Subject: Those Dragon Pass winters

From: Thom Baguley <t.s.baguley_at_...>
Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2000 14:43:05 +0100

> From: "Ian Cooper" <ian_hammond_cooper_at_...>
>
>There are some facts on weather in Dragon Pass - for Battle Valley in
>Sartar, and they are listed in Haunted Ruins. I don't have the
>document to hand right now, I'll post it if someone else gets their
>first but winter temperatures are 50 degress F, and summer 100
>degress Farenheit, not quite the bleak midwinter that HW implies. Of
>course Battle Valley is a valley and on the East side of the Quivini
>mountains so perhaps the climate their is a little warmer, but I
>would not imagine that the fluctuation was more than about 5
>degress. Wind chill of course might make it feel a lot colder and
>make that hearth in the stead look inviting.

I'd bet on a much, much larger fluctuation. Also add in altitude as a factor. Even in a mild climate living in a valley can give you extreme temperature variations. I used to live in a valley in Southern England that recorded the largest variation in temperature within a single day for England. (Due to a bizarre weather system where cold air slid off the sides of the valley into the bottom and pooled there). The variation from from below freezing to well over room temperature. I'd reckon Dragon Pass could get a 35 degree C fluctuation in a single day no problem. The means will fluctuate less, but with a mean of 50F yould easily die of exposure in a few hours if you aren't inside for the cold bits.

Thom