{"id":6992,"date":"2024-04-07T10:27:35","date_gmt":"2024-04-07T14:27:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/baselines.com\/?p=6992"},"modified":"2024-04-07T13:29:05","modified_gmt":"2024-04-07T17:29:05","slug":"horse-latitudes-of-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/baselines.com\/?p=6992","title":{"rendered":"Horse Latitudes of Life"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I nixed the drums on this one and am much happier with it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/www.baselines.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/all-songs\/mp3\/Horse_Latitudes_2024.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/baselines.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Horse_Latitudes_3000_2024-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6993\" style=\"width:587px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/baselines.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Horse_Latitudes_3000_2024-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/baselines.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Horse_Latitudes_3000_2024-900x900.jpg 900w, https:\/\/baselines.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Horse_Latitudes_3000_2024-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/baselines.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Horse_Latitudes_3000_2024-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/baselines.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Horse_Latitudes_3000_2024-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/baselines.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Horse_Latitudes_3000_2024-640x640.jpg 640w, https:\/\/baselines.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Horse_Latitudes_3000_2024-440x440.jpg 440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>I used Horse Latitudes as a metaphor to signify the calm and stillness that comes when life slows down for whatever reason as age increases. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Horse Latitudes of life hold memories<br>Vignettes time will slowly carve away<br>Easels hold portraits of joy and sadness<br>As the winds of change abate<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jenny&#8217;s book club is at 7 tonight<br>Billy&#8217;s game is quarter to five<br>If I get out of my job by four<br>I can get him to the diamond on time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There&#8217;s always something going on<br>There&#8217;s hardly time to sleep<br>But as the Sandman struggles<br>There&#8217;s a memory that keeps<br>Reminding me of a former life<br>Where every minute went on for much longer<br>Relativity theory is mysterious to me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sometimes I feel like a sailor at sea<br>Caught in the palm of a fierce tsunami<br>Tossing and turning I&#8217;m out of control<br>I&#8217;m the mythical person for whom the bell tolls<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Horse Latitudes of life hold memories<br>Vignettes time will slowly carve away<br>Easels hold portraits of joy and sadness<br>As the winds of change abate<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jenny&#8217;s been gone for 7 long years.<br>Billy&#8217;s living out in LA.<br>Every year I get a nice Christmas card<br>And another one on my birthday.<br>Yesterday I found a diary<br>Hidden in a drawer<br>I think I saw her writing in it<br>Many years before.<br>The headline on page one announced<br>On Sunday morning two became three<br>The byline was a row of hearts<br>that brought me to my knees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sometimes I feel like a sailor at sea<br>Caught in the palm of a fierce tsunami<br>Tossing and turning I&#8217;m out of control<br>I&#8217;m the mythical person for whom the bell tolls<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Horse Latitudes of life hold memories<br>Vignettes time will slowly carve away<br>Easels hold portraits of joy and sadness<br>As the winds of change abate<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Horse Latitudes of life hold memories<br>Vignettes time will slowly carve away<br>Easels hold portraits of joy and sadness<br>As the winds of change abate<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;<strong>horse latitudes<\/strong>&nbsp;are the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Latitude\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">latitudes<\/a>&nbsp;about 30 degrees north and south of the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Equator\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Equator<\/a>.<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Horse_latitudes#cite_note-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[1]<\/a><\/sup>&nbsp;They are characterized by sunny skies, calm winds, and very little precipitation. They are also known as&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Subtropics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">subtropical<\/a>&nbsp;ridges or highs. It is a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/High-pressure_area\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">high-pressure area<\/a>&nbsp;at the divergence of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trade_winds\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trade winds<\/a>&nbsp;and the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Westerlies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">westerlies<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Origin of the term<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>A likely and documented explanation is that the term is derived from the &#8220;dead horse&#8221; ritual of seamen (see&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Flogging_a_dead_horse#Earlier_meaning\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Beating a dead horse<\/a>). In this practice, the seaman paraded a straw-stuffed&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Effigy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">effigy<\/a>&nbsp;of a horse around the deck before throwing it overboard. Seamen were paid partly in advance before a long voyage, and they frequently spent their pay all at once, resulting in a period of time without income. If they got advances from the ship&#8217;s paymaster, they would incur debt. This period was called the &#8220;dead horse&#8221; time, and it usually lasted a month or two. The seaman&#8217;s ceremony was to celebrate having worked off the &#8220;dead horse&#8221; debt. As west-bound shipping from Europe usually reached the subtropics at about the time the &#8220;dead horse&#8221; was worked off, the latitude became associated with the ceremony.<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Horse_latitudes#cite_note-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[2]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An alternative theory, of sufficient popularity to serve as an example of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Folk_etymology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">folk etymology<\/a>, is that the term&nbsp;<em>horse latitudes<\/em>&nbsp;originates from when the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Spanish_Empire\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Spanish<\/a>&nbsp;transported horses by ship to their colonies in the West Indies and Americas. Ships often became becalmed in mid-ocean in this latitude, thus severely prolonging the voyage; the resulting water shortages made it impossible for the crew to keep the horses alive, and they would throw the dead or dying animals overboard.<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Horse_latitudes#cite_note-3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[3]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A third explanation, which simultaneously explains both the northern and southern horse latitudes and does not depend on the length of the voyage or the port of departure, is based on maritime terminology: a ship was said to be &#8216;horsed&#8217; when, although there was insufficient wind for sail, the vessel could make good progress by latching on to a strong&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ocean_current\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">current<\/a>. This was suggested by Edward Taube in his article &#8220;The Sense of &#8216;Horse&#8217; in the Horse Latitudes&#8221; (<em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Journal_of_Geography\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Journal of Geography<\/a><\/em>, October 1967).<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Horse_latitudes#cite_note-4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[4]<\/a><\/sup>&nbsp;He argued the maritime use of &#8216;horsed&#8217; described a ship that was being carried along by an ocean current or tide in the manner of a rider on horseback. The term had been in use since the end of the seventeenth century. Furthermore,&nbsp;<em>The India Directory<\/em>&nbsp;in its entry for&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fernando_de_Noronha\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fernando de Noronha<\/a>, an island off the coast of Brazil, mentions it had been visited frequently by ships &#8220;occasioned by the currents having horsed them to the westward&#8221;.<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Horse_latitudes#cite_note-5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[5]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Formation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The heating of the earth at the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thermal_equator\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">thermal equator<\/a>&nbsp;leads to large amounts of convection along the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Intertropical_Convergence_Zone\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Intertropical Convergence Zone<\/a>. This air mass rises and then diverges, moving away from the equator in both northerly and southerly directions. As the air moves towards the mid-latitudes on both sides of the equator, it cools and sinks. This creates a ridge of high pressure near the 30th parallel in both hemispheres. At the surface level, the sinking air diverges again with some returning to the equator, creating the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hadley_cell\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hadley cell<\/a><sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Horse_latitudes#cite_note-6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[6]<\/a><\/sup>&nbsp;which during summer is reinforced by other climatological mechanisms such as the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rodwell%E2%80%93Hoskins_mechanism\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rodwell\u2013Hoskins mechanism<\/a>.<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Horse_latitudes#cite_note-7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[7]<\/a><\/sup><sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Horse_latitudes#cite_note-8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[8]<\/a><\/sup>&nbsp;Many of the world&#8217;s deserts are caused by these climatological&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/High-pressure_area\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">high-pressure areas<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The subtropical ridge moves poleward during the summer, reaching its highest latitude in early autumn, before moving back during the cold season. The&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/El_Ni%C3%B1o%E2%80%93Southern_Oscillation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">El Ni\u00f1o\u2013Southern Oscillation<\/a>&nbsp;(ENSO) can displace the northern hemisphere subtropical ridge, with&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/La_Ni%C3%B1a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">La Ni\u00f1a<\/a>&nbsp;allowing for a more northerly axis for the ridge, while El Ni\u00f1os show flatter, more southerly ridges. The change of the ridge position during ENSO cycles changes the tracks of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tropical_cyclone\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tropical cyclones<\/a>&nbsp;that form around their equatorward and western peripheries. As the subtropical ridge varies in position and strength, it can enhance or depress&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Monsoon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">monsoon<\/a>&nbsp;regimes around their low-latitude periphery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The horse latitudes are associated with the subtropical anticyclone. The belt in the Northern Hemisphere is sometimes called the &#8220;calms of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tropic_of_Cancer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cancer<\/a>&#8221; and that in the Southern Hemisphere the &#8220;calms of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tropic_of_Capricorn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Capricorn<\/a>&#8220;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The consistently warm, dry, and sunny conditions of the horse latitudes are the main cause for the existence of the world&#8217;s major hot deserts, such as the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sahara_Desert\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sahara Desert<\/a>&nbsp;in Africa, the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Arabian_Desert\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Arabian<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Syrian_Desert\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Syrian<\/a>&nbsp;deserts in the Middle East, the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mojave_Desert\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mojave<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sonoran_Desert\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sonoran<\/a>&nbsp;deserts in the southwestern United States and northern Mexico, all in the Northern Hemisphere; and the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Atacama_Desert\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Atacama Desert<\/a>, the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Namib\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Namib Desert<\/a>, the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kalahari_Desert\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kalahari Desert<\/a>, and the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Australian_Desert\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Australian Desert<\/a>&nbsp;in the Southern Hemisphere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Migration<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:Subtropicalridge2000091412.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/8\/8e\/Subtropicalridge2000091412.jpg\/250px-Subtropicalridge2000091412.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The subtropical ridge shows up as a large area of black (dryness) on this water vapor satellite image from September 2000.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The subtropical ridge starts migrating poleward in late spring reaching its zenith in early autumn before retreating equatorward during the late fall, winter, and early spring. The equatorward migration of the subtropical ridge during the cold season is due to increasing north-south temperature differences between the poles and tropics.<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Horse_latitudes#cite_note-9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[9]<\/a><\/sup>&nbsp;The latitudinal movement of the subtropical ridge is strongly correlated with the progression of the monsoon trough or&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Intertropical_Convergence_Zone\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Intertropical Convergence Zone<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Most&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tropical_cyclone\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tropical cyclones<\/a>&nbsp;form on the side of the subtropical ridge closer to the equator, then move poleward past the ridge axis before recurving into the main belt of the Westerlies.<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Horse_latitudes#cite_note-10\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[10]<\/a><\/sup>&nbsp;When the subtropical ridge shifts due to ENSO, so will the preferred tropical cyclone tracks. Areas west of Japan and Korea tend to experience far fewer September\u2013November tropical cyclone impacts during&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/El_Ni%C3%B1o\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">El Ni\u00f1o<\/a>&nbsp;and neutral years, while mainland China experiences much greater landfall frequency during&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/La_Ni%C3%B1a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">La Ni\u00f1a<\/a>&nbsp;years. During El Ni\u00f1o years, the break<sup>[<em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wikipedia:Please_clarify\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">clarification needed<\/a><\/em>]<\/sup>&nbsp;in the subtropical ridge tends to lie near&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/130th_meridian_east\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">130\u00b0E<\/a>, which would favor the Japanese archipelago, while in La Ni\u00f1a years the formation of tropical cyclones, along with the subtropical ridge position, shift west, which increases the threat to China.<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Horse_latitudes#cite_note-11\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[11]<\/a><\/sup>&nbsp;In the Atlantic basin, the subtropical ridge position tends to lie about 5&nbsp;degrees farther south during El Ni\u00f1o years, which leads to a more southerly recurvature for tropical cyclones during those years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Atlantic_multidecadal_oscillation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Atlantic multidecadal oscillation<\/a>&#8216;s mode is favorable to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tropical_cyclogenesis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tropical cyclone development<\/a>&nbsp;(1995\u2013present), it amplifies the subtropical ridge across the central and eastern Atlantic.<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Horse_latitudes#cite_note-12\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[12]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Role in weather formation and air quality<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>See also:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Air_pollution\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Air pollution<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Main article:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Monsoon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Monsoon<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:Subtropridgejulyna.gif\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/f\/f2\/Subtropridgejulyna.gif\/250px-Subtropridgejulyna.gif\" alt=\"\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Mean July subtropical ridge position<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>When the subtropical ridge in the northwest Pacific is stronger than normal, it leads to a wet&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Monsoon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">monsoon<\/a>&nbsp;season for Asia.<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Horse_latitudes#cite_note-13\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[13]<\/a><\/sup>&nbsp;The subtropical ridge position is linked to how far northward monsoon moisture and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thunderstorm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">thunderstorms<\/a>&nbsp;extend into the United States. The subtropical ridge across North America typically migrates far enough northward to begin monsoon conditions across the Desert Southwest from July to September.<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Horse_latitudes#cite_note-14\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[14]<\/a><\/sup>&nbsp;When the subtropical ridge is farther north than normal towards the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Four_Corners\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Four Corners<\/a>, monsoon thunderstorms can spread northward into&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Arizona\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Arizona<\/a>. When the high pressure moves south, its circulation cuts off the moisture, and the hot, dry continental airmass returns from the northwest, and therefore the atmosphere dries out across the Desert Southwest, causing a break in the monsoon regime.<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Horse_latitudes#cite_note-15\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[15]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In summer, On the subtropical ridge&#8217;s western edge (generally on the eastern coast of continents), the high-pressure cell pushes poleward a southerly flow (northerly in the southern hemisphere) of tropical air. In the United States, the subtropical ridge&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bermuda_High\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bermuda High<\/a>&nbsp;helps create the hot, sultry summers with daily thunderstorms with buoyant airmasses typical of the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gulf_of_Mexico\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gulf of Mexico<\/a>&nbsp;and the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/East_Coast_of_the_United_States\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">East Coast of the United States<\/a>. This flow pattern also occurs on the eastern coasts of continents in other subtropical climates such as South China, southern Japan, central-eastern South America&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pampas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pampas<\/a>, southern Queensland and,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/KwaZulu-Natal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KwaZulu-Natal<\/a>&nbsp;province in South Africa.<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Horse_latitudes#cite_note-16\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[16]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When surface winds become light, the subsidence produced directly under the subtropical ridge can lead to a buildup of particulates in urban areas under the ridge, leading to widespread&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Haze\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">haze<\/a>.<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Horse_latitudes#cite_note-17\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[17]<\/a><\/sup>&nbsp;If the low-level&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Relative_humidity\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">relative humidity<\/a>&nbsp;rises towards 100 percent overnight,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fog<\/a>&nbsp;can form.<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Horse_latitudes#cite_note-18\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[18]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n<script>\nvar zbPregResult = '0';\n<\/script>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I nixed the drums on this one and am much happier with it. 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