The black line is the equator.
Black to Red is the tropics.
Red to Green is the temperate region.
Green to the top/bottom of map is polar.
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The black line is the equator.
Black to Red is the tropics.
Red to Blue is the subtropics.
Blue to Green is the temperate region.
Green to the top/bottom of map is polar.
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This is just great! The temperated zone is my favourite region, and this looks very good :) So my country stretches all the way from the tropics to the temperated zone... I feel that I am situated perfectly ;)
The maps posted above are the Ocean and Air Currents map and the Biomes map.
The next few steps will allow you to have a general or more detailed idea of weather patterns in your nation.
1) Generally, weather will follow that of the type of biome(s) your nation occupies. Locate your nation on the biomes map and follow the color band to the right to find the biome. Explanations of each biome may be googled or wiki'd.
2) Knowing you biome and using the Ocean and Air Currents map, find the general wind direction in your area (yellow arrows). If you're located in the temperate or taiga areas, there is no strong trade wind, but you can use the nearest arrow.
Now that you see the wind direction, find the mountainous areas... The side the wind hits will be moister and greener, the side that is blocked from the wind will be drier and less abundant.
Air moisture also depends on the temperature of the water nearby. (And distance from the water, but since there is so much here, you don't have to worry about that).
If you're in a warm region, with warm water currents nearby, you'll have a lot of moisture as humidity.
If you're in a cold region, with warm water currents nearby, you'll have a lot of rain or snow.
If you're in a warm region, with cold water currents nearby, you'll have less moisture in the air.
If you're in a cold region, with cold water currents nearby, you might not have any moisture in the air (at least from the sea).
3)There are four colors to the land in the maps. Tan, Brown, Green, and White. These mark a general altitude from sea level. Mountainous biome types are Montane (brown), Subalpine (green), and Alpine (white). Generally, this means dominately deciduous plants in the Montane, mostly coniferous in the Subalpine, and only the hardiest of plants in the alpine.
4) Trees or grasslands? On the wetter sides of mountains there'll forests (the type depends on latitude), on the dry side you'll have more grasslands and even deserts.
Also remember, that until we figure out a real degree of tilt to the axis, I'm basically shifting everything up or down one-half biome during the summer and winter months. this means little for those in the tropics, but those in the Taiga would find winter reverting them to very cold almost polar conditions and the summers might reaches conditions like those in the temperate regions. Each band of "biome" on the map is very generalized and simplified and mostly states the "average" weather for the area.
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I had some spare time, so I thought I could contribute more details. Just remember that there may be other factors (e.g. environment) that can shift possibilities, but overall the above is meant to be a generalized figure. If you think something needs to be changed, just post ahead :P
1. The first map indicates the average temperatures (*in Celcius). The closer you are to the poles, the greater the temperature will shift between seasons, so that regions may be far above their average temperature in the summer, or even colder in the winter. The closer you are to the equator, the more stable your average temperature will remain, as seasons don't change as much.
2. The second map indicates average humidity. Generally, colder regions closer to the poles will receive less to no humidity. Below the low humidity regions are "variable (low)" regions, which may vary depending on location, temperature, and season (so that summer would receive more humidity than winter. - On the map, the darker the blue, the higher the humidity. Countries closer to water and warm ocean currents will receive much higher humidity than those that are not. "Variable (high)" regions may contrast between dry and wet seasons.
3. The third map serves no general purpose except to illustrate the latter two on the world map and topography. Areas which are "wet", will represent actual water (warm/cold), and are mostly uninhabitable by people. Areas in the variable region are the most forrested, and will vary greatly depending on location/temperature/humidity/seasons. "Drier" areas may also be situated in variable the more yellow-colored they are. They're the regions which are the most likely to have lower-lying and more dispersed plants, trees, savanas, deserts; but humidity can make for larger forests. They also tend to be the most populated regions and have more ecological diversity.
Other notes:
-The northern continent is generally colder longer due to the mountains and climate, but changes quicker the more you approach the equator. The West side of the mountains has a relatively more calm variation in weather.
-The southern continent gets warmer quicker, but over an extended amount of land.
-Where Ambvaiira is currently situated is the region the most likely to get hit by hurricanes. Raitolïa and Mikáo come in second, while Tamega and the south-east of the northern continent may experience the occasional one here and then.
-Migrating animals are more frequent in the northern continent.
Oh, and please factor in ocean currents, biome, and topography if you use the above to determine certain aspects of your country. Just as fmra pointed out, one side of a mountain may be dry, while the other is wet. The above was factored in by comparing Earth statistics and patterns, to a color-edited version of the map, this assumes the size of Savukk, its axis, and distance from the star to be more or less the same as Earth give or take some.