In the equatorial belt, relatively large amounts of rain fall and little evaporation occurs, both because of low wind speeds and because of the generally cloudy skies; salinity in the equatorial belt runs as low as 34 parts per thousand.
But soaking and cooking your own is best, not only because they taste infinitely better, but because of the bean broth, cloudy with starch and soft sweetness that has seeped from the beans as they cook.
In the Southern hemisphere, because of the stormy and cloudy conditions, it is usual to refer to the Westerlies as the Roaring Forties, Furious Fifties and Shrieking Sixties according to the varying degrees of latitude.
However, there are times when, either because of cool, cloudy weather or the inherent vegetative cycles of the plant, the flavor does not live up to the raves of aficionados; that's true, to a greater or lesser extent, for all strawberries.
But they will have to try again with another release Wednesday because of a cloudy reply from the June Producer Price index.
Jean changed the flight path and shortened the flight time because of cloudy skies, which reduced the amount of scientific work they were able to do.
Changes in the extent of glaciers of northeastern Siberia and the Urals are often more difficult to quantify because of the small size and cloudy summer weather which make it difficult to obtain suitable satellite imagery.
For example, the tree line is lower on the warmer, cloudier western coast of Scotland than it is on the colder, clearer eastern coast because on the west the cloudy weather limits photosynthesis, while the warmer temperatures promote respiration.
Even the sunniest windows rarely offer more than a few hours of really bright light each day, and that doesn't count the losses because of cloudy days or, no offense intended, a light covering of dust or dirt on the window glass.
But at the moment, the future of nuclear power in Japan and Germany is cloudy because of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident of March 2011, it noted.
