May 06, 2025
Weather Patterns
Apropos of nothing at all.
This .gif shows sunlight reductions that are expected in the months after 100-150 10-15 kiloton nukes go off in a general nuclear exchange between India & Pakistan in May given seasonal wind patterns. Late April to mid-late May is the time that such an event would have maximum effect on the start of growing seasons worldwide, hence the dates on the .gif (which is over a decade old IIRC). While not noticeable to most people on the round such reductions have the potential to have a nontrivial effect on crop yields and growing seasons for the rest of the year. The good news is that soot, the mechanism of the reduction, will not persist long. The bad news, given the current situation on the subcontinent, is that average yields of the weapons involved are now believed to be 10 to 40 kilotons and both countries have about twice as many nukes as they did when the map was made.
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