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Old 01-16-2009, 01:32 AM
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It was a blustery 65 this morning and warming to ~80.
 
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temp outside is -36 with no windchill cant understand why it gets colder at sunrise.
 
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Originally Posted by dodgewilltravel
temp outside is -36 with no windchill cant understand why it gets colder at sunrise.

When the sun is very low in the sky with clear skies, the earth is still losing more energy (heat) from the surface that it is receiving from the sun. The low sun angle spreads out the energy over a much larger area and is not sufficient to increase the temperature until the sun gets approximately 10 to 15 degrees above the horizon. Until the sun gets high enough for the energy to exceed what is being lost by long wave radiation from the earths surface to space, the temperature will fall.

This allows temperatures to continue to fall for that half hour or so (depends on latitude and time of year as well, shorter in summer and longer in winter) after sunrise. The lows for the day frequently are during that period with clear skies and calm winds.

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http://answers.yahoo.com/question/in...8091230AA6aWhr
 
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Ok, Ill try to remember that, Thanks
 
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by long wave radiation
try to use THAT in a sentence. lol
 



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