Archive for January, 2010
Visualizing the jet stream
Jet streams are narrow tubes of strong westerly winds which circle the earth at ≈ 10km elevation. These strong winds separate regions of cold and warm air. Surface weather at mid-latitudes is affected by the chaotic meanderings of jet streams.
The above wind speed maps are based on NCEP GFS analysis at 300mb pressure level (equivalent to [...]
January 14, 2010
Tags: weather forecast Posted in: Climate 
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