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Re: Explanation of Orca Map
Sat Aug 27 2005 10:21 AM

The darker blue areas are extremely dry airmass areas.

Why do these effect hurricanes?

1. Hurricanes, ingesting dry air, weaken rapidly.
2. Dry air usually accompanies high pressure areas, which in turn cause shear conducive to the weakening of the hurricane, and also "push" the hurricane away from them.

Does this help? I'm not a met so I'm sure others can give you a better answer

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Explanation of Orca Map	angelswatch	Sat Aug 27 2005 10:21 AM
Re: Explanation of Orca Map	Random Chaos	Sat Aug 27 2005 10:21 AM
Re: Explanation of Orca Map	angelswatch	Sat Aug 27 2005 10:27 AM
Re: Explanation of Orca Map	Random Chaos	Sat Aug 27 2005 10:50 AM

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