12z Canadian is moved WELL east?

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#21 Postby jrod » Wed Jul 06, 2005 2:09 pm

I wish they could launch a lot of weather baloons in front of and around the storm to get a better look of whats happening.
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#22 Postby ericinmia » Wed Jul 06, 2005 2:11 pm

They can do even better.

They fly over dropping tons of little "dropsondes" that report conditions back as they fall to the surface.
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#23 Postby loon » Wed Jul 06, 2005 2:12 pm

ericinmia wrote:They can do even better.

They fly over dropping tons of little "dropsondes" that report conditions back as they fall to the surface.
-Eric


I've always wondered, I'm guessing they sink, I wonder how many are on the Carrib and GOM floor? I wonder if they keep count how many they've dropped
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#24 Postby GalvestonDuck » Wed Jul 06, 2005 2:19 pm

loon wrote:
ericinmia wrote:They can do even better.

They fly over dropping tons of little "dropsondes" that report conditions back as they fall to the surface.
-Eric


I've always wondered, I'm guessing they sink, I wonder how many are on the Carrib and GOM floor? I wonder if they keep count how many they've dropped


They just send someone out in a SpongeBob submarine cart with a cage on it, kinda like those golfball picker carts, to cruise around the ocean floor and pick 'em up. I hear they get 10 cents for every one they bring back. :wink:

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#25 Postby jrod » Wed Jul 06, 2005 2:32 pm

ericinmia wrote:They can do even better.

They fly over dropping tons of little "dropsondes" that report conditions back as they fall to the surface.
-Eric


so much more practical that is


When a storm appoaches land why not launch more weather balloons at strategic locations. I got this impression that weather balloons have some advatages for measurements because it represents a rising parcel of air.
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