Re: Hot air rising and automobile thermometers

[brian whatcott <inet@INTELLISYS.NET>]

At 14:52 7/22/99 -0700, you wrote:

> We do observe inversions going downhill, but, I think, less frequently.
> I think we observe less frequently altogether on our way home, so it is
> apparent that I must do something about that. I do not know how closely
> the surface temperature on the hillside represents the atmospheric
> temperature at the same altitude over the city below, but I expect the
> monotonicity with altitude to be the same in both cases.
...
> Leigh


The anabatic and katabatic winds up and down hillsides take something away
from the vivid cooling often noticed when climbing an airplane on a hot day.



brian whatcott <inet@intellisys.net>
Altus OK