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Because we don't know of anything further south than it (yet).Bulletdance wrote:lol why do I want to call it Southrend...
Compares well to New Zealand, actually...Kalliope wrote:Because we don't know of anything further south than it (yet).Bulletdance wrote:lol why do I want to call it Southrend...
Thinking about Wain's theory regarding the climate in the southern Azerothian continents, I can't figure how there is SNOW in the northern parts of Pandaria.
So to that end, it does feel like Northrend...
The north island at the top can be quite hot. They grow Bananas up there and it don't snow up north.Slickrock wrote:Compares well to New Zealand, actually...Kalliope wrote:Because we don't know of anything further south than it (yet).Bulletdance wrote:lol why do I want to call it Southrend...
Thinking about Wain's theory regarding the climate in the southern Azerothian continents, I can't figure how there is SNOW in the northern parts of Pandaria.
So to that end, it does feel like Northrend...
It's more like Northrend down south. That's kinda what I was thinking!cowmuflage wrote:The north island at the top can be quite hot. They grow Bananas up there and it don't snow up north.
Edit:Haha hence southrend. I get what ya saying now. XD
Except Pandaria DOES have snow in the north, which is weird. O_OTrue, but those mountains are quite high, the snow doesn't come close to the coastal areas, correct? (haven't explored it all yet, but have taken the balloon ride down to the coastal area.Kalliope wrote:That's kinda what I was thinking!cowmuflage wrote:The north island at the top can be quite hot. They grow Bananas up there and it don't snow up north.
Edit:Haha hence southrend. I get what ya saying now. XD
The snow-capped mountains are incredibly high, but they were fairly close to the coast - or maybe that balloon ride is longer than I thought, since that's the rough area I'm thinking of.Slickrock wrote:True, but those mountains are quite high, the snow doesn't come close to the coastal areas, correct? (haven't explored it all yet, but have taken the balloon ride down to the coastal area.Kalliope wrote:That's kinda what I was thinking!cowmuflage wrote:The north island at the top can be quite hot. They grow Bananas up there and it don't snow up north.
Edit:Haha hence southrend. I get what ya saying now. XD
That severe altitude rise could explain the snow, rapid cooling of clouds with altitude forces out the moisture. Assuming the prevailing winds are from the north...Kalliope wrote:The snow-capped mountains are incredibly high, but they were fairly close to the coast - or maybe that balloon ride is longer than I thought, since that's the rough area I'm thinking of.
How far north?Slickrock wrote:That severe altitude rise could explain the snow, rapid cooling of clouds with altitude forces out the moisture. Assuming the prevailing winds are from the north...Kalliope wrote:The snow-capped mountains are incredibly high, but they were fairly close to the coast - or maybe that balloon ride is longer than I thought, since that's the rough area I'm thinking of.
Doesn't matter...Kalliope wrote:How far north?Slickrock wrote:That severe altitude rise could explain the snow, rapid cooling of clouds with altitude forces out the moisture. Assuming the prevailing winds are from the north...Kalliope wrote:The snow-capped mountains are incredibly high, but they were fairly close to the coast - or maybe that balloon ride is longer than I thought, since that's the rough area I'm thinking of.
But the air does need to be cooler to begin with. In RL, I think it's about 3.5 deg F for every 1000 ft elevation gain. Which means the clouds have to drop moisture as well. That would also explain why the other side is dryer grasslands... not much moisture left after the air clears the mountains.Oh dear god I've managed to stay oblivious to that all this time.Vephriel wrote:Yeah, haven't been able to unsee that one since day 1.Gimlion wrote:Not to be inappropriate... But has anyone else ever noticed the shape of the Thousand Needles Flooding on the world map? I just noticed it, and It cannot be unseen.
Higher elevation ?Kalliope wrote:Because we don't know of anything further south than it (yet).Bulletdance wrote:lol why do I want to call it Southrend...
Thinking about Wain's theory regarding the climate in the southern Azerothian continents, I can't figure how there is SNOW in the northern parts of Pandaria.
So to that end, it does feel like Northrend...
Oh dear godZiarre wrote:Oh dear god I've managed to stay oblivious to that all this time.Vephriel wrote:Yeah, haven't been able to unsee that one since day 1.Gimlion wrote:Not to be inappropriate... But has anyone else ever noticed the shape of the Thousand Needles Flooding on the world map? I just noticed it, and It cannot be unseen.
Why have I not seen this?Pandaria's not on or near the south pole, it's more in line with Kalimdor and EK's "tropical" belt (STV and the desert zones of Kalimdor), giving it an overall sub-tropical climate, with different biomes depending on the area (the tall mountains have snow like Kilimanjaro in Africa).cowmuflage wrote:I'm sure I'm over thinking this but Pandaria is in the same spot as Northrend yet is all ice and snow and panda land is not all ice and snow.
Haha okay I did not see Wains theory on the southern hemisphere bit
I dunno to me it looks south of that. :s well half of it anyway.Ellaran wrote:Pandaria's not on or near the south pole, it's more in line with Kalimdor and EK's "tropical" belt (STV and the desert zones of Kalimdor), giving it an overall sub-tropical climate, with different biomes depending on the area (the tall mountains have snow like Kilimanjaro in Africa).cowmuflage wrote:I'm sure I'm over thinking this but Pandaria is in the same spot as Northrend yet is all ice and snow and panda land is not all ice and snow.
Haha okay I did not see Wains theory on the southern hemisphere bit
