typhoon_tip
(Meteorologist)
Wed Oct 19 2005 08:45 PM
Re: Wilma Continued

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check out this lapse rate:
I. 12 C/ 3059 m
J. 19 C/ 3051 m




What's that mean?




short and skinny...lapse rate: 'rate of change of temperature with height'
(I. 12 C/ 3059 m) - (J. 19 C/ 3051 m) = 7C in 8 meters... Or in none si terms, about 12F in just 26ft!



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