Less than 1000 miles to go for Pete Goss and the boys on the Spirit
After sailing from one side of the world to the other, Pete Goss and his gallant crew must be full of anticipation as they tick off the last significant milestone in their epic adventure re-creating the voayge of the Mystery originally made on 1854. With under 1000 miles to go and the port of Melbourne making preparations for their arrival the end is in sight - almost literally. However, before then they will have to contend with a vicious little blow due to cross their paths today as indicated in the chart below - courtesy of the Australian Governemnt's Bureau of Metoreology.
South of the equator, the wind travels in a clockwise direction around a Cyclone - a useful explanation of how winds behave in general below the median line can be found here.
South of the equator, the wind travels in a clockwise direction around a Cyclone - a useful explanation of how winds behave in general below the median line can be found here.
posted by Laurence Hartwell at
Monday, March 02, 2009
2 Comments:
In the Southern Hemisphere the wind circulates in a clockwise direction around a cyclone and anticlockwise around an anti-cyclone(high pressure)and vice versa in the Northern Hemisphere.
See what happens when you type in a rush! - may thanks for spotting the error which has now been corrected.
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