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How do weather services get sky conditions above the surface?
It's easy enough to establish measurement stations on the surface to measure
wind, temperature, visibility, etc., but what is the normal way for meteorologists to measure these things aloft? Do they depend on PIREPs, or expendable/recoverable probes and balloons, or satellites, or what? |
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How do weather services get sky conditions above the surface?
On Jul 23, 9:37*am, Mxsmanic wrote:
It's easy enough to establish measurement stations on the surface to measure wind, temperature, visibility, etc., but what is the normal way for meteorologists to measure these things aloft? *Do they depend on PIREPs, or expendable/recoverable probes and balloons, or satellites, or what? This is one of your poorest troll attempts, Anthony, you are a disappointment. Please try to do better. |
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How do weather services get sky conditions above the surface?
Mxsmanic wrote in
: It's easy enough to establish measurement stations on the surface to measure wind, temperature, visibility, etc., but what is the normal way for meteorologists to measure these things aloft? Do they depend on PIREPs, or expendable/recoverable probes and balloons, or satellites, or what? They lok out the window fjukktard. Try it. Bertie |
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How do weather services get sky conditions above the surface?
"Mxsmanic" wrote in message ... It's easy enough to establish measurement stations on the surface to measure wind, temperature, visibility, etc., but what is the normal way for meteorologists to measure these things aloft? Do they depend on PIREPs, or expendable/recoverable probes and balloons, or satellites, or what? Try Google, Simboi. |
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How do weather services get sky conditions above the surface?
"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote in
m: wrote: On Jul 23, 9:37 am, Mxsmanic wrote: It's easy enough to establish measurement stations on the surface to measure wind, temperature, visibility, etc., but what is the normal way for meteorologists to measure these things aloft? Do they depend on PIREPs, or expendable/recoverable probes and balloons, or satellites, or what? This is one of your poorest troll attempts, Anthony, you are a disappointment. Please try to do better. Do you folks that continue to respond to Mxsmanic, Bertie, Maxwell, and the other trolls realize that if you had simply ignored them this would still be a useful forum? Actually, I likve for poasts just like this one.... Bertie |
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How do weather services get sky conditions above the surface?
On Jul 23, 7:37*am, Mxsmanic wrote:
It's easy enough to establish measurement stations on the surface to measure wind, temperature, visibility, etc., but what is the normal way for meteorologists to measure these things aloft? *Do they depend on PIREPs, or expendable/recoverable probes and balloons, or satellites, or what? Theres a little "eye" that looks up at the sky at various points. It detects if there is cloud, or sky. The sensor is prone to errors, though. Sometimes if it's broken, it'll say its overcast because some of the sensors are pointing diagonally and are sensing the side of the cloud. I had an ATC college-style text book that had a very informative diagram of how they worked, but that book is long gone. http://www.cyanogen.com/products/cloud_main.htm here is an example of one. |
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How do weather services get sky conditions above the surface?
Mxsmanic wrote:
It's easy enough to establish measurement stations on the surface to measure wind, temperature, visibility, etc., but what is the normal way for meteorologists to measure these things aloft? Do they depend on PIREPs, or expendable/recoverable probes and balloons, or satellites, or what? Tongue firmly in cheek They charter a Bell 47 helicopter and take it up in increments of 1000 feet where they hover for a few seconds. They roll down the window and use the "finger method" to determine wind speed and direction. At altitudes above 30,000 feet they use the frozen toe method to determine winds aloft and temperatures. |
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How do weather services get sky conditions above the surface?
On Jul 23, 10:05*am, "Steven P. McNicoll"
wrote: wrote: On Jul 23, 9:37 am, Mxsmanic wrote: It's easy enough to establish measurement stations on the surface to measure wind, temperature, visibility, etc., but what is the normal way for meteorologists to measure these things aloft? Do they depend on PIREPs, or expendable/recoverable probes and balloons, or satellites, or what? This is one of your poorest troll attempts, Anthony, you are a disappointment. Please try to do better. Do you folks that continue to respond to Mxsmanic, Bertie, Maxwell, and the other trolls realize that if you had simply ignored them this would still be a useful forum? It would also be a useful forum if people actually answered the questions posed, regardless of *who* is asking it. The OP's question is perefectly valid, and x number of years from now when somebody Google's for the answer and gets this thread, all they will see for an answer are insults. There is nothing more frustrating than Googling for an anwer to something only to find the response was "why don't you Google for it". If you have the time to post such a response, you have the time to answer the question. |
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How do weather services get sky conditions above the surface?
Rocky Stevens wrote:
It would also be a useful forum if people actually answered the questions posed, regardless of *who* is asking it. The OP's question is perefectly valid, and x number of years from now when somebody Google's for the answer and gets this thread, all they will see for an answer are insults. There is nothing more frustrating than Googling for an anwer to something only to find the response was "why don't you Google for it". If you have the time to post such a response, you have the time to answer the question. True, but the folks that post such a response probably don't know the answer. |
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