Have you ever heard a meteorologist talk about an “inversion”? Or maybe you read about a “low-level inversion” in a National Weather Service forecast discussion and wondered what that means? If so, you’re in luck. Let’s break down what a temperature inversion is, how it forms and “breaks”, and why it matters to wind sports…
June 25, 2013in Cape Cod, Chesapeake Bay, Coastal Georgia, Coastal South Carolina, Connecticut, Delmarva, Lake Erie, Lake Ontario, Lake Simcoe/Georgian Bay, Long Island/SE New York, Massachusetts North Coast, New Jersey, Northeast Florida, Outer Banks, Rhode Island, Tidewater Virginia, Weather BlogBy WeatherFlow ForecasterMore from WeatherFlow Forecaster
This snapshot of wind observations combined with a radar image of storms moving through NJ from W to E is a good example of a gust front / outflow boundary increasing our wind speeds out ahead of approaching storms. A gust front / outflow boundary is simply a storm scale mass of cold / cool…
