Well, I was very excited to find out me and my girlfriend would be going to Puerto Vallarta Mexico.
It was somewhere I had never been and I hear it is amazing. We had a beachside all-inclusive hotel and a ziplining trip planned from the weekend.
Well, I had noticed that every single night we stayed there, it would storm like crazy over the ocean and usually become cloudy and rainy at 4 p.m. Even though it was sunny and hot and looked beautiful throughout the entire morning and afternoon.
During our ziplining excursion the weather couldn't be better. But about halfway through, I noticed huge dark rain clouds creeping in. We were in the canopy and could only see the sky when we were near the river, on our last zipline all of a sudden it began pouring.
I mean gigantic rain drops and rain I had never seen before. Hardcore rain for about an hour or two straight. I wondered why it was like this every single day. I found out it's because I was in the tropical rainforest.
This means there are usually late-day thunderstorms in areas that have canopy like vegetation. The trees were multistoried and you couldn't really see any sunlight. It's pretty cool to find out more geography about the places I go.
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Thursday, October 8, 2009
I went on a climb
So it has been awhile, but I climbed a mountain once.
I was with a friend and we were bored one summer so we thought it would be a good idea. As we were climbing, I noticed the weather became more and more chili, now I know this is due to the lapse rate which I wish I knew at the time.
And by climbing, I mean we walked up paths.. It wasn't that extreme.. really.
Anyway as we get to the top I notice a lot more breeze than when I was on the ground and this confused me. Did the wind just decide to act up all of a sudden?
I didn't think anything of it as we continued to walk around the top of the mountain. My buddy tells me it's too cold and he wants to go down. I call him a wuss and tell him to man up.
I then began to get cold. It sucks we didn't properly prepare for this trip as we could have had a great experience at the top.
The reason the winds were around was because of orographic lifting. This happens when air rises upslope as it pushes against a mountain. It cools adiabatically and stable air is forced upward.
Well, now I know to bring a jacket next time, thanks orographic lifting for ruining my climb.
I was with a friend and we were bored one summer so we thought it would be a good idea. As we were climbing, I noticed the weather became more and more chili, now I know this is due to the lapse rate which I wish I knew at the time.
And by climbing, I mean we walked up paths.. It wasn't that extreme.. really.
Anyway as we get to the top I notice a lot more breeze than when I was on the ground and this confused me. Did the wind just decide to act up all of a sudden?
I didn't think anything of it as we continued to walk around the top of the mountain. My buddy tells me it's too cold and he wants to go down. I call him a wuss and tell him to man up.
I then began to get cold. It sucks we didn't properly prepare for this trip as we could have had a great experience at the top.
The reason the winds were around was because of orographic lifting. This happens when air rises upslope as it pushes against a mountain. It cools adiabatically and stable air is forced upward.
Well, now I know to bring a jacket next time, thanks orographic lifting for ruining my climb.
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