Kule minyaka eminingi, i-Oakland ayifani ne "California enelanga" evame ukuboniswa kuma-movie noma ku-TV. Ngenkathi ama-Oaklanders athola izinsuku ezimbalwa zelanga, ukufudumala okuncane kufana kakhulu nokushisa okufanelekayo olwandle oluhambisana ne- Southern California . Ehlangothini elikhanyayo, izakhamuzi nezivakashi akudingeki bakhathazeke ngokushisa kwamazinga okushisa okuvamile, iqhwa, noma ezinye izinkinga zezulu ezithinta iningi lezwe.
Lindela Ukushisa Okumnandi
Amazinga okushisa e-Oakland ngokuvamile ahlala ngaphansi kwezinto ezilula kakhulu. Isilinganiso esiphansi ngoJanuwari noFebruwari, okuvame ukuba yizinyanga ezibandayo e-Oakland, sehlela ngaphansi kwama-degree angaphansi kwama-45. Isilinganiso esiphakeme ngoSeptemba, ngokuvamile inyanga eshisayo, ingama-degree angu-75. Ngamanye amazwi, ukuhlukahluka kwamazinga okushisa ajwayelekile kuwo wonke unyaka kungama-degree angama-30 kuphela. I-Los Angeles isukela ku-48.5 ngoJanuwari kuya ku-84.8 e-Agasti - ukuhlukahluka kwama-degree angama-36. Ububanzi bukaBoston buyinkimbinkimbi nakakhulu cishe emazingeni angu-60, kusukela ngo-22 ngoJanuwari kuya ku-82 ngoJulayi.
Lokhu kusho ukuthi uma ungenalo fan of izinga lokushisa ngokweqile - noma eliphakeme noma eliphansi - i-Oakland inganikela ngesimo sezulu esiphelele. Awudingi izingubo zokugqoka ezihlukene ngokuphelele ngezikhathi ezihlukahlukene. Gqoka ihembe elikhanyayo noma i-tank top nge-jeans ehlobo, bese ufaka i-sweater noma i-raincoat ebusika, futhi nonke nisethiwe.
Izindawo zendawo zinokunethezeka kokukwazi ukukhononda ngesimo sezulu ngokuthi "sishisa" uma kungama-45 noma ama-50 degrees futhi "kushisa okushisayo" kuma-degree angu-75 noma angu-80.
Akuyona Fan of Snow? Ayikho inkinga!
I-Oakland ithola imvula engamamitha angu-23 njalo ngonyaka, isakazeka cishe ezinsukwini ezingama-60. Isithwathwa cishe asizwakala-nakuba singabonwa ngezikhathi ezithile ngosuku noma ezimbili kwi-Mount Diablo eduzane.
Ngisho lokhu kungavamile ngokwanele ukwenza izindaba zendawo lapho kwenzeka. Lindela izibhamu ezincane zesichotho kanye noma kabili ngonyaka, ngezicucu ezizimele ezingavamile ukulinganisa ngaphezu kwe-1/4 "ngaphesheya.
Imvula ivame ukuhamba isikhathi eside ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ezedlule, interspersed ngezinsuku ezinamafu, foggy, ecacile, noma ngisho ilanga. Kuyinto evamile ukuthola izinsuku zokushisa kwelanga nokushisa okuncane ngisho ebusika. Ngenxa yokushisa okunamandla okuqhubekayo unyaka wonke, imvula ingaphezu kwesisindo esingakhululekile kunenkinga enkulu. Ukuphazamiseka kwesimo sezulu esinomusa wukuthi abaningi abashayeli bendawo abonakala bengenalwazi ukuthi benzeni emvula enkulu, ngakho-ke qaphela uma ushayela ngesikhathi sezulu.
Hlela Phansi Inkungu
Njengoba ungase uqagele ukusondela eduze kwe-Oakland kuya ku- San Francisco, ungqimba olubi kakhulu lwezingcingo , isimo sezulu sivame ukugcoba futhi siphelelwe amandla ngisho nalapho singekho imvula. Amagquma angena empumalanga ye-Oakland naseBerkeley abamba inkungu lapha kunokuba avumele ukuqhuma phambili. Lokhu kuyacaca ngokucacile uma ushayela ukusuka e-Oakland ungene emadolobhaneni ngaphesheya kwamagquma ngosuku oluthile. Ngokwenza kanjalo, uzohamba ngeTaldecott Tunnel. Kukhona ithuba elihle lokuthi ngokushesha nje uma uphuma emhubheni, uzothola uqala ukushisa kwelanga.
Ezinsukwini eziningi eziqala ngombono ophezulu noma nje ukushisa, ilanga liphuma ngaphambi kwemini. Uma ufuna ukwenza okuthile okuzuzisa ngokubuka okucacile - njengokukhwela intaba, ukuhamba emagqumeni, noma ukukhuphuka i-Berkeley Campanile - uhlelo lokukwenza kungakapheli ngo-11 AM noma emini. Lokhu kuzonikeza inkungu ithuba lokushisa.