Natural Science Forum / Earth Science / Meteorology / October 2004

So which one is it?  I understand that there is an interplay between
ridges and troughs in the jetstream and cyclonic or anticylonic
behavior on the surface...  highs and lows are either cut off or fed
by corresponding lows and highs in the jetsream.  But are the surface

I was thinking about what it would be like near the equator.  I think
high noon would occur directly overhead on the equinox dates, but
would drift away up to 23.5 degrees at the solstice dates.
With 12 hour days year round, is daylight savings time non-existant

Folks,
Several popular web pages that I had maintained at PSU
have been moved to their permanent home at coolwx.com
These are:

The maritime provinces get the odd hurricane....mostly lower category
stuff and lots of tropical storms but does anyone know if Ontario has
ever had a valid hurricane within it's borders?  There is often talk
of Hurricane Hazel from the fifties due to damage and deaths in the

Ok..Taking a look at all of what we call "Global warming"..What is a
warming process?.. It is condensation, which is going from a water
vapor to a liquid.  If you go from condensation to freezing you will
add more heat to the atmosphere. There by adding more ice not melting

For Roger, after his post:
Subject: Bush Even Spins Weather Reports!
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GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS, VOL. 31, L18209,

In 2001 the White House asked the US National academy of Science how
good the science is. It's worth a read. "Climate Change Science" It's
available online  at
http://lab.nap.edu/nap-cgi/discover.cgi?restric=NAP&term=climate+change+science&
GO.x=0&GO.y=0

I don't recall a lot of hurricane seasons ending so suddenly in
early October after such activity in August/September, so I was
wondering....
Are SSTs in the Atlantic still abnormally warm, or did the

How long will meteorologists keep using "hectopascals"? What's
wrong with using the SI unit of kilopascals? Surely everybody
knows that they are only using hectopascals because they can
pretend that they are the old-timey "millibars". If they want

Hello, I am in a Meteorlogy class and I am having trouble
understanding the prevailing westerlies.  If the Coriolis effect is
moving the trade winds from east to west in the northern hemisphere,
why do the prevailing westerlies move from the west to the east.

i'd like to have a software to make weather maps, with cloudies, symbol of
snow, rain, fog and so on...; i didn't find anything on the net.
Could you please help me?
Thx in advance

http://www.news-journalonline.com/NewsJournalOnline/News/WestVolusia/03WVolCANE0
3092804.htm
Streets a maze of detours around rising water
By DINAH VOYLES PULVER
Environment Writer

http://www.bradenton.com/mld/bradenton/news/local/9794163.htm
Floodwaters taking toll on central Florida neighborhoods
MIKE BRANOM
Associated Press

After a couple of relatively cool nights for October, the grass min
jumped 9C overnight (10C to 19C).  Storm birds (koels) calling the
past 48 hours too (the channel-billed cuckoos have been around for a
couple of weeks though).