With a little knowledge of geography, you can observe the jet stream on a surface map too! The circled station (click on the map to see details) is from the Mount Washington observatory high atop the mountain about 1.5 miles above sea-level. Whereas winds are calm almost everywhere in New Hampshire, a steady westerly breeze of 25 knots (a little more than 25 mph) is blowing here. You can see a current surface plot of this map here.
Monday, September 8, 2008
Observations of Jetstream: Surface Maps
With a little knowledge of geography, you can observe the jet stream on a surface map too! The circled station (click on the map to see details) is from the Mount Washington observatory high atop the mountain about 1.5 miles above sea-level. Whereas winds are calm almost everywhere in New Hampshire, a steady westerly breeze of 25 knots (a little more than 25 mph) is blowing here. You can see a current surface plot of this map here.
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