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| coastal weather | 11/11/2009 | Donald Rosenfeld |
Q: We have just bought an ocean going boat kept at Oxnard, CA, and want to know the best way to obtain ...
A: These should help: http://forecast.weather.gov/wwamap/wwatxtget.php?cwa=lox&wwa=small craft ...
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| correlation between weather and weddings | 11/11/2009 | Donald Rosenfeld |
Q: i intend to do a research with regard to the correlation between the weather and weddings in Kenya, ...
A: I know of no research into the subject but this link may be of help: http://tinyurl.com/yjx2kuc I ...
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| Weather, Earth Space Science | 11/4/2009 | Donald Rosenfeld |
Q: Average daily temperatures for one city, located at 15° south latitude, are 5°C cooler than ...
A: Could be the first city is at a higher elevation or near the ocean; the answer probably would be the ...
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| Tornado outbreaks as patterned mathematical processes | 11/2/2009 | Ryan Hastings |
Q: Would you care to verify that //sin x cos x-sin^2x =the cardioid You see, this is a ...
A: We can try taking this a piece at a time. 1. I'm not sure what you mean by "solution to the ...
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| Tornado Formation | 11/2/2009 | Ryan Hastings |
Q: Ryan, I know that tornado formation is not thoroughly understood, but for decades, the most popular ...
A: I think it's safe to say tornadoes generally get their rotation from the parent mesocyclone; even if ...
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| Tornado outbreaks as patterned mathematical processes | 11/2/2009 | Ryan Hastings |
Q: Would you care to verify that //sin x cos x-sin^2x =the cardioid You see, this is a ...
A: Well, first off tornado outbreaks are not random events at all. They are caused by a number of ...
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| Component of Global Winds resulting from Sun Position | 10/30/2009 | Donald Rosenfeld |
Q: The longitude experiencing sunrise is, on average, considerably cooler than where solar time is ...
A: What a wonderful question!! I believe you're right; it would work like a land breeze that goes from ...
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| Tornado Formation | 10/30/2009 | Ryan Hastings |
Q: Ryan, I know that tornado formation is not thoroughly understood, but for decades, the most ...
A: First off, the tilting of ambient vorticity is actually the origin for mid-level rotation in ...
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| Weather movement | 10/28/2009 | Donald Rosenfeld |
Q: I need a seventh grade answer: Why is the majority of the weather moving from west to east? ...
A: In the northern hemisphere storms generally move from west to east following the jet stream. However ...
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| Fire Rainbow | 10/28/2009 | Ryan Hastings |
Q: Hey Ryan, so yesterday I looked up in the sky and to my surprise I saw what looked to be a fire ...
A: Yes, this is almost certainly the same type of phenomenon that has been called a "fire rainbow." ...
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| visual weather indicators | 10/27/2009 | Donald Rosenfeld |
Q: I am looking for the every day visual weather indicators that can tell me the wind speed/direction, ...
A: On the ocean you can use wave height as a wind speed indicator but, on land, the best way is use a ...
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| visual weather indicators | 10/27/2009 | Donald Rosenfeld |
Q: I am looking for the every day visual weather indicators that can tell me the wind speed/direction, ...
A: Well, a person who is not connected to the internet could use: ...
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| Hadley Cells | 10/26/2009 | Ryan Hastings |
Q: The Hadley cells consist of air that rises near the equator, flows poleward 10-15 kilometers above ...
A: Ah, in this case I'd recommend Geoffrey K. Vallis's _Atmospheric and Oceanic Fluid Dynamics_, if you ...
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| Hadley Cells | 10/25/2009 | Ryan Hastings |
Q: The Hadley cells consist of air that rises near the equator, flows poleward 10-15 kilometers above ...
A: That's a great question. I have to admit, it's a little outside my specialization--it's more of a ...
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| winter forecast | 10/20/2009 | Donald Rosenfeld |
Q: I was wondering what the winter has in store for us down here? What can we expect? Also i am going ...
A: Here is what NOAA is forecasting for the winter months: ...
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| equatorial | 10/19/2009 | Ryan Hastings |
Q: I have been looking through the interner trying to find synoptic charts for areas Indoneasia (0 ...
A: The answer is "Yes, sort of." The answer is that there's a global circulation driven by the sun, ...
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| hurricanes- Atlantic origin | 10/17/2009 | Donald Rosenfeld |
Q: where do most hurricanes form in the atlantic ocean?
A: Most hurricanes that form in the Atlantic initiate off the coast of Africa; take a look at: ...
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| lightning | 10/15/2009 | Ryan Hastings |
Q: What I saw was not a sting of beads, but a 'ball' of interlocking filaments about 50cm in diameter ...
A: We don't even really understand how clouds become electrified in the first place, except that it ...
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| science research project | 10/15/2009 | Ryan Hastings |
Q: Hastings, Hello.I am a 6th grade student in a magnet school who is in need of some help on a science ...
A: I'll be happy to help in whatever way I can, although I don't really know that much about how ...
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| Weather predictions verification | 10/12/2009 | Donald Rosenfeld |
Q: Is there a way to look up what the weather predictions were starting on Oct 5 for a 10 day ...
A: This brings you out for 8 days but you'll have to wait till the 5th is archived: ...
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| High fronts and Low fronts | 10/12/2009 | Ryan Hastings |
Q: Regarding the circulatory movement of air around fronts; it seems i remember that high fronts ...
A: I think you might be slightly confused about terminology. "Fronts" are used to refer to areas where ...
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| lightning | 10/11/2009 | Ryan Hastings |
Q: When I was about 10 years old, I was outside my home on a misty Spring day, near a line of parked ...
A: If it looks like this: http://wvlightning.com/types/bead1.jpg then it might have been bead ...
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| Climate in the Pyrenees | 10/9/2009 | Donald Rosenfeld |
Q: Reading a travel diary from a trip to France in 1988, I saw that the highest peaks in the Pyrenees ...
A: Global warming impacts all parts of the earth in different ways and for different time frames. Here ...
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| wedding weather | 10/5/2009 | Ryan Hastings |
Q: my wedding date is july 17th 2010 in littlerock arkansas will the weather hold out, thanks andrew
A: Sorry, but there is no way for anyone in October of 2009 to know what the weather will be like on a ...
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| Hi and Low Temps | 10/5/2009 | Donald Rosenfeld |
Q: When listing hi and low temps for a particular day, is the low temp from the morning of that day or ...
A: When NOAA reports the high and low temperature for the past day, the temperature could occur at any ...
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| Southern Ontario Summers: Extinct? | 10/3/2009 | Donald Rosenfeld |
Q: I live in Toronto. After 35 of them, it seems to me that our summers are getting shorter and wetter, ...
A: I think you are correct re the change of the climate in the Toronto area. I expect it is related to ...
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| Predicting Storms | 9/25/2009 | Donald Rosenfeld |
Q: I actually have a couple of questions for a school project: 1)Where do you go to predict the weather ...
A: 1)Where do you go to predict the weather: Weathermen use computers that have access to ...
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| Weather and measurement | 9/24/2009 | Donald Rosenfeld |
Q: Our assignment is to ask a scientist five questions about how they use measurement in their work. ...
A: Sounds like an interesting assignment!! 1)Do you personally make measurements, or do you rely on ...
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| science | 9/21/2009 | Ryan Hastings |
Q: 20 years ago carbon dixocide gas in the air was 0.03%.Why is it now 0.038%?What effect do scientists ...
A: Many sources of carbon dioxide exist on the Earth's surface, including all of the gases resulting ...
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| Lightning types | 9/20/2009 | Donald Rosenfeld |
Q: Does lightning come up from the ground or down from the sky? This is a question that gets much ...
A: The correct answer is BOTH! There are cloud to ground, ground to cloud and cloud to cloud. There are ...
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| Where should I move to? | 9/12/2009 | Ryan Hastings |
Q: I'm looking for a part of the United States of America which best fits all of the following: 1. ...
A: That depends on which factors are more important to you. For cold, you definitely want to move ...
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| unusual clouds | 9/8/2009 | Donald Rosenfeld |
Q: As you can see in the photo there were a couple long, ropelike clouds apparently extending for a ...
A: There are two names for these clouds, Morning Glory: ...
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| north atlantic weather | 9/5/2009 | Ryan Hastings |
Q: Hope you can help me! I'm working on a story that takes place aboard a sailing vessel in the 18th ...
A: Hey there. First off, sorry it took me so long to respond. I had some trouble logging in. I don't ...
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| Lake Michigan Water Temp | 8/29/2009 | Donald Rosenfeld |
Q: Would like to know how the surface water temperature [8-28-09] compares to the same date on previous ...
A: See if these help: http://www.coastwatch.msu.edu/michigan/7day/m/ ...
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| Upper level air pressure map | 8/29/2009 | Ryan Hastings |
Q: Hastings, Why anticyclones in upper level map is also co-located by anticyclones in surface level ...
A: High pressure aloft is not necessarily associated with warm air. In fact, all other things being ...
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| Causeway rain | 8/26/2009 | Donald Rosenfeld |
Q: Is there a difference between intensity of wind and rain between land right near the water and out a ...
A: If you have noticed this phenomena on several occasions it probably is not your imagination. So, the ...
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| barometric change headaches | 8/22/2009 | Donald Rosenfeld |
Q: I too suffer from pressure change headaches and take medication for them. My problem is trying to ...
A: Here's an average pressure map of the entire USA: http://cdo.ncdc.noaa.gov/climaps/slvp6113.pdf ...
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| Wedding date weather | 8/22/2009 | Donald Rosenfeld |
Q: I'm getting married may 1 2010. I was wondering about weather, rain, temp, and all that stuff i need ...
A: The date is too far in the future for an accurate forecast. Forecasts of between 4 and 7 days can ...
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| Summer Storms | 8/18/2009 | Donald Rosenfeld |
Q: I live in Ithaca, NY. It seems that the big thunderstorms occur usually between 4:30 and 6:00 pm. Is ...
A: Generally speaking, without being associated with a cold front, convective weather is most likely ...
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| Electrical flash | 8/15/2009 | Donald Rosenfeld |
Q: Last night, a friend and I were driving back to my house from hers. We were on the highway just ...
A: Most likely you saw a flash of green light from the short circuit and resulting melting of a copper ...
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