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Old 12-24-2010, 09:04 AM   #9
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Default Faster than plate tectonics

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Originally Posted by Jonas Pilot View Post
I’m guessing that one of the toughest things you had to accept when you decided to make weather your field was the fact that weather evolves very slowly. I bet you are like every body else. We feel we need to know right now what’s ahead. We want to know what is going to happen, Now! We are so used to instant gratification. I think we are setting ourselves up for unattainable expectations when we approach the future weather that way.
I actually was torn between studying plate tectonics and meteorology, so comparing the two, meteorology is fast.

I do get frustrated waiting for the next model run to come out when there's the possibility of a major storm. And even more frustrated when it goes out to sea!!!
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