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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-23-10 12:55 PM Original message |
"Going up 1000 ft in altitude is the same as going 300 miles north," |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-23-10 12:59 PM Response to Original message |
1. Is there something missing there |
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zipplewrath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-23-10 01:00 PM Response to Original message |
2. Energy, temperature, solar exposure? |
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doc03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-23-10 01:02 PM Response to Original message |
3. That is a stretch I would say. The Ohio river in this area |
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Speck Tater (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-23-10 01:19 PM Response to Original message |
4. I found a power point slide from "colby.edu" |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 05:10 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. Strange that also has a diagram showing a drop from 20C to -4C with 3000m altitude gain |
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sarge43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-23-10 01:20 PM Response to Original message |
5. Rough rule of thumb |
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Tanuki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-23-10 02:08 PM Response to Original message |
6. It's known as the lapse rate |
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Wilms (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-23-10 11:38 PM Response to Original message |
7. In some parts of Southern California a 5 or even 15 degree drop per 1000 foot rise regularly occurs. |
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Ready4Change (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 03:02 PM Response to Original message |
8. It's true. |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 01:55 PM Response to Original message |
10. Offer does not apply to those living in southern hemisphere |
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