Comments for Cloudy and Cool http://cloudyandcool.com National Weather Analysis and Commentary Tue, 04 Sep 2012 21:19:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ Comment on Contact by pyeager http://cloudyandcool.com/contact/#comment-3375 Tue, 04 Sep 2012 21:19:36 +0000 http://cloudyandcool.com/?page_id=983#comment-3375 You are correct, Gregg, the first mention of the direction of the wind around a high pressure system in the book is incorrect–it’s clockwise, not counterclockwise (northern hemisphere). This is something that I mistakenly typed in the same way that we’ve all intended to say one thing but something else came out. The error slipped through the editing process, but the publisher is already aware of the correction for any future editions.

]]> Comment on Contact by Gregg Harrison http://cloudyandcool.com/contact/#comment-3372 Sat, 01 Sep 2012 19:00:57 +0000 http://cloudyandcool.com/?page_id=983#comment-3372 Paul: Knowing my fascination with weather, a close friend gave me a copy of your book. I had barely begun reading it when I was astounded by the statements on pages 11 and 18 that “The air … diverges … from the center of the high pressure system in a counterclockwise direction,” and “A low pressure system is … a storm system, with… air converging toward the center of the low pressure system in a counterclockwise direction.” My confidence level in the information in your book has now been seriously compromised, as clearly the air does not circulate around high and low pressure systems iin the same direction. As you well know, air circulates around a high pressure system in a clockwise direction. Disappointing error.

]]> Comment on Contact by pyeager http://cloudyandcool.com/contact/#comment-3369 Thu, 30 Aug 2012 16:53:24 +0000 http://cloudyandcool.com/?page_id=983#comment-3369 Hi Amie–nice to hear from you. I hope all is well with your and your family. I will tell Sherry that you said hello!

The weather pattern is perfectly normal. It’s really just a function of the change of the the upper-level flow of late. It has been more southerly (from the south) than westerly (from the west) in the eastern U.S., so storms have been moving in from that direction.

Paul

]]> Comment on Contact by Amie Marks http://cloudyandcool.com/contact/#comment-3359 Sat, 25 Aug 2012 20:12:10 +0000 http://cloudyandcool.com/?page_id=983#comment-3359 Long lost friends,
I hope the two of you are well. I miss our Rolls lab talks Sherri, and Paul, thank you again for sharing your work with me.
I have a weather question! The storms seem like they’ve shifted directionality. In the past, they seemed to travel west to east predominantly, and now they seem to travel.south-ish to north-ish. Is this due to a shift in axis from the Japan earthquake, or some other phenomenon? or maybe I am way off, and this is normal?
Sincerely,
Amie Marks

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]]> Comment on Comments on AOL News Stories by pyeager http://cloudyandcool.com/2011/04/03/comments-on-aol-news-stories/#comment-2922 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:04:49 +0000 http://cloudyandcool.com/?p=2437#comment-2922 I’m happy to post your comment, but you’re right–this probably isn’t the right place, or at least the most effective one. It won’t be seen by many.

This is my personal blog, not an AOL News blog. This article was written about comments I received when I wrote for AOL News a while back, but AOL News was disbanded and what was left of it was moved to the HuffingtonPost. AOL News was good about posting comments, and I think the HuffingtonPost is as well. Not being associated with the other sites, I can’t comment on them.

A 12,000-mile trip is impressive! Glad you landed safely,

Paul

]]> Comment on Comments on AOL News Stories by Jimmy http://cloudyandcool.com/2011/04/03/comments-on-aol-news-stories/#comment-2921 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:34:11 +0000 http://cloudyandcool.com/?p=2437#comment-2921 I know this may not be the right place, but since Yahoo! seems to have removed any facility for reader comment son their news stories aand other features -maybe some one here at AOL can tell me why? i know many people have at least one email address, and many with several, including AOL and Yahoo and so on.
Yaho boast they are the ‘most visited’ on the web -what for? Just to accept their views on feature stories?
Today, Tuesday, the are featurng a story on DTS (deep thrombosis syndrom) from long haul flights, and that the elderly should not travel in window seats!
I have just recently returned from a 12,000 mile round trip to New Zealnd in a window seat and I am well! I should add that I am male, and 76.

]]> Comment on NOAA Warning Voice Sings “Deck the Halls” by Roland Derksen http://cloudyandcool.com/2011/12/13/noaa-warning-voice-sings-deck-the-halls/#comment-2802 Sun, 25 Dec 2011 17:42:21 +0000 http://cloudyandcool.com/?p=2930#comment-2802 Intresting comments about Christmas carols! I happen to like the songs myself. My only complaint is they don’t sing enough of some of the lesser known carols. All I mostly hear wherever I go are the songs like “Silent Night’ (Christmas is pretty noisy these days anyway) “Joy to the world” (yeah, right) and so forth. These ones I hear too often. How often do you hear “Rise up shepherds and follow” or “I wonder as I wander’ or some other lesser played tune. Anyway, the weather is changing- looks like we won’t get a record dry December. If this month were to end today, we would- but the calendar says it’s 31 days, not 25.

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