MichaelA
(Weather Analyst)
Sun Jul 17 2005 08:58 PM
Re: Emily Gets Stronger

Just doing a little checking, those were Nautical miles. Using the distance between the Equator and North Pole = 6222 miles (statute) and dividing by 90 (90º latitude between them) yields 69 statute miles per degree of latitude. So, 0.7º would = 48.3 statute miles.


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