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BTRWx

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  1. What happened to the 101 here? lol eta: maybe we need a separate thread
  2. It has nothing to do with model trends, just strength of the system for that particular run.
  3. "Vort" is short for vorticity, the spin of the flow. In practically any weather event, you want vorticity to be as strong as possible for good results. Stronger vorticity = stronger lift = stronger storms. Ideally, we'd want the strongest vorticity just ahead of an approaching weather system for the greatest impacts (just as it rolls through). Here is the nws glossary definition. "A measure of the rotation of air in a horizontal plane. Positive (counter-clockwise or cyclonic) vorticity can be correlated with surface low development and upward vertical motion (in areas of positive vorticity advection)." Most such maps have the intensity of vorticity shaded yellow as weaker flow, orange-ish for more moderate flow, and red for the strongest vorticity. Maybe psu can elaborate more on specifics of vorticity maps.
  4. Just be realistic

  5. I felt it here in Alexandria and the house really shook!
  6. I greatly appreciate all the advice from professionals currently in the field and their personal experiences. After reading thoroughly through each comment in this topic I've learned I need a backup plan or two. I'm about halfway through my undergraduate studies and am recently considering adding another major in addition to graduate school. I'm also realizing that my first major in Global and Environmental Change alone likely won't get me anywhere. I've learned a lot from these online discussions about the industry, the science, and high competition in the field.
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