 EGeezerSummertimePremium
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Midwest
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2 edits | Forecast for Amundsen-Scott When I start lamenting the end of summer, I comfort myself with a look at the wunderground weather forecast waaaay down there;
said by Wx forecast :Saturday Night
Partly cloudy. Low of -74°F with a windchill of -116°F. Winds from the NNW at 20 mph shifting to the SSE in the morning.
Also see blog at »www.adventure-antarctica.de/
and »www.esrl.noaa.gov/gmd/obop/spo/l···era.html
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EGeezerSummertimePremium
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kudos:7 | OK guys, if the station is located right at the south pole, how do they determine wind direction?
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 SmokChsrWho let the magic smoke out?Premium
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Saint Augustine, FL | It's easy, it's always from the North...
If you actually wanted to know which way the wind was blowing I guess I'd call the Prime Meridian N or 0 deg, and the Anti Meridian South or 180 Deg. |
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EGeezerSummertimePremium
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1 edit | That's what I thought would be the case - always from the north.
They must measure wind direction some other way, since the forecasts say stuff like "Winds from the NNW at 20 mph shifting to the SSE in the morning."
The location is specified as 90° 0′ 0″ S, 139° 16′ 0″ W. I wonder how they arrived at a longitude for 90° 0′ 0 S, since all longitudinal lines converge at 90° 0′ 0 North and South.
»toolserver.org/~geohack/geohack.···landmark
I should have titled the post "Weirdness abounds at the south pole.." 
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SmokChsrWho let the magic smoke out?Premium
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| said by EGeezer:The location is specified as 90° 0′ 0″ S, 139° 16′ 0″ W. I wonder how they arrived at a longitude for 90° 0′ 0 S, since all longitudinal lines converge at 90° 0′ 0 North and South.
Going by Google Earth, it shows that would be up to about 6" away from the pole, on that longitude line. Perhaps the ice shifted a bit. |
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 Hayward K A R - 1 2 0 CPremium
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Key West, FL
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said by SmokChsr:It's easy, it's always from the North...
Or north-something..... just as the North pole it would always be the south-something.
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