It get's pretty hot in the U.S. in the summer - can you drive a car with air conditioning? How do you travel the northern states in the winter?
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I was a missionary a few years back and certain people had cars while others did not.  If you're preaching the gospel in an area that has a car, then you're welcome to use it when the weather is bad.  If not (and you're only on bikes), then you should probably dress accordingly as you're going to be subjected to the elements of nature.  Either that, or find someone who can give you a ride (preferably someone you already know...hitchiking isn't safe).
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Yes.  Air cools at about 2 deg. C. per 1000 feet.  It is quite cold up in the sky where the big ol' planes fly.
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Let's say a mass of air travels across Nevada and Utah and arrives in Colorado.  This is what generally happens anyway because of the prevailing westerlies, as you know.\n\nThis mass of air has moisture evaporated in it, basically from water that evaporated from the Pacific Ocean.  (In simplistic terms...) the air may have a temperature of 55 degrees, and a dewpoint of 45 degrees.  i.e., if it were to be cooled to 45 degrees, the relative humidity would become 100%, and it could not hold any more water molecules.\n\nIt is forced to rise as the prevailing westerlies force it up and over the Rockies.\n\nI'll ignore the question about why it is cooler at higher altitudes/elevations, because answering that would make my answer way too long, but suffice to say that the (dry adiabatic) lapse rate is 9.8 degrees celsius per 1km, or roughly 6 degrees per 1000 feet.  A mass of 55 degree air that crosses the western USA at around 4000 feet elevation, then gets pushed up to 12,000 feet of the Continental Divide expands and cools by about 48 degrees.  (8000 feet times 6 degrees per 1000 feet)  Again, I'll warn that this is tremendously simplified.  As it crosses the Divide, it is cooled to about 7 degrees F.\n\nNow, since that air has a dewpoint of 45, what must happen?  Condensation.  The cooling condenses out the moisture in the form of snow (and also rain at lower elevations), and the air is "dried out" to a new dewpoint of that same 7 degrees. \n\nThe air travels on down to Denver and points eastward  (This is also why it is relatively dry on the High Plains, and few trees are seen there, but rather it is an ocean of prairie grasses, which can survive with less rain than trees need.), but the snow remains on top of the mountains!\n\nYou might also try searching "orographic lifting" if you want to learn more.
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I moved to the SF bay area from Wisconsin last summer and I am totally loving it out here.\nWeather here is not as nice as southern CA, but never gets below like 40.
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In engines, there is a very, very small space between moving parts when it is cold.  After the engine heats up the metals expand and things fit more properly.  This is also true of your car.  That is why it is not good to drive a car at higher revs without the engine being warmed up.
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Earth is closest to the Sun in early January (winter for those of us in the Northern Hemisphere, summer for those in the Southern Hemisphere) and farthest in early July.  Distance, however, has absolutely nothing to do with our seasons.  (If it did, the whole world would have the same seasons at the same time.)  Seasons are caused by Earth's tilt.  \n\nAnd NO, summer in the Northern Hemisphere is not caused by the Northern Hemisphere being *closer* to the Sun.  Think about it - if the varying distance of the entire Earth - several million miles - makes no difference in our seasons, how would the varying distance caused solely by our tilt - a few thousand miles - affect anything?  This is a common misconception, but it is wrong.\n\nSeasons are caused by the varying height of the Sun.  In the summer, the Sun gets higher in the sky during the day, heating your area of the Earth more effectively.  In winter, the Sun does not get very high, and so its energy is more spread out, and thus heats less effectively.
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It's 55 degrees in Massachusetts today! What arctic air? Still a heatwave by my standards. Everything I know about canadians I learned from watching Trailer Park Boys.
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It's pretty warm where I am compared to Oregon. I'm on vacation and I live in Oregon which was pretty rainy and not that warm when I left. I know what you mean about CA. My family drove down there to the airport and it was SWEATING.
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Washington D.C lots of opportunity probably not much cheaper cost of living tho.  Its hard to find that combination that your looking for.  Hey! I just remembered The Golden triangle in North Carolina is great.  That's Raleigh, Durham and Chapel Hill Where Duke University and University of North Carolina are located.   Beautiful  weather to.  A bit hot in summer but not so cold in the winter.
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My husband drive one for a living and he loves it and gets paid any time he can't work rain, snow or just slow like you said in winter. How cool is that and the benefits rock and you are correct you don't drive that far. Go for it. Plus you get to sleep in your own bed every night!!
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in the northern hemisphere, above the equator, during winter the tilt of the earth spreads out the suns rays over a wider area, so there is less energy per square mile than in summer, that's why it's colder in winter. \n\nIt's colder up in the mountains because the air is thinner, and can hold less energy than the thicker air at lower elevations.\n\nThe earth's distance from the sun varies a bit through the year but it's not much of a factor in the temperatures.  Latitude (distance from the equator) and the seasons are the predominant reasons it's warm or cold.
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Actually, weather doesn't work like that.  Besides, there's still time - winter doesn't officially end until March 21st.  I bet you that before that time, and maybe even after, we will get a boatload of snow!  There's always a Nor'Easter to come here in New England... I remember from living in Michigan, that there was always a snowstorm around the bend before spring finally ushered in the warm winds...   but you're right.  This year is unusually mild.  But then again we've had some really cold days, and on those days we just didn't have any precipitation other than on the warmer days - (we DID have quite a bit of rain, ya know).  Maybe we got lucky.  And maybe next year we'll have the precipitation on the really cold days and have to drive through all that crap all the time!  Is it global warming?  Nah...  it's still pretty darn cold out!
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RC East is huge. Up north they already have snow on the mountain tops, I'm in central. Right now its nice. 50's just before the sun comes up and low to mid 80s during the day. Still hot down south. High 90s. In the central part we have a mild winter, or so we are told. It snow some but mostly just flurries. In the higher elevations along the border we get a lot more snow and with the wind in the mountains its supposed to suck.
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los angeles california, it's cold but warm...the sun is out but the air is cool and breezey. it's nice, but i miss summer already! if it's going to be cold, i'd rather have it just snow...unfortunatly, im in l.a. so that'll never happen...
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I like Winter because ucan bundle up and be nice and warm \nin the summer you can take off all your clothes and still be hot .\nvise versa Ilike the summer because every body is shoing skin and thats SEXY!
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No if you are comparing to the hot weather, you actually burn more calories in the hot weather because your body has to work harder to keep itself from overheating. In the cold weather all your body has to worry about is supplying your muscles with blood and very little extra blood to your skin to dissipate the heat. \n\nCold weather itself doesn't increase calorie needs. You don't burn any extra calories unless you start shivering. Although your body will most likely use a considerable amount of energy to warm the air you breathe when you exercise in the cold, in the summer you would just simply dissipate that heat via sweat. In the winter, you sweat less. \n\nNow if you're trudging through snow or walking into strong wind then yeah you'll be burning slightly more. The reason why some people lose more weight while walking in the winter weather is actually due to the cold air's effect on clearing the mind and reducing stress. That in itself has been proven to help weight loss. \n\nRemember that food provides the fuel that you need to generate heat. Therefore as always suggested, eat healthy so you can generate the heat that you need.\n\nP.S. I'm sorry konagold_11 but I have to write this. Although it's very clever to try to advertise through Yahoo! answers, it'd be helpful if you knew what you were talking about.
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I don't EVER have snow where I live (south carolina) it sucks all we get is stupid ice!  In Batimore, maryland they can sometimes get feet of snow and they make igloos out of it.  unfare.  BTW I love vancoover!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!