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Clark
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Re: Geostrophic Winds
Thu Aug 26 2004 02:27 AM

Well, depends on how you want to classify it - I've got the B.S. in meteorology (no comment on that...haha), but still working at future degrees. But, I've learned a lot here too...especially on forecasting and predicting these things than I've learned in classes, where it's almost all theoretical, especially in the tropics.

Quick reply to danielw (who I can't reply to his PM from this Coriolis subject because he's exceeded his quota...oops...plus it might be relevant to all, as it's on rex blocking.) I usually don't like doing this, but don't want to give the impression of being ignored:

"A Rex block is where you have a high pressure system over (i.e. north of) a low pressure system. What happens is that anything that approaches the broad ridge cannot simply ride up and over, as the flow around the low prevents this. Systems cannot go through either as there is no steering current to push them forward (a col region gets set up between the high and the low). Thus, until a strong enough system comes through to break up the block or either the high or the low weaken (it's usually the latter), you get a whole lot of nothing."

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Subject	Posted by	Posted on
Question about Hurricane Alex	Keith234	Thu Aug 26 2004 02:27 AM
Re: Question about Hurricane Alex	LI Phil	Tue Aug 24 2004 10:01 PM
Re: Question about Hurricane Alex	Keith234	Tue Aug 24 2004 10:19 PM
Re: Question about Hurricane Alex	Clark	Tue Aug 24 2004 11:42 PM
Re: Question about Hurricane Alex	LI Phil	Wed Aug 25 2004 01:43 AM
Re: Coriolis	Ed Dunham	Wed Aug 25 2004 02:11 AM
Re: Coriolis	Keith234	Wed Aug 25 2004 12:53 PM
Re: Coriolis	LI Phil	Wed Aug 25 2004 06:04 PM
Geostrophic Winds	Keith234	Thu Aug 26 2004 01:29 AM
Re: Geostrophic Winds	LI Phil	Thu Aug 26 2004 01:33 AM
Re: Geostrophic Winds	Clark	Thu Aug 26 2004 02:27 AM
Re: Question about Hurricane Alex	Keith234	Wed Aug 25 2004 01:55 AM
Re: Question about Hurricane Alex	Keith234	Wed Aug 25 2004 12:52 AM

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