Friday, June 26, 2009

Night Weather

hey all,

Something else I've noticed about the weather: it doesn't really cool down at night, which is odd. I mean, the sun is pumping out trillions of kilojoules per second, only a small fraction of which hits the Earth. Still, that energy is enough to make the difference in luminosity between night and day, so why doesn't it make a difference in temperature here? It seems like there must be some special local Green House effect going on, which prevents the energy from dissipating during the night.

Cheers,