[Magdalen] Safely home

[Roger Stokes]

On 13/11/2014 03:45, Susan Hutchinson wrote:
> On 2014-11-12, at 6:37 AM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen wrote:
>> It gets even more overcast in New England and then the extreme occurs
>> in the Maritimes of Canada where all the low pressure systems seem to  end
>> up.
> Not my experience in Gaspé, which one could reasonably include in "the Maritimes" if it wasn't civilly in Quebec. Quebec also determined some decades ago that the area would be "moved" to the Eastern time zone. So despite a good chunk of the Peninsula being east of New Brunswick, it is an hour behind.
>
> This means the sun sets at 3 pm in December. Yet except when it is actually snowing, or preparing to snow, Gaspé has wonderful winter sunlight. Blue skies and a brilliant blue sea, sparkling white snow and amazing sunrises and sunsets. I loved the winters there.
>
> Vancouver is milder in temperature, but the winters tend to be a bit grey and wet. Although we are having a cold snap -- it only got to 8C today! But with the cold snap we are having wonderful sunny days. Yahoo!

I fear that is what happens when there is a large body of water to the 
West, namely the Pacific or Atlantic Ocean.  In the winter it tends to 
be bright and cold or overcast and less cold.  (In the caril Good King 
Wenceslas you would expect a cruel frost if the moon was bright.)

Roger, from Further North than most (all apart from some in the UK?) of 
you at 52 degrees North.