Myrtle Beach, South Carolina tourism commercial: Looks good, but incorrect in meteorological terms.

Before watching a youtube video, a Myrtle Beach Chamber of Commerce commercial played, geared for Valentines Day. There were scenes of beaches, and people walking and frolicking on the beach, the typical warm beaches commercial.

Well, there is something very incorrect about this commercial. The commercial is geared for Valentines Day, which is in mid-February. As far as it can be known, February is winter in the Northern Hemisphere. And this is Myrtle Beach. The average February high temperature is 58 degrees F, and the average low is 40. This does not sound like beach weather. It would not be warm enough to play on the beach as if it were summer.

The commercial paints a very good picture of Myrtle Beach, but it isn't geographically correct. One cannot use summer scenes to market a place to people planning to go to that place in winter. That is misrepresentation. One important feature of tourism is geography. All the more reason to known one's geography. 

Last images of summer.

As of midnight, 22 Sepetember 2013, autumn will begin. However, these are some last pictures of summer 2013, specifically pictures of the last sunset of the summer. These are all taken around Paulding County, Georgia,USA.

When will the leaves change its colors?

This map is by The Weather Channel. This is a showing of the normal peak periods for when the leaves are at the optimal autumn color.

If one is to analyze the map, there are many conclusions to gather from this. Among them, elevation being a major factor. The areas with the earliest peak dates are often in the highest elevations. This would make sense considering that the areas with the highest elevations tend to get colder earlier. Places further north have earlier peak dates, due to weather conditions.

Another thing to consider is the types of trees in an area. Obviously, the autumn foliage is going to be with deciduous trees, those that lose their leaves in autumn. Places with large numbers of evergreen trees may not see much autumn foliage. And many places do not have large numbers of trees at all.