can someone please inform me of the meaning of an inverted v?
and, what is the meaning of the amplitude of a wave?
i hope i have my terminology at least minimally decipherable.
thank you very much.
I am not a MET, but I will give it a shot. One of the METs can do better with this question.
The inverted -v is the appearance of the tropical wave on satellite, surface and upper air charts. Best example I can find is located here: Inverted V
As for the amplitude question. Using the link above. Notice the amount of deflection (rise) in the inverted-v diagram.
The bottom line (labeled 10) would be considered a"low amplitude" wave.. if all of the remaining lines were of the same amplitude. The wave shown would be a "low amplitude wave".
However, the line marked "12" is of medium to large amplitude.
So I personally would consider the wave pictured on the link as a large amplitude wave. Mainly because it extends from 10N to 26N, in the picture. That is well over a 1000 miles.
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