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Date: Tue, 8 Aug 89 07:42:00 PDT
From: excelan!ka.!jimg@Sun.COM (Jim Grams)
Message-Id: <8908081442.AA13776@ka.EXCELAN.COM>
To: fabbott@ATHENA.MIT.EDU
Subject: Climate Info for City
Freeland,
As I'm in the process of moving back to Ohio, and as my
local site has notorious out-going news problems, I thought I'd
try and mail you this. You may post it for rec.games.frp if you
want to. It's a basic climatic sketch for Tabolport. Hope you
find it fits with your thinking.
Jim Grams
(These addresses are only good for 10 more days)
att!sun!3comvax!excelan!jimg
ucbvax!mtxinu!excelan!jimg
jimg@excelan.com
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The Climate of Tabolport
Before going too much farther, I'm taking a shot at describing the
climate of Tabolport. To do so, I whipped up a quick map of the
world, so I could place Tabolport in a reasonable way and then
propose a general climate for it. I placed Tabolport in a way
that agrees with Freeland's initial description which is reproduced
below.
@begin(verbatim)
From: fabbott@athena.mit.edu (Freeland K Abbott)
Subject: City Development
Date: 22 Jul 89 00:15:04 GMT
A map of the immediate area:
. . . . . . . . . . . . = water
. . . . . . . . . . . . * = CITY
. . . . . . ^ ^ . . . ^ = rugged hills/mtns
. . . . ^ - * ^ ^ ^ . . - = plains
. . ^ ^ ^ - - # # # # # = forest
. . . ^ ^ - - - - # # # @ = rolling/gentle hills
. . @ @ @ - - - # # #
. @ @ @ @ @ @ - - - # #
Where the west and north edges of the map are basically oceans
(independant islands west, big land mass (with other nations) a long
ways north), the east and south continue as this country, and each
character is oh, say a square mile. Note that in heavy rains the
plains become a bit flooded, but that otherwise it's a great road for
caravans.
@end(verbatim)
Let's expand this map into one showing the overall continental view
of the Lands of Tabolport. This can then serve as a basis for
discussion of the the climatic patterns. Obviously, there are projection
problems with representing spherical surfaces on planes. I've chosen
a dirt simple 72 x 36 representation, with solid ice caps on the north
and south poles. Each Hemisphere is then a 36 x 36 area which can
be viewed effectively on a character screen. Anyone wishing to
improve the high latitude distortion caused be this simplification
is welcome to try. Personally, I think this is adequate.
Legend: '.' - water, '#' - land under 500m, '%' - land between 500 - 1000m
'@' - land over 1000m, '&' - ice cap, ';' - water with small isles
'*' - Tabolport (really a '#' type hex)
Eastern Hemisphere
@begin(verbatim)
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@end(verbatim)
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@begin (verbatim)
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@end(verbatim)
Legend: '.' - water, '#' - land under 500m, '%' - land between 500 - 1000m
'@' - land over 1000m, '&' - ice cap, ';' - water with small isles
Scale: Each 'hex' is 200 kilometers across. This yields an equatorial
circumference of 14,400 kilometers and an planetary diameter of
4583 kilometers. This is small for a planet, but appears workable.
The 0 Meridian should be considered at the left side of the Eastern Hemisphere
and at the right side of the Western Hemisphere. The Equator runs between
the two hex rows marked with Es in the right margin. Each 'hex' is 5 degrees
high and wide, which locates Tabolport in the 10-15 S / 115-120 E quadrant.
That situates Tabolport on the Northwest edge of a large landmass, about
600 kilometers south of the equator. Basic temperature patterns will be
warm. Mild winter temperatures and warm to hot summers. Rainfall will
be significant, around 75 cm per year (about 30 inches). Temperature and
percipitation averages are shown below:
@begin(verbatim)
Ave. Rainfall Ave. High Temp. Ave. Low Temp.
January - February 3 cm 29 C (84 F) 20 C (68 F)
March - April 8 cm 34 C (93 F) 25 C (77 F)
May - June 12 cm 26 C (79 F) 18 C (64 F)
July - August 35 cm 21 C (70 F) 14 C (57 F)
September - October 10 cm 20 C (68 F) 8 C (46 F)
November - December 7 cm 24 C (75 F) 16 C (61 F)
@end(verbatim)
Frosts in September and October are uncommon, but hardly rare, averaging
two or three a year. Snow in Tabolport is very uncommon as the cool
weather comes after the rainiest season, but perhaps once every couple
of years the City might get a brief overnight dusting that melts off
immediately.
While wind currents in the southern hemisphere generally move east to
west (especially in the upper latitudes) Tabolport gets on-shore winds
from the sea from April through September. Only in the summertime,
do the hot winds from the interior blow down the valleys from the
south and east, drying out the area and making Tabolport somewhat
more difficult destination for the sailing ships of the Isles.
In July and August, heavy tropical storms can form in the equatorial
regions to the northwest, and although most will be swept further up
the coast to the north, they can make landfall in the general area
of Tabolport. The high hills that cradle the city to the west and
northeast serve to lessen the impact of such storms, but they can
bring heavy rains and high winds. During such times, Tabolport can
become an especially lively place as merchant ships that might not
normally visit, scurry into the safe harbor ahead of the heavy weather.
Jim Grams