The current is circumpolar due to the lack of any landmass connecting with Antarctica and this keeps warm ocean waters away from Antarctica, enabling that continent to maintain its huge ice sheet.

Surrounding ocean waters are warm, pushed by equatorial and counter-equatorial currents.

Being situated so close to the equator and the warm Indian ocean, the city experiences generally tropical climatic conditions, typified by hot and humid weather throughout much of the year.

The economic crisis was aggravated in 1982 and 1983 by drastic climatic changes, bringing severe drought as well as flooding, precipitated by the appearance of the unusually warm ocean current known as " El Niño ".

A series of Kelvin waves — relatively warm subsurface waves of water a few centimetres high and hundreds of kilometres wide — cross the Pacific along the equator and create a pool of warm water near South America, where ocean temperatures are normally cold due to upwelling.

Two major ocean currents affect Japan: the warm Kuroshio Current ( Black Current ; also known as the Japan Current ); and the cold Oyashio Current ( Parent Current ; also known as the Okhotsk Current ).

In fact, by the middle Cretaceous, equatorial ocean waters ( perhaps as warm as 20 ° C in the deep ocean ) may have been too warm for sea life, and land areas near the equator may have been deserts despite their proximity to water.

Nova Scotia's cold winters and warm summers are modified and generally moderated by ocean influences.

This climate is influenced by the monsoons originating from the South Atlantic ocean, which is brought into the country by the ( maritime tropical ) MT airmass, a warm moist sea to land seasonal wind. Its warmth and high humidity gives it a strong tendency to ascend and produce copious rainfall, which is a result of the condensation of water vapour in the rapidly rising air.

The North Atlantic Current ( also known as North Atlantic Drift and North Atlantic Sea Movement ) is a powerful warm ocean current that continues the Gulf Stream northeast.

Its position endows the country with a warm climate moderated by ocean winds and considerable moisture.

Its position between 5 and 10 north latitude endows the country with year-round warm weather, moderated by ocean winds and considerable moisture.

Summer winds off the ocean, however, have the salutary effect of tempering warm daytime temperatures.

An island that is located where the ocean water temperatures are just sufficiently warm for upward reef growth to keep pace with the rate of subsidence is said to be at the Darwin Point.

In the summer, when the land heats up faster than the ocean, low pressure forms over Asia and warm, moist south to southeasterly winds bring heavy, thundery rain, yielding annual rainfall ranging from 400 mm ( 16 in.

Downwelling occurs at anti-cyclonic places within the ocean where warm rings are spinning clockwise creating surface convergence.

Proximity to mountains by the Pacific coast and the San Francisco Bay creates a microclimate that makes the area frequently sunny and warm with temperatures moderated by ocean and bay breezes.

The anomalous rainfall is usually first evident over the western Indian Ocean, and remains evident as it propagates over the very warm ocean waters of the western and central tropical Pacific.

The PDO is detected as warm or cool surface waters in the Pacific Ocean, north of 20 ° N. During a " warm ", or " positive ", phase, the west Pacific becomes cool and part of the eastern ocean warms ; during a " cool " or " negative " phase, the opposite pattern occurs.

Ocean currents influence climate by transporting warm and cold waters to other regions.

Westerly winds bring the warm air currents into the Baltic areas and to the country's shores, moderating winter temperatures, especially in the south.

Compared to the Barents Sea, which receives relatively warm currents from the Atlantic, the Kara Sea is much colder, remaining frozen for over nine months a year.

People have the sensory experience of warmth, air. Three invisble air doors, which arise as currents of cold and warm are blown into the room, are indicated in the space with bundles of arrows and lines.

All non-superconducting materials offer some resistance and warm up during electric currents.

They spawn in warm ocean currents throughout much of the year, and their young are commonly found in seaweed.

The species has a distinct preference for warm currents.

With the important exception of Murmansk, which received the warm currents of the Gulf Stream, all the coast north of the Arctic Circle was locked in ice, frozen for up to ten months each year.

Like the rest of Australia, the seas around Gippsland are of very low productivity as there is no upwelling due to the warm currents in the Tasman Sea.

Also near Cape Hatteras, two major Atlantic currents collide, namely the southerly-flowing cold water Labrador Current and the northerly-flowing warm water Florida Current ( Gulf Stream ).

The existence of warm currents creates higher temperatures than in regions further north in the province of Buenos Aires: summers are hot, with highs between 28 ° C ( 82 ° F ) and 32 ° C ( 91 ° F ) and nights are pleasant, at 15 ° C ( 59 ° F ) to 18 ° C ( 64 ° F ).

Outside its bay, the warm and cold ocean currents meet, which allow a fishing industry to flourish.

However, Kesennuma is known to be fairly warm for a city located at its latitude, largely because of ocean currents that flow close by.

In addition to the effects on nutrients, the mixing of the cold and warm currents often causes fog in the area.

Occasionally, the large Humboldt Squid wash up onto the beaches after following warm currents which dissipate leaving the squid to die of hypothermia.

The coast is exceptionally mild for Patagonia due to warm currents from Brazil: daytime highs range from 24 ° C ( 75 ° F ) to 28 ° C ( 83 ° F ) and night temperatures range from 11 ° C ( 52 ° F ) to 15 ° C ( 59 ° F ) during the summer.

Some ocean currents have a huge effect on local climate, for instance the warm water of the North Atlantic drift moderates the climate of the north west coast of Europe.

The mountains block the city off from warm humid air currents from the Mediterranean, and give rise to a climate that is cool in comparison to most of central Italy, and dry.

It is just 4 degrees south of the equator, yet receives two ocean currents at the same time: the cold Humboldt Current ( 13-20 ° C 55-68 F ) and the warm El Niño Current ( 20-27 ° C, 68-80 F ).

These western ocean currents transport warm, tropical water polewards toward the polar regions.

Temperatures are warm to hot and humid all year round, and have never fallen below or risen above owing to the warm currents from the North Pacific gyre that surround the island.

The trees differ also from other citrus species in that they enter into a period of winter dormancy so profound that they will remain in it through several weeks of subsequent warm weather without putting out new shoots or blossoms.

The Salk Institute ’ s open environment teeming with empty space is symbolic of an open environment for creation, the symmetry stands for scientific precision, and submerging crevasses allow warm, natural light to enter the buildings like the intellectual light that leads to discovery.

If an infected person coughs or sneezes on another person the microorganisms, suspended in warm, moist droplets, may enter the body through the nose, mouth or eye surfaces.

In summer, for example, motorists may enter the tunnel from the east where it is sunny and warm, and emerge on the west end into fog and cold.

There was a controversial incident toward the end of the game when Mussina chose to warm up in the bullpen, despite the fact AL manager Cito Gaston had told him that he would not enter the game.

St. Michael ’ s Cathedral is special because of its ability to take harsh linear lines of an exterior and warm the viewer as they enter the cathedral.

If they manage to resolve the conflict, they enter a second, post-resolution healing phase, in which the parasympathetic nervous system predominates, commonly diagnosed as a separate “ warm ” ( rheumatic, infectious, allergic, etc.

Carrying jackets with you on warm days is a good idea in case you enter an air conditioned building.

However, in preparing to enter the studio for the recording sessions, he injured his wrist performing isometric piano warm up exercises and was unfortunately unable to contribute lead guitar work to the album Slip of the Tongue.

Unlike other timed motorsport disciplines such as sprinting and hillclimbing, the car is required to start off under full rolling start conditions following a warm up lap where they will have to accelerate out as fast as possible to determine how fast they enter their timed lap.

It may come indoors to look for food and even to live, however, in warm weather it may move outdoors and enter buildings looking for food.

At the start of each inning the batter's and pitcher's names were listed, and the player in the field could enter a number to choose whether to pitch to the batter, walk him intentionally, warm up a reliever or change the pitcher.

Kriva Palanka has a temperate continental climate with moderately cold winter, moderately warm summer, spring, fresh and relatively warm autumn, due to geographical and disposition of certain influences that enter the Aegean Sea via Kriva Reka.

When such bacteria are able to enter a living host, they encounter a vast supply of nutrients, warm conditions, and an abundance of water.