Weather

I'm really loving the weather here. Last week, it was really hot, but there was usually a nice breeze. Eventually it rained and cooled down. This weeks has been much cooler in general, and last weekend we had a snowball fight from snow borrowed off of Mt. Wellington. We learned a little about the climate in Tasmanian Fauna today. Apparently the climate of Australia in general is moderated by the fact that there is ocean all around; I guess a lot of extreme weather in the Northern Hemisphere comes from the large amount of landmass. Most of the weather patterns here come from the prevailing Westerlies, which also are known as the roaring 40's (because we are at about 40 degrees South latitude). During the summer, the warm air from the mainland keeps most of the cold air masses out of at least the northern part of Tasmania. The weather changes almost constantly. In New England, if it's raining, it'll probably be raining most of the day; we hardly ever get large amounts of rain in short periods of time, except in summer. This morning was perfectly nice even though it rained early, and it's nice out now, even though it was raining during the afternoon.