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Old August 19th 08, 11:58 PM posted to alt.talk.weather
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Default 1000-500 thickness

On Aug 19, 8:11*am, A1C Watkins wrote:
On Aug 16, 3:41*pm, wrote:

Why is the 540 isopleth significant on a 1000-500 thickness chart?


Thickness below 540 generally indicates a zero percent chance of
frozen precipitation (i.e. snow) so that is pretty significant.


The dartboard shown in such charts indicate heights I take it. Thus
the dots joined are for pressures on one plane and heights on the
other so (not counting my own) what does thickness mean?