Bloodstar
(Moderator)
Sat Jul 23 2005 09:07 PM
Re: Attack of the trolls...

Actually the best way to think about it, take the vector the storm is moving in. everything that is to the right of the center of the storm is going to have that motion added into the winds. The strongest (theoretical) influence the forward motion will have is perpendicular to the forward motion. So whatever heading the storm has, 90 degrees clockwise from that heading will be the area with the strongest winds... so if charley was moving in a heading of 045, the strongest winds would be in the area of the storm that would be about 135 degrees. Of course, it's probably more complicated than that, but that's how i figure where the strongest winds would be...

I wish I had graphs.
-Mark



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