World Winds

[Biggles]

Here's a very interesting graphic.

http://earth.nullschool.net/

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

Japan appears to be in trouble at the time of posting!

[Shiney]

That is an awesome find, thanks for sharing

[HOFFY]

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.

[Nigel]

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?

Nice Job..................Thanks

[ST2UP]

That very cool......good find Bill 

[ST2UP]

Thats very cool......good find Bill 

[nate]

that is seriously cool!!!

[HOFFY]

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.

[Pezzz]

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.

[Biggles]

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.

[alans1100]

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.

[JuST Peter]

That's really phenomenal! What a great find,  and such a welcome relief from those woeful jokes of yours Bill!

[Biggles]

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.

[Biggles]

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 -56^oC

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