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Weatherlawyer · March 20th 06, 12:22 PM posted to sci.geo.meteorology

Harold Brooks wrote:
In article .com,
says...

Would you mind supplying a link to the research if there is one online?
It would help me to put that one to bed at least.

There's no specific research, but a little knowledge of synoptic
meteorology indicates that there's no reason to expect a relationship ~
120 degrees of longitude apart in the mid-latitudes at the same time. A
strong trough moving out of the lee of the Rockies could have a very
deep trough associated with extreme cold anywhere or not at all. The
last two big cold events in Germany that I can find any info on (16 Nov
2000, 23 Dec 2003) were associated with 1 weak tornado and none at all
in the US.

No research on the topic has been done because there's really no reason
to do it. There are an infinite number of things that could be compared
to tornado occurrence in the US. People start by working on those
things that there's some physical reason to believe have a relationship.
Extreme cold in Germany wouldn't be at the bottom of the infinite list,
but it wouldn't be close to the top.

A small point I may have mislead you on is that I am not talking about
degrees of longitude or latitude. You need a globe and a compass. Just
watch some of the quakes posted on the NEIC site walking along a great
circel on occasion.

Obviously some days the list is too large and flooded with quake on
different lines. But some days it runs clear and true.

There is one prticular thread on which I was talking about the
relationship with cyclones and earhtquakes on another forum some time
ago. I'll find it and post the gist if I can ask you to bother reading
it?

If not, no harm done. By the way can you tell me if any region of the
world has a major fog event ATM? I can find nothing on the subject. I
suspect China. Perhaps one of the major deltas in that neck of the
woods?