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New Addition to the Weather Central

#1 Postby mf_dolphin » Sun May 04, 2003 3:48 pm

I've added some common conversion utilities that we always need during the hurricane season:

KTS-MPH
MB-In of Merc
Distance Calculator

http://www.storm2k.org/Weather-Central/Tropics/TropicsConversion.htm

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#2 Postby cycloneye » Sun May 04, 2003 4:10 pm

Folks this is a great addition because you can see how many miles is a storm from your city or town.Another reason that storm2k is #1 around the net thanks Marshall for bringing this. :)
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#3 Postby ColdFront77 » Sun May 04, 2003 5:48 pm

Great addition. Thank you very much for adding it, Marshall. :D
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#4 Postby Stephanie » Mon May 05, 2003 11:12 am

I know that they will be handy for me! Thanks!
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#5 Postby Amanzi » Mon May 05, 2003 11:22 am

Thanks for the new additions MF :)

All hail the king of Chineese ;)
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#6 Postby mf_dolphin » Mon May 05, 2003 11:34 am

Thanks everyone :-) If anyone thinks of something esle that would be handy on that page just let me know and we'll see what we can do! :D
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#7 Postby JQ Public » Mon May 05, 2003 11:44 am

Thanks :)
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#8 Postby bfez1 » Tue May 06, 2003 8:26 am

Very useful info, thanks MF :lol:
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#9 Postby ColdFront77 » Tue May 06, 2003 1:31 pm

I love the Storm Distance Calculator. I remember that one degree latitude is 69.0 miles and one degree longitude is 52.0 miles. :)
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#10 Postby mf_dolphin » Tue May 06, 2003 1:53 pm

Tom, when I run the distance calculator I get 69 miles for one degree of latitude and 63 miles for one degree of longitude. Are you sure about your figures? Maybe I need to check the math in the calculation... I got the formula from the internet so I hope it's right. :-)
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#11 Postby Rainband » Wed May 07, 2003 6:00 pm

Thanks MF!!!!! You Rock!!! :D
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#12 Postby southerngale » Fri May 09, 2003 12:44 pm

~Cool~

Thanks for the additions MF!! :D
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#13 Postby ColdFront77 » Fri May 09, 2003 4:29 pm

Great point, Marshall. Honestly, ever time I calculate one degree of longitude I get 63 miles, not sure why I got 52 miles when I used the Storm Distance Calculator. I'll do it again later and I am sure I will get the former. Sorry about this.
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#14 Postby mf_dolphin » Fri May 09, 2003 7:11 pm

No problem at all Tom :-) I just can't wait to use it for a real storm :-)
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#15 Postby ColdFront77 » Fri May 09, 2003 7:23 pm

Marshall, I just checked 10 to 15 minutes ago and one degree longitude came out to 51 miles, rather than the 63 miles it should be. The 69 miles per degree latitude remains, which is of course correct.
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#16 Postby mf_dolphin » Fri May 09, 2003 7:29 pm

What coordinates are you using to get 51 miles? I just ran a test and got 69 miles for 1 degree of longitude and 64 miles for 1 degree of latitude. Please give me the actual coordinates you are useing :-)
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#17 Postby ColdFront77 » Fri May 09, 2003 7:50 pm

I enjoy using the Storm Distance Calculator for finding the distance of the current storms from certainly locations and even from me, no matter if they affect my area or not.

Here are some I just checked:

41.0°N, 72.0°W to 41.0°N, 71.0°W = 52 miles
36.0°N, 71.0°W to 36.0°N, 72.0°W = 56 miles
31.0°N, 72.0°W to 31.0°N, 71.0°W = 59 miles

38.0°N, 92.0°W to 39.0°N, 92.0°W = 69 miles
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