In previous columns, we discussed the importance of understanding the gradient wind as a basis for predicting where the next shift will come from ( Strategy, April 98). Similarly, the gradient wind ...

Do you know what causes wind? Well, broadly speaking it’s the sun... but more specifically, how the sun unevenly heats the Earth’s surface. That leads to areas of high and low pressure forming, and in ...

THE relation between the wind and the pressure distribution is a fundamental question of dynamical meteorology. In qualitative form it is expressed by Buys Ballot's well-known law that in the northern ...

Using isobars on weather maps is completely accurate. Wind derives its initial speed and direction from changes in air pressure over distance, or pressure gradient force (PGF). This is why when ...

Back in 2014, US Army engineers Charles Marsh and Carl Feickert envisioned a wind-power system inspired by Venetian blinds fluttering in an open window. They have since teamed up with eight colleagues ...

Please know that the majority of daylight hours on Friday in Indiana will be very mild — if not warm, bright and breezy. High temperatures approach 80° (near daily record warm levels) Friday afternoon ...

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This is a story about the physics of sea breezes. Yeah, I know…the last thing you want is a physics lesson. But take it from me – someone whose grade point average was ruined by Calculus – knowing ...

A strong arctic cold front plowed through the region last night bringing with it strong gradient wind gusts 35-45 mph and a ...