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Old September 30th 10, 07:51 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Andy[_1_]
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Default New definition of thermal strength

On Sep 29, 8:45*pm, Bob Mowry wrote:
From NPR's science guy: *http://www.npr.org/blogs/krulwich/20...a-hurricane-we...

They use a unit of measure to define how much water is in a cloud/
thunderstorm/hurricane. *At one point they use elephants/second to
describe the inflow of moisture in a thunderstorm. *Quite funny.


I heard this live yesterday. Being a Python fan I had to wonder if
they were Asian elephants or African elephants. The whole concept is
a bit hard to swallow.

Andy