Margie
(Senior Storm Chaser)
Fri Jul 15 2005 12:23 PM
Re: Emily Category 4, Hurricane Warnings up for Jamaica

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Thanks Clark. Conservation of angular momentum... now why didn't I think of that?



Because they are spinning more rapidly, like the classic example of a skater spinning more quickly as the arms are pulled into the body, then other things such as intensity changes can happen at a more rapid rate?


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