Antarctica Ice Chime achieving an inert state. No vibration. No sound. Earth's atmosphere provides a venue of sound transmision through 'fluid' reaction through 'wave length.' When the metal pipes are moved due to air disturbance the air surrounding those pipes move due to the wavelength of that movement, hence, transmitting sound. When planets don't have atmosphere there is no sound. It requires atmosphere to provide the 'venue' for sound.

Morning Papers - continued ...(Click for 24 hour loop - 3 PM and 6 PM are missing) - See bottom of entry for answers

June 26, 2007
12:00 PM
Antarctica Surface Winds (click on for loop)

Quiet in this image. Why would that be? The meandering at higher latitudes of jet stream transmit 'what' to the lower air mass? It transmits 'inertia.' There is some air movement on 'loop' but that is true of any fluid. The only time fluid is completely 'still' is when it's in a jar. Why is that? Because fluid in a jar is not exposed to any other dynamics unless the jar moves or is moved/shaken. Therefore, fluid in a jar is in it's natural state of 'inertia.'


June 26, 2007
6:00 gmt
Antarctica Jet Stream

There is some air movement onto the ice continent but the majority of the air is contained in a meandering vortex in an undisturbed circulation around the ice due to the Coriolis Effect (The spinning of Earth.) Where there is 'incoming' air, it doesn't remain that way for long, does it? It runs up against the frigid higher latitudes at 9 to 10 thousand feet, becomes as cold as the existing air and returns to the air surrounding the continent. The reason there is a disturbance at all is because air has mass. It is fluid. Where a larger mass collides with a denser mass there is some movement as the density of the larger mass experiences changes TOWARD inertia. If it weren't for the Coriolis of Earth there would be dear little air movement at all.


June 26, 2007
1316 gmt
Southern Hemispheric Pole (not quite to the equator)

Where are the vortices today? Realizing Antarctica is in complete darkness where are the vortices and why?

Got it figured out?


Look at this. This is Antarctica in complete darkness:


Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, Antarctica

Elevation :: 9285 ft / 2830 m

Temperature :: -82 °F / -63 °C

Conditions :: Snow

Wind :: 7 mph / 11 km/h / from the ENE

Wind Gust :: -

Pressure :: in / hPa (Falling)

Visibility :: 7.0 miles / 11.0 kilometers

Clouds :: Scattered Clouds 1181 ft / 360 m
(Above Ground Level)

Raw METAR
Aviation

Flight Rule :: VFR ()

Wind Speed :: 7 mph / 11 km/h /

Wind Dir :: 60° (ENE)

Ceiling :: 100000 ft / 100000 m



Clean Air, Antarctica

Temperature :: -81 °F / -63 °C

Humidity :: N/A%

Pressure :: 28.03 in / 949 hPa

Conditions :: Ice Crystals

Winds :: NE at 7 mph / 11 km/h / 3.1 m/s

Time of Day :: 11:50 PM NZST

Local Time :: 1:45 PM GMT

Lat/Lon :: 89.9° S 0.0° W

Tropical Weather:

North Indian Ocean :: Tropical Cyclone 03b

Length Of Visible Light :: 0h 00m

Length of Day :: 0h 00m

Tomorrow will be 0m 0s shorter.


Siple Dome, AA

Temperature :: -22 °F / -30 °C

Wind :: Calm

Wind Gust :: -

Pressure :: 28.71 in / 972 hPa (Rising)

Aviation
Flight Rule :: NA
Wind Speed :: 0 mph / 0 km/h /

Wind Dir :: N/A

Ceiling :: -


Vostok, Antarctica

Time of Day :: 6:00 PM VOST

Elevation :: 11220 ft / 3420 m

Temperature :: -78 °F / -61 °C

Humidity :: 63%

Dew Point :: -81 °F / -63 °C

Wind :: 5 mph / 7 km/h / from the WNW

Wind Gust :: -

Pressure :: in / hPa (Falling)

Visibility :: 12.0 miles / 20.0 kilometers

Aviation
Flight Rule :: VFR ()

Wind Speed :: 5 mph / 7 km/h /

Wind Dir :: 300° (WNW)

Ceiling :: 100000 ft / 100000 m

The warmest spots:

Centro Met. Antartico " Pdte. Eduardo Frei ", Antarctica

Elevation :: 33 ft / 10 m

Temperatures :: 24 °F / -4 °C

Conditons :: Partly Cloudy

Humidity :: 78%

Dew Point :: 20 °F / -7 °C

Wind :: 12 mph / 18 km/h / from the West

Wind Gust :: -

Pressure :: 29.61 in / 1002 hPa (Steady)

Visibility :: 9.0 miles / 15.0 kilometers

Clouds:
Scattered Clouds 1575 ft / 480 m
Scattered Clouds 6890 ft / 2100 m
(Above Ground Level)

Aviation
Flight Rule :: VFR ()

Wind Speed :: 12 mph / 18 km/h /

Wind Dir :: 280° (West)

Ceiling :: 100000 ft / 100000 m


King Sejong, Antarctica

Elevation :: 33 ft / 10 m

Temperature :: 23 °F / -5 °C

Conditions :: Partly Cloudy

Humidity :: 82%

Dew Point :: 20 °F / -7 °C

Wind :: 16 mph / 26 km/h / from the NW

Wind Gust :: -

Pressure :: 29.56 in / 1001 hPa (Rising)

Visibility :: 12.0 miles / 20.0 kilometers

Aviation
Flight Rule :: VFR ()

Wind Speed :: 16 mph / 26 km/h /

Wind Dir :: 320° (NW)

Ceiling :: 100000 ft / 100000 m

THE REASON the vortices are at higher latitudes while Antarctica is in complete darkness is because the air over Antarctica is achieving 'inertia' without the disturbance of the sun transmitting heat to the surface of Earth. At the surface of Earth, the sunlight reflected back to the troposphere is 'converted' into Infrared. What do we know about infrared? It makes things hot. Hot air rises and cold air sinks because of the change in 'density.'

The higher latitudes away from Antarctica are still receiving heat and experiencing air and water turbulence. Antarctica is not.

When Antarctica is in complete darkness there is no more heating, rising and sinking air. The air mass is achieving inertia. Inertia allows the frigid temperatures to solidify ice and make ice 'structures' without disturbance. Solid ice is good ice. Biotic Antarctica. Important. Very important.

The weather at Scott Base, Antarctica (Crystal Ice Chime) is:

June 24, 2007
Marathon, Florida
Photographer states :: This twister was heading right toward the house. Fortunately it broke up shortly after this pic was taken. Enjoy the view.


June 24, 2007
Marathon, Florida
Photographer states :: This is the zoomed in version. Enjoy the view. Stevo

That is a pretty good sized water spout. I never get used to that cavalier attitude about drastic weather events; "Enjoy the view"/"It's Beautiful as well as dangerous." I guess I see weather on this water planet as a manifestation or function of it's biotic balance. Physics.

You know as the troposphere increases in heat, the dynamics increase, they don't decrease. The heating however won't always manifest weather events as the heat continues to increase. It isn't as though weather events will become so intense people will begin to say, "We should have listened to those scientists." That isn't what is going to happen here. Earth will increasingly become dry and 'void' of weather, even drizzles will stop. I consider that serious and not a relief. Serious about this. Deadly serious. The escalation of Human Induced Global Warming is astounding to me.

You know it's interesting how humans cope. Back in 2002 when I first noted the tropospheric vortices, I stated we had about two years before there would be drastic events on Earth humans would regret. That came true. I also estimated there would be about five years before a point in time when changes to the troposphere would be blatanty evident and alarming to those that could identify it. That is also true. We aren't exactly five years out from that estimation, that won't happen until October, but for 'the trained mind' the changes noted are scary as hell. And yet, people/sophisticated citizens of "The West" have this cavalier attitude as if they have volumes of time to solve this problem. I don't know if that is a carry over from the sixties when scientists weren't taken seriously or simply an form of 'denial' that set them up for more drastic consequences as they rest back in mesmerized unreality of nature. It's a worry.

Earth is a water planet. It is also an ice planet by nature. That simply shows how FAR we are from Earth's biotic balance.

The properties of water are not exponential in that it simply behaves worse than the second, minute, hour, day, week, month or year before. The properties of water cause a 'change of state' in the matter. If the temperature is frigid, water is ice. The next 'stage' is liquid, then gas. What happens when the gaseous state of water becomes hot? Is it just hot gas on a planet that is a water planet? No. The water will evaporate. The gas won't evaporate, but, it 'the dew point' of the accumulation of the gas will move up in the troposphere as the temperature at the surface of Earth increases. That doesn't mean the oceans will evaporate either. The "stage" Earth is in right now is adverse to life. It has and continues to loses it's 'gaseous humidity.'

What does the loss of gaseous humidity mean exactly? It means plants won't thrive. Plants, as people are, but more so are primarily water. Plants, trees and living biota under the 'Kingdom of Plantae' transport water continuously through their vascular network in order to maintain a homeostatis. They 'live/propagate' as dictated by their 'water content.' The lower the water content of 'Kingdom Plante' the least likely they will survive. Of course there are exceptions such as cactus, but, the entire "Kingdom" of "Plantae" are at risk, initally, more than humans.