Re: Wind guaging at Rio Vista

From: Bob Prevett (prevett@shredder.engr.sgi.com-DeleteThis)
Date: Fri Jul 21 1995 - 11:02:47 PDT


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From: "Bob Prevett" <prevett@shredder.engr.sgi.com-DeleteThis>
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Date: Fri, 21 Jul 1995 11:02:47 -0700
In-Reply-To: Will Estes <westes@usc.com-DeleteThis> "Re: Wind guaging at Rio Vista" (Jul 21, 10:30am)
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On Jul 21, 10:30am, Will Estes wrote:
> The best measure is pressure differential between Sacramento and San
> Francisco. You can get that from Ken's report. If you see strong
> pressure differences, combined with just okay wind reports from the
> wind data, and fog heavily inland, it's a sure bet. If pressure is
> weak, I tend to be skeptical, even if the windtalkers are above 20
> mph.

Makes sense. What would you say qualifies as a strong pressure difference?
 Currently, we see -0.07 inHg from SFO to Travis_AFB. Is -0.07 strong enough of
a difference?

Tnx

BobP

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