Here in Thailand, and most probably in other tropical countries, when clouds cover 80% of the sky, the sun still manages to shine 80% of the time.

 

That has actually been the case for many days lately...in some cases, the sun even manages to keep shining while it is raining, even strongly!

 

Meanwhile, back in Western Europe, when clouds cover only 20% of the sky, the sun can only manage to shine 20% of the time.

 

It is as if in some parts of the world, the sun was doing its best to keep us sweating, while in other parts of the same world it was doing its best to keep us freezing.

 

I guess there is a more scientific explanation for this phenomenum, or not?

How about distance to the equator, the more straight above the sun it the more powerful thus having less problem penetrating the clouds.

I don't understand this topic, can you elaborate?

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9 minutes ago, grollies said:

I don't understand this topic, can you elaborate?

Well, as I wrote above, this thread was posted by mistake, before I could make some changes.

 

The purpose was to discuss why the sunshine is so resilient in the tropics, whatever the cloud cover, while it is so shy up North, seemingly seeking refuge behind any little cloud it can find...

 phenomenum      not

40 minutes ago, Brunolem said:

Well, as I wrote above, this thread was posted by mistake, before I could make some changes.

 

The purpose was to discuss why the sunshine is so resilient in the tropics, whatever the cloud cover, while it is so shy up North, seemingly seeking refuge behind any little cloud it can find...

Distance to the equator. 

Going to make a guess here.

 

It's to do with the angle of the sun. In the tropics the sun is directly overhead and the shadows made by clouds are about the same size as the cloud.

 

North or South of the tropics the sun's rays hit the earth at an angle and therefore cause a bigger shadow because the shadow of the clouds will will be elongated.

 

I think that makes sense ?

 

  

6 minutes ago, Beachcomber said:

Going to make a guess here.

It's to do with the angle of the sun. In the tropics the sun is directly overhead and the shadows made by clouds are about the same size as the cloud.

North or South of the tropics the sun's rays hit the earth at an angle and therefore cause a bigger shadow because the shadow of the clouds will will be elongated.

I think that makes sense ?

Makes no sense at all,  a light (the sun) that is far away from your subject will cast a shadow similar in size to your subject.

http://www.peachpit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=486505&seqNum=4

 

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1 minute ago, BritManToo said:

Makes no sense at all,  a light (the sun)that is far away from your subject will cast a shadow similar in size to your subject

As I said only a guess.

 

?

It may have something to do with the intensity of the sun rays.

When I observe the sky in days like today, it clearly seems that the clouds are somehow kept a bay by the sun.

And as soon as the sun set, like right now, the clouds cover all the sky.

 

In Western Europe on the other hand, the sun appears to have little influence over the clouds which constantly advance and obstruct the sunshine.

https://www.quora.com/Is-the-sun-stronger-near-the-equator

2 hours ago, Brunolem said:

Moderator Ron 19 made a mistake, closing the good thread and living this one which was posted because of a glitch...

If possible, Ron 19, please reverse your action...

No mistake boring silly rubbish, go do some activities of some kind. ?