The long term effect of Dyyan's radiation on the surface of Spirit gives us a varied surface and atmosphere. It can be understood most easily in terms of annual or seasonal averages of temperature and precipitation. Spirit's annual precipitation averages 55 in. to 100 in. and average temperature ranges from 20 degrees to 100 degrees F. The consistent temperature and humidity create a diverse and fragile circle of life. A big variety of microscopic plants and animals live near the ocean surface. They give a total and continuous history of the planet's environmental changes. This is a picture of the landscape of Pesce's continent.

ATMOSPHERE

The current atmosphere of Spirit is its original atmosphere. The present atmosphere is an oxidizing atmosphere in that it contains oxygen. The original atmosphere was the result of condensation of gases in the proto-planetary disk, as were the almospheres of the gas giant planets. The original atmosphere was transformed, and changed by compounds that were expelled from the creation of crusts and the collisions of comets and other space debris rich in volatile material. Spirit's atmosphere currently is a thin layer of gases that surround Spirit. It is composed of 69.5% nitrogen, 20.5% oxygen, 9% argon, 1% carbon dioxide, and small amounts of other gases. This atmosphere is the result of the production of oxygen by the rich blue-green plants on land and in the sea which are found in the vast ocean and earth of Spirit.

In addition to the effects of solar radiation and its discrepancies, however, Spirit's climate is also subjected to the complex structure and composition of the atmosphere and to the ways in which it and the ocean transport heat. The temperature of surface ocean water is about 79 degrees F. at the Equator. The continents of Delfino and Pesce lie on the Equatorial line, which is the line that divided both continents in South and North hemispheres. Deep in low pressure systems in the coldest areas the water temperature plows to the frozen levels and near the cold areas the water temperature drops to about 0 degrees F generating snowfall, showers, freezing rain, hail and sleet from the rapidly cooling areas. The cold fronts with low temperatures create mega thunderstorms across this region of Spirit. The following Map illustrates the climate Spirit

Because of the rotational tilt of 24 degrees, Spirit experiences seasonal changes. Since the majority of Spirit is water, the same as Rutherus, these effects occur in its ocean bodies. The continents of Spirit lie in the Equatorial zone and experience their own unique climate changes. These climate changes range from tropical in the extreme Northern sections to temperate forest in the Southern.

The surface currents of the ocean are characterized by large gyres, or currents that are preserved in motion by prevailing winds. The high pressures and low pressures also draw very cold and hot air into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres of Delfino and Pesce. Spirit is altered by the rotation around Dyyan in all its directions. Most of the 225 days a high pressure is set which gives us a tropical climate around the Equatorial line that covers most of Spirit's surface. Approximately 89% of Spirit is covered by water. This a picture that shows the movements of the winds across Spirit.

The ocean water is divided into two layers: the warm upper layer and the cold bottom layer. The colder bottom layer contains nutrients for the vast marine life food chain. Ocean water at the surface is warmed by the tropical regions, moves towards the polar regions where it looses heat, becomes saltier, denser, and sinks. The colder bottom layer circulates through the oceans and it is estimated that it takes up to 100 years to completely circulate throughout the oceans. This has a great impact upon the global climate of Spirit. Spirit's rotation produces a force on all bodies relative to that of Spirit. This force is least at the poles and greatest at the Equator. This force causes the direction of the ocean currents to be deflected. The ocean currents are deflected toward the right in the Northern Hemisphere and to the left in the Southern Hemisphere.

The progression of tropical disturbances can be seen categorized as 1- Tropical Depression, 2-Tropical Storm, and 3- hurricanes and 4-mega hurricanes. They may begin as a cluster of thunderstorms over the tropical ocean waters. Once a disturbance has become a tropical depression, the amount of time it takes to achieve the next stage, tropical storm, can take as little as half a day up to a couple of days. It might not happen at all. The same may occur for the amount of time a tropical storm needs to strengthen into a hurricane. Atmospheric and oceanic conditions play the major role in determining these events.