Atmospheric mechanics and thermodynamics

Posted by Roger Critchlow-2 on Jun 11, 2013; 6:25pm
URL: http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/Atmospheric-mechanics-and-thermodynamics-tp7583222.html

I was highly amused to read the description of how a heat burst happens here:

  http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capital-weather-gang/wp/2013/06/11/stunning-late-night-heat-burst-in-nebraska-99-degrees-at-5-am/

because it invokes the momentum of an atmospheric packet, something that I don't think any of our weather discussions has ever brought into our explanations.   

Also note how the explanation proceeds as a logical-causal fait accompli, there is no physics or math involved in the explanation, just a narration of a sequence of physical causes.

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