"Ron Button" wrote in message
...
Absolutely beautiful ,that line must be over a thousand miles long....

.... the jet stream marking the 'outer' boundary of the cloud can be seen
on this plot (for midday today/15th)

http://makeashorterlink.com/?I1143123E

The maximum wind at Lerwick (03005/Shetland) is 153 knots at 282 mbar
(hPa), or just above the level of this chart (which is the 300 mbar
level / ~30000ft)

Martin.


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