wxman007
(Meteorologist)
Wed May 19 2004 09:59 PM
Re: Wind Shear

The yellow lines are measurements of the amount of shear in knots...for instance, just south of Panama City you see a circle of 5 kts...very low amounts of shear. Contrast that with 90kts of shear just north of Puerto Rico....that is a lot.

The pink-orange lines are streamlines...they show what way the wind is blowing...along the lines in the direction of the arrows.

Was that clear? Can I clarify further?


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