will tend to be wet (as the air rises to cross the mountains, it cools, causing clouds and, eventually, precipitation to form), while areas on the leeward (east) side of the mountains tend to be drier (as the air sinks, it's less likely to form clouds / precipitation, and it's already lost much of its moisture on the other side of the mountain). Near the equator, the prevailing winds blow the other way (i.e., east to west), so you'd get the opposite effect. (BTW, this is why Atlantic hurricanes usually start out moving from the east towards the U.S., a direction which seems counterintuitive to those of us who are accustomed to weather moving eastward.) I'm not so sure about that (though, please, if someone knows for sure, tell me otherwise). From what I remember in geology / geography, you tend to get tectonically active areas when two plates are meeting or sliding against each other. What he's described here sounds more like two plates moving *apart*. From what I've read, I don't think that'd lead to earthquakes. However, if that channel is really narrow in some places, it'd probably lead to some very interesting and powerful ocean currents. [/QUOTE]
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