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SECRET<br />

CLIMATE LC-HUSB<br />

LONG COLD WINTER; HUMID, SHORT BURN SEASON<br />

Continental climates - common freezes and snows - having fairly low yearly (t)values but 14 "B<br />

(-) values for the year. Examples are:<br />

months and low<br />

Yearly Humidity Values<br />

0t) 1-)<br />

Precipitation No. of Months Months Months<br />

Location Pattern H .. " DW' B" >40) (40" Total<br />

Bucharest. Romania Steppe 3 2 2 +62 +18 -3<br />

(INOTE: This climate and VC-HUSB arc of limited geopraphical occurrence. Cold climates with "'B" months<br />

usually will be cl<strong>as</strong>sed <strong>as</strong> non-humid.)<br />

Temperature: Restricts all plant growth during a long winter period. Favors gr<strong>as</strong>sland under a steppe pattern.<br />

Precipitation:<br />

Usually a steppe pattern.<br />

Maor vegetation typ•s: Prairie or woodland.<br />

(NOTE: Information on fuels and burning is of little interest in this climate.)<br />

CLIMATE LC-NHYL<br />

LONG COLD WINTER; NON-HUMID. NO BURN SEASON<br />

Cold temperate and continental climates - with long periods of freezing weather or snows - having limited precipitation<br />

but no *B'<br />

months. Examples are:<br />

Yearly Humidity Values<br />

it \0<br />

(+_) (-)<br />

Precipitation No. of Months Months Months<br />

Location Pattern "H" "D- -B" )40°

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