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1. Winter brings steady rains to this city, as the "storm door" to the Pacific Ocean opens for days or even weeks at a time. However, the spring and summer shift the storm track further north and reintroduce the coolness and the fog for which this city is known, thanks to a marine layer that persists along the coast. The marine layer dissipates with offshore winds during the fall, bringing the clear and sunny days referred to by many locals as "earthquake weather."
2. Wind is the most noticeable factor in this city's weather, a factor made more conspicuous by the flatness of the local terrain. The winter brings chilly north or northwest winds as well as periods of rain, freezing rain, and snow. With the growing season arrives the prevailing south wind, which produces a distinct northward tilt in trees in the entire area. Spring also carries with it the threat of severe thunderstorms and tornadoes, a threat which only diminishes with the hotter and drier weather of the summer. Fall generally brings fairly moderate, though often changeable, weather.
3. Wind is a very strong factor in this city's weather. Conditions here are harsh, due to its latitude) and dry, due to its distance from any appreciable source of moisture. The local terrain is flat, and polar air masses have little except the vast distances of the Canadian prairies to stop their progress towards this city. Snow can occur here eight months out of the year, but annual precipitation is fairly light.
4. This is one of the river port cities east of the Rocky Mountains, and its location beckons the influence of cool/cold Canadian air masses and moisture from both the Gulf of Mexico and the Great Lakes. Winter can generally be cold, and can provide even light lake-effect snow showers when a consistent northwest flow develops across the Great Lakes, especially across Lake Michigan. Spring and summer see the warm and moist Gulf of Mexico air mass holding sway, producing higher humidities and frequent rain storms. Fall, as in many other regions of the country, is the most enjoyable season, bringing cool and clear weather.
5. Winter brings snow and cold weather to this jewel of the Rocky Mountains, but also brings the occasional thaws due to the influence of milder air masses that travel eastward from the Pacific Ocean. Changeable weather is also a trademark in the spring and fall. However, when the warm and moist air from the Gulf of Mexico pushes against the front range of the Rockies during the late spring and summer months, daytime heating produces an almost constant barrage of thunderstorms. Lightning, hail, and flash floods are serious concerns during these outbreaks, which occur in which of these places?
6. Located deep in the South, this city experiences weather typical for this region--cool in the winter, temperate in the spring and fall, and absolutely tropical in the summer. Throughout the year, rain is a constant companion due to the nearness of the Gulf of Mexico. However, this city is far enough inland that it is occasionally brushed by the winter weather and freezing precipitation more common further north--the most notable being the half-foot snowfall that occurred during the so-called "Superstorm" of March 1993.
7. This city, like many others in the eastern portion of the US, is influenced by Canadian continental air masses and the Gulf of Mexico. Its location at the doorstep of the Atlantic Ocean supplies two additional influences: the occasional "back-door" (i.e. traveling in a southwesterly direction) cold front that brings relief from warm and humid conditions during the spring, and plentiful moisture to feed the monstrous, snow-making "nor'easters" during the winter. Summer is quite tropical at times, but gives way to a fall season of invigorating weather and spectacular leaf color displays.
8. The cool waters of the Pacific Ocean are near enough so that the moderating effects of the Pacific marine layer are sometimes felt in this city. The land is fairly arid, although drenching rains will fall during the winter storm season (as is true with much of California). In the summer, the moist Gulf of Mexico air makes its presence known even this far west, producing occasional thunderstorms and thunder showers, especially over the mountains. But the trademark of the weather here is the so-called Santa Ana winds, produced by air that descends from the high desert to the north and howls through the passes of the mountains that bear the same name as this city.
9. As with many other locations covered in this quiz, the main weather influence for this city is the warm and moist Gulf of Mexico air mass. The humidity is so high that at one time during July, I was jogging outside at 4 AM and felt as if I were swimming in warm water instead of running on a track. Rain will fall from thunderstorms that spring from daytime heating during the warm months, as well as from more organized storms (including the occasional hurricane, such as the remnants of "Gilbert" in 1988). The cold air in the Great Plains will filter this far south during the winter, but freezing precipitation is uncommon.
10. Winter provides spectacular scenery for this Rocky Mountain city, flanked to the north, east, and southwest by mountains that are covered with snow for several months. A northwest flow occasionally brings lake-effect snow showers in the winter, although a prolonged event contributed to a record-breaking 18-inch snowfall that paralyzed the city during Christmas of 2003. Otherwise, the weather is fairly dry, broken during the summer months only by the occasional "pop-up" thunderstorms and rare severe weather events, such as the tornado that tore through the downtown area in 1999.
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