Weather

Dormaraz is surrounded by mountains on three sides and the ocean on the fourth, so a lot of wet air rolls in from the ocean, hitting the mountains and condensing into rain. As a result, a steady light drizzle falls in the city throughout most of the year and even in the upper levels the sun is too often blotted out by clouds. On the opposite side of the mountains there is a desert because the mountains block rain from reaching it.

In summer the city may experience the tail end of a hurricane (i.e. strong winds and rain but not enough to cause too much damage) coming in from the warm ocean. In very rare cases a full blown hurricane has been known to hit the city. If there is an earthquake elsewhere in the world a rare tsunami may slam the docks. Severe weather can flood part of the street level and temporarily wash away some of the slums. The weather will likely be warmer than in other places with a similar latitude (Per similar latitude, Doramraz is to be consider, given a rough analog to our own world, positioned inbetween London and St. Petersburg. Edit: Mr. Sunder) that have no contact with the ocean, but the winters in Doramraz are wet, miserable, and full of sleet, snow, ice, and freezing rain. The temperature is not likely to dip more than a few degrees below freezing but nasty, moist winds are common. Blizzards and extremely cold weather have been known to happen in the city's past. Because the weather stays close to the freezing point all winter snow melts and refreezes into ice all over the streets and the slums and the towers and factories become covered in long icicles. As snow and ice melt the streets become soggy with blackened slush. By the time snow reaches the ground it is black and disgusting from air pollution but it helps to clean the air for a brief spell of the year. The rain and sleet become acidic as they fall due to all the smog and may cause skin damage. Some portion of the precipitation is collected in the upper levels of the city as drinking water before it has the chance to become too toxic for human consumption. Due to runoff from the city fish and wildlife close to the shore of Doramraz are either be dead, toxic, or mutated but the citizens who buy the cheap canned stuff don't have to know that.