and a zoomed out version of the same layer:
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Question-How to read steering layer charts
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Question-How to read steering layer charts
I've been looking at the steering charts this season, but I still don't really know how to read them...I know to pick steering layers for certain strength storms...but then what? Which arrows do I follow? The arrows just to the north of the storm are always skewed because of the storm itself. Here's the current steering layer map for Emily:
and a zoomed out version of the same layer:
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
and a zoomed out version of the same layer:
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
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What you have to do is kind of mentally deduct the storm's own windfield and look at what would be left. In the example above, you can see a west-northwesterly flow both behind and ahead of Emily.
Keep in mind also that a storms track will generally be a little more northwesterly than the steering alone would suggest, due to the beta effect.
Jan
Keep in mind also that a storms track will generally be a little more northwesterly than the steering alone would suggest, due to the beta effect.
Jan
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