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How many feet taller does a tower in northern Alaska need to be compared to one in south Florida? (at 0 feet above average sea level)

Someone please calculate this.

Thank you.

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I'd imagine it would actually be shorter because the ambient temperature in Northern Alaska will be much cooler than that in South Florida, so the shot will cool faster.

It also depends on the diameter of the shot you wish to produce.

There's probably much more water vapour in the air in South Florida, which means there's more thermal mass available - I wonder if it would be enough to have an effect?

I'm thinking that with more thermal mass in the way of the droplet, there's more chance to offload heat, and the difference in ambient temperatures is small compared to the difference to the melting point of lead (>300 deg C)

...to achieve what?

For the balls to form - the Earth isn't a perfect sphere and gravity in alaska is ever-so-slightly greater than further south. (Which means the tower needs to be taller, so the ball is in the air longer)

That's an interesting interpretation, but I assumed they were referring to the temperature difference.

It sure helps that its colder in Alaska than in Florida. However, I don't know if that compensates the smaller gravity.

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