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No Parking Zone! => Off Topic, Off Colour, and non-motorcycle related => Topic started by: Biggles on July 08, 2014, 10:57:27 PM

Title: World Winds
Post by: Biggles on July 08, 2014, 10:57:27 PM
Here's a very interesting graphic.

http://earth.nullschool.net/ (http://earth.nullschool.net/)

It really clearly illustrates the air circulation.
Remember your science?  Clockwise around lows in the south.    :thumbsup

Japan appears to be in trouble at the time of posting!
Title: Re: World Winds
Post by: Shiney on July 08, 2014, 11:32:17 PM
That is an awesome find, thanks for sharing :thumbsup
Title: Re: World Winds
Post by: HOFFY on July 09, 2014, 12:04:27 AM
Must have been night time when I looked at the link, all I saw was a black screen.

I will check again in the morning when the sun comes up.

Title: Re: World Winds
Post by: Nigel on July 09, 2014, 08:36:02 AM
Quote from: HOFFY on July 09, 2014, 12:04:27 AM
Must have been night time when I looked at the link, all I saw was a black screen.

I will check again in the morning when the sun comes up.

Its now morning but still black screen. Might have to turn the monitor on? Wot thuh :grin :wht11

Nice Job..................Thanks
Title: Re: World Winds
Post by: ST2UP on July 09, 2014, 09:01:54 AM
That very cool......good find Bill  :thumb
Title: Re: World Winds
Post by: ST2UP on July 09, 2014, 09:02:09 AM
Quote from: ST2UP on July 09, 2014, 09:01:54 AM
Thats very cool......good find Bill  :thumb
Title: Re: World Winds
Post by: nate on July 09, 2014, 09:54:10 AM
that is seriously cool!!!
Title: Re: World Winds
Post by: HOFFY on July 09, 2014, 11:19:13 AM
Nope, still night time, big black screen with the word EARTH on the bottom left corner.

Might have to get my 3 year old grandson to give me a hand.
Title: Re: World Winds
Post by: Pezzz on July 09, 2014, 11:30:47 AM
That is quite amazing. If you zoom in on Japan you can really see the "eye" of the storm in that winds drop from 105kph to 8kph inside a short distance.
Title: Re: World Winds
Post by: Biggles on July 09, 2014, 11:42:53 AM
Quote from: HOFFY on July 09, 2014, 11:19:13 AM
Nope, still night time, big black screen with the word EARTH on the bottom left corner.

Might have to get my 3 year old grandson to give me a hand.

Try Google Chrome if you're stuck with IE.
Title: Re: World Winds
Post by: alans1100 on July 09, 2014, 12:33:50 PM
Quote from: HOFFY on July 09, 2014, 11:19:13 AM
Nope, still night time, big black screen with the word EARTH on the bottom left corner.

Might have to get my 3 year old grandson to give me a hand.

That happened on our WIN8 laptop so I clicked on Earth and the page loaded.

Tried it this morning and the page loaded directly from the link so might be just for first time.
Title: Re: World Winds
Post by: JuST Peter on July 10, 2014, 08:52:07 PM
That's really phenomenal! What a great find,  ++ and such a welcome relief from those woeful jokes of yours Bill! :grin
Title: Re: World Winds
Post by: Biggles on July 10, 2014, 10:49:20 PM
If you click on EARTH in the bottom left corner you can select "Ocean" which will then depict the currents. 
Check out Torres Strait- max strength on the scale today.
Title: Re: World Winds
Post by: Biggles on July 10, 2014, 10:56:13 PM
Also, while in "AIR", you can select Temp.  Even here in winter, we're showing mild on the scale.  Antarctica is the extreme now at around -56oC

A click anywhere brings up a dialogue box with the co-ordinates and current temperature.
Ditto for the wind speed.