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amazing animated wind map of this storm (Original Post) dixiegrrrrl Jan 2018 OP
very cool.... dhill926 Jan 2018 #1
Gorgeous. klook Jan 2018 #2
Wow. cwydro Jan 2018 #3
there is also this one: dixiegrrrrl Jan 2018 #4
I love these. cwydro Jan 2018 #5
Yup, I use both. . . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Jan 2018 #16
Both are amazing.. mountain grammy Jan 2018 #21
Wow! malaise Jan 2018 #6
Thanks for posting. Here is map tweaked to surface wind and temperature. Blue is freezing line. Fred Sanders Jan 2018 #7
Check out the carbon monoxide over China! MGKrebs Jan 2018 #10
Remarkable image of CO2 concentration. China coal..Also eastern Europe. Fred Sanders Jan 2018 #24
Is there a menu to use to look at those various things? PoindexterOglethorpe Jan 2018 #17
Click on the word "earth" in the lower left MGKrebs Jan 2018 #25
Thank you. PoindexterOglethorpe Jan 2018 #29
Incredible to Watch! dlk Jan 2018 #8
Wow. Very cool. MGKrebs Jan 2018 #9
Wow PatSeg Jan 2018 #11
That is way cool. Butterflylady Jan 2018 #12
Very cool!! Try zooming in and out on the map. Persondem Jan 2018 #13
You can edit the URL to change lat, lon, and eye elevation. ... orthographic-x,y,z L. Coyote Jan 2018 #14
Here's another one that allows you to look at precipitation, snow cover, PoindexterOglethorpe Jan 2018 #15
I Look at Ventusky Almost Every Day Leith Jan 2018 #20
Their forecast was the only reason I thought I might be sitting in the rzemanfl Jan 2018 #27
I first learned about Ventusky here on DU PoindexterOglethorpe Jan 2018 #30
Same Here Leith Jan 2018 #33
Thank you!!! dixiegrrrrl Jan 2018 #23
somone posted this here a year ago and it was (is) handy AllaN01Bear Jan 2018 #18
In the graphic, one can see how the storm sucks the cold air out of the Arctic ... earthshine Jan 2018 #19
looks like heaven05 Jan 2018 #22
Nature: we are messing with some powerful force nt delisen Jan 2018 #26
All you Northeasters.. Cha Jan 2018 #28
Looks like a "winter" hurricane! Kajun Gal Jan 2018 #31
Snowmageddon! Baclava Jan 2018 #32

klook

(12,151 posts)
2. Gorgeous.
Thu Jan 4, 2018, 01:07 PM
Jan 2018

It's amazing how this map lets you look around the world and see wind patterns everywhere. It's really interesting to see the areas with apparently little or no wind, while in others the wind must be howling. What a planet!

Fred Sanders

(23,946 posts)
7. Thanks for posting. Here is map tweaked to surface wind and temperature. Blue is freezing line.
Thu Jan 4, 2018, 01:36 PM
Jan 2018

It is literally freezing all the way to the Gulf coast in the middle flof the day.

55 in....Miami!

https://earth.nullschool.net/#current/wind/surface/level/overlay=temp/orthographic=-86.34,34.82,669/loc=-53.797,33.768

Persondem

(1,936 posts)
13. Very cool!! Try zooming in and out on the map.
Thu Jan 4, 2018, 02:47 PM
Jan 2018

You can see the wind patterns for much of the planet ... or zoom in to see some details.

Weather nerd here!

PoindexterOglethorpe

(25,816 posts)
15. Here's another one that allows you to look at precipitation, snow cover,
Thu Jan 4, 2018, 02:52 PM
Jan 2018

air pressure, and several other things. Plus, you can set the altitude you want to be looking at.

https://www.ventusky.com/

rzemanfl

(29,554 posts)
27. Their forecast was the only reason I thought I might be sitting in the
Thu Jan 4, 2018, 08:54 PM
Jan 2018

house am in when Irma was bearing down. They nailed the path of the storm when other models had my home under eight feet of saltwater.

PoindexterOglethorpe

(25,816 posts)
30. I first learned about Ventusky here on DU
Thu Jan 4, 2018, 09:08 PM
Jan 2018

back during hurricane season.

Some helpful member posted the link and I saved it to my desktop.

Leith

(7,808 posts)
33. Same Here
Fri Jan 5, 2018, 01:20 AM
Jan 2018

I don't remember who any more, but my guess is Malaise. S/he kept us up-to-date on tropical storms.

 

earthshine

(1,642 posts)
19. In the graphic, one can see how the storm sucks the cold air out of the Arctic ...
Thu Jan 4, 2018, 03:06 PM
Jan 2018

and pulls it across the US. The Arctic warms; we freeze.

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