Winter 2010?

[Drogo]

Just a question, on which summer will the 2010 World Cup be held? I mean the south side summer or north side summer, becuase South Africa is on the south side of the earth. Will in be played in january/febraury when it is summer in South Africa? I don't know because all tournaments I remember has been on the north hemispehere...

[Maruti]

Just a question, on which summer will the 2010 World Cup be held? I mean the south side summer or north side summer, becuase South Africa is on the south side of the earth. Will in be played in january/febraury when it is summer in South Africa? I don't know because all tournaments I remember has been on the north hemispehere...

it'll take place in south african winter.

[Drogo]

Good, I guess the South African winter is as hot as the European summer.

[RichardL]

Good, I guess the South African winter is as hot as the European summer.

nope, about 16 C is the average high in June/July.


It was also the southern winter for Argentina '78.

[Tigerpunk]

Terry said that this was England's last real chance to win the WC, because it would be too hot in South Africa and Brazil to win one by England - what a maroon.

(Of course, my personal view is that England isn't good enough, regarless ;) )

[DanRod78]

Terry said that this was England's last real chance to win the WC, because it would be too hot in South Africa and Brazil to win one by England - what a maroon.
That's called ignorance.
It'll be cold and as far as I know there's a strong connection between South Africa and England.

So england is pretty much going to play at home in a cool weather.
They're still not going to win.

[broomtree]

Than maybe we'll see better performance from most teams, no more hot weather to slow them down.

[CarRamRod]

How can you compare playing in South Africa to playing at home for England? It's 2 whole continents away? And strong connection between South Africa and England? While it is there historically I think that more South Africans would relate to the Dutch side than would English. Regardless of where the cup was played and what the weather was like I don't think England is gonna win one anytime soon.

[ursula]

Forcasts for today in South Africa:

http://iafrica.com/weather/

Note: It can snow in South Africa in winter, mainly but not only, in the high veld. But it's rare. Remember, several of the inland cities have elevations of 4000 feet or so. For most of the country, winter is normally sunny. Cape Town is an exception cause it's the rainy season there but even still it's frequently sunny as they don't get all that much rainfall.

[Jay510]

alright, im about to blow your minds.

So, youve got the southern hemisphere, and as expected when its winter there its actually farther away from the sun than the northern hemisphere is during its winter (take my word for it, based on the ellipictal orbit of the Earth).

so now your thinking, that Winter in the southern hemisphere should be more extreme than we see in the north, and youd be wrong. why?

because only 30% or so of the land on earth is below the equator, and because of this, the sun is warming a lot more water. So the summers are more temperate and winters as well as it takes longer to warm the southern hemisphere and longer to cool it as well?

any questions?

[flyingfullback]

alright, im about to blow your minds.

So, youve got the southern hemisphere, and as expected when its winter there its actually farther away from the sun than the northern hemisphere is during its winter (take my word for it, based on the ellipictal orbit of the Earth).

so now your thinking, that Winter in the southern hemisphere should be more extreme than we see in the north, and youd be wrong. why?

because only 30% or so of the land on earth is below the equator, and because of this, the sun is warming a lot more water. So the summers are more temperate and winters as well as it takes longer to warm the southern hemisphere and longer to cool it as well?

any questions?

wow i really wondered about that.

[DanRod78]

wow i really wondered about that.
That's kind of obvious in the US,
winter in he states far from the coast is very harsh.

[M]

That's kind of obvious in the US,
winter in he states far from the coast is very harsh.

It's all about the difference in specific gravity between the oceans and land.

[Karma_Bullet]

WC 2010 kicks off July 7th. Mild winter, a little warmer than what Germany was supposed to be. Its been one of the warmest summers in history in Germany which kind of makes people forget that the summer there is a bit warmer than winter in South Africa.

[Forza AZ]

WC 2010 kicks off July 7th.
You must mean June 7th, or else it will only be finished in begin August which will mess up the complete club season 2010/11.

[Gammaray]

Our winter isn't really all bad compared to other coutries further away from the equator - average 14-17 C max temp. It does get sub zero in the Freestate though but it only snows on our Drakensberg mountain range and sometimes in the freestate. Durban doesn't know winter at all - always sunny and warm there with temperatures in the low twenties.

[GraciasViejo]

Bare in mind that days will be significantly shorter than in Germany. Sun will set at around 1730 1800 (I am comparing with Argentina which is at the same latitude). That is at least 6 hours less daylight ( 2 from mornings and 4 from nights).

[Avecnek]

Interesting... In the South African Winter.

[arigato]

That's kind of obvious in the US,
winter in he states far from the coast is very harsh.



Ever live anywhere in New England?

[Excape Goat]

How can you compare playing in South Africa to playing at home for England? It's 2 whole continents away? And strong connection between South Africa and England? While it is there historically I think that more South Africans would relate to the Dutch side than would English. Regardless of where the cup was played and what the weather was like I don't think England is gonna win one anytime soon.

I do not know South Africa enough. But when I was there, the South Africans are as English as the Australians. Of course, I met many Dutch