Thursday, July 29, 2010

Isotachs


An isotach is a lot like an isobar. Instead of using lines to show the barometric pressure an isotach uses lines to show windspeed. This map to the left shows wind speed of northeast America. The lines are the isotachs showing the difference in wind speed.

Map found here: http://www4.ncsu.edu/~nwsfo/storage/cases/20030123/

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