Part 2. Almost done. Obviously meteorology is a far more complex subject than the thumbnail I’m giving again. I’m just covering some of the major influencing factors for Ireland and the North East Atlantic. So last time we saw some of the prevailing winds ran opposite those across Ireland. To explain these difference we need…
I finished Part 1 with the Coriolis effect. I said last time that the warmer air at the equator flows toward the poles. The Coriolis Effect impacts this to cause the major weather patterns. Since the world is a sphere, the surface of the earth at the equator is moving much faster than the surface…
“Climate is what we expect, weather is what we get” – Mark Twain So I’ve written about the Shipping News and the databuoys and waves and wind etc. I thought I might do some more on the weather subject and move up to a bigger scale, particularly as it affects Ireland and the North Atlantic.…
I though I’d continue on from yesterday’s post and talk about how to interpret the radio sea weather forecasts. In Ireland we get the Sea Area Forecast, also called the Marine Forecast on RTE Radio 1 (which comes from Met Eireann) twice a day. In the UK it’s more famously know as The Shipping News.…
One thing I’ve really noticed a lot this year is the inability of many swimmers to accurately gauge wind speed and water conditions. The way to do this is the Beaufort Scale, which measures wind speed based on empirical observed conditions. (It is, by the way, named after an Irish explorer and British Navy Admiral.)…
Part 1 – Theory So, why a different post for what we can call the observed local effects? Well, depending where you are in the world, this may not be needed. There are some places where the observed local effects match those predicted by theory. However, why isn’t that the case for everywhere? Simply, the…
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