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Old 07-03-2009, 05:04 AM   #18 (permalink)
Leto
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I spent a week in Jamaica recently. It was about 30 -ish and sunny with cloudy periods (when it rained) and I found it to be extremely pleasant. Now, Jamaica is just south of Cuba, so it should be fairly similar.

The big difference that I found was that Southern Ontario was much much more humid than Jamaica, making it way more uncomfortable up here, than down there, at the same temperature.

Part of this I put down to our geography, and the fact that by the time we get 30 degree temperatures, the jet stream has moved north enough to suck in all the humid air mass from the Gulf of Mexico, plus the stagnant air from most of the eastern half of the continental US, including poor air quality from all the industry that lies south of us. This is how you can get the same poor air quality index in downtown Toronto, AND Algonquin Park. Very little to do with cars!

The other part of the perception of unpleasant humidity I put down to the fact that we need to be at work, doing chores, running errands etc. While I was in Jamaica, I sat. I swam, I wore loose fitting clothing and bathing suits, I drank, and ate withour preparing it. It was a vacation mode of existence and I was ready to accommodate the HHH weather. So it didn't seem to be as much of a hardship as waiting in a line of parked cars on the Don Valley Parkway.

The other geographical factor may also be that being an island Jamaica (& Cuba) gets its share of offshore breezes which can be cooling.

So, I found the stay to be quite pleasant, and it was not a huge adjustment for this Ontario guy....
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