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During the hot months of late summer, the sun can deliver as much as 1,000 watts per square meter in the subtropics — in terms of power, that’s similar to running a space heater every four feet.
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Ned Kleiner, Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2024
At a latitude of 29.7 degrees, the city is solidly in the subtropics, and much of it is built within 25 to 50 miles of the Gulf of Mexico.
—Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 9 July 2024
Over the next 20 years Feller and her colleagues documented the poleward migration of mangroves in North America—and, by proxy, the shifting border of the subtropics.
—Michael Adno, Scientific American, 25 June 2024
Florida’s Bigfoot, the Sasquatch of the Swamp, the Abominable Snowman of the subtropics, the Yeti of the Glades.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 20 May 2024
During El Niño, the jet stream tends to push storms toward the subtropics, making these typically dry areas wetter.
—Pedro Dinezio, Discover Magazine, 16 May 2024
Forecasters say the system will draw extra moisture from the subtropics, but not as deeply as the storms that have drenched the county since late January.
—Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Feb. 2024
The system is expected to swirl to life in the North Pacific and could draw moisture from the subtropics, the same connection that supercharged the series of storms that have pounded the county since Jan. 22.
—Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Feb. 2024
Weather vocabulary Thursday’s storm will tap into a large plume of moisture from the subtropics.
—Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Jan. 2024
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Ned Kleiner, Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2024
At a latitude of 29.7 degrees, the city is solidly in the subtropics, and much of it is built within 25 to 50 miles of the Gulf of Mexico.
—Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 9 July 2024
Over the next 20 years Feller and her colleagues documented the poleward migration of mangroves in North America—and, by proxy, the shifting border of the subtropics.
—Michael Adno, Scientific American, 25 June 2024
Florida’s Bigfoot, the Sasquatch of the Swamp, the Abominable Snowman of the subtropics, the Yeti of the Glades.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 20 May 2024
During El Niño, the jet stream tends to push storms toward the subtropics, making these typically dry areas wetter.
—Pedro Dinezio, Discover Magazine, 16 May 2024
Forecasters say the system will draw extra moisture from the subtropics, but not as deeply as the storms that have drenched the county since late January.
—Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Feb. 2024
The system is expected to swirl to life in the North Pacific and could draw moisture from the subtropics, the same connection that supercharged the series of storms that have pounded the county since Jan. 22.
—Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Feb. 2024
Weather vocabulary Thursday’s storm will tap into a large plume of moisture from the subtropics.
—Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Jan. 2024
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“The subtropics.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20subtropics. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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