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'bunchjef@fsg.prusec.com-DeleteThis says:'
> sites will be weak, the best being tigers. I have noticed that some
> people have spoken about the "NW gradiant". This doesnt exist. The push
> or flow on the ocean/coast and the pressure gradiant are two separate things.
> NW flow on the ocean means great sailing on the coast sites and the penn.
If I take two ocean buoys and measure pressure between them, don't I get a
gradient? At least last Sunday when several of the off-shore buoys were
going 29 knots, I called NWS, and they referred to the gradient at these
buoy sites.
-- Thanks, Will Estes Internet: westes@usc.com-DeleteThis U.S. Computer Saratoga, CA 95070
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