To: decimon
Isn’t the standard lapse rate 3 degrees per thousand feet, so *IF* we go from say 85 degree F water temps to MINUS 85 degrees at the cloud tops ... and presume we have cloud tops in the purple at the FL 550 ... that means we need to drop 170 degrees F in 55,000 feet for a lapse rate of OMG 3 degrees per thousand feet.
OMG it’s a monster storm!!!
sarcasm off.
3 posted on
09/14/2010 1:54:03 PM PDT by
Blueflag
(Res ipsa loquitur)
To: Blueflag
....for a lapse rate of OMG 3 degrees per thousand feet. OMG! A Standard Atmosphere! How can that possibly be with all the globull warming going on? Run for your life!
8 posted on
09/14/2010 2:23:51 PM PDT by
Thermalseeker
(Stop the insanity - Flush Congress!)
To: Blueflag
Isn’t the standard lapse rate 3 degrees per thousand feet, so *IF* we go from say 85 degree F water temps to MINUS 85 degrees at the cloud tops ... and presume we have cloud tops in the purple at the FL 550 ... that means we need to drop 170 degrees F in 55,000 feet for a lapse rate of OMG 3 degrees per thousand feet.
OMG it’s a monster storm!!!
sarcasm off.I HATE the 24 hour news cycle, every little blip has to mean the end of the world.
10 posted on
09/14/2010 2:26:11 PM PDT by
tx_eggman
(Liberalism is only possible in that moment when a man chooses Barabas over Christ.)
To: Blueflag
Thanks for that explanation. I was kinda trying to work it out and (brain fizzle)-— you got it.
19 posted on
09/14/2010 5:00:21 PM PDT by
Mrs. Don-o
("Always do what you said you'd do when you were drunk. It'll teach you to keep your mouth shut.")
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