Weather Terminology
Weather terminology found in the book,
THE PERFECT STORM:
- Backing Wind-A low pressure system going into a counter clockwise spin.
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- Knots- Wind speed equivalent to one nautical mile per hour.
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- Hurricane- Storm with a violent wind.
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- Barometric Pressure- The pressure exerted by the atmosphere at a given point.
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- Gale- A very strong wind.
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- Astrology- The use of astronomical phenomena to predict earthly and human events, in terms of an assumed theoretical system.
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- Headwind- A wind blowing directly against the coarse of an aircraft or ship.
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- Tropical Cyclone- A Hurricane.
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