On 14/02/13 07:37, Paul Hyett wrote:
On Wed, 13 Feb 2013 at 16:14:04, Lawrence13 wrote
in uk.sci.weather :

You always did have a latitude problem.



But seriously the Southern oceans seem to me some real challenge for
sailors. Is it purely the fact it all fairly flat sea which allows
winds to howl unabated or more than that?

Surely howling winds are incompatible with flat seas?

I think he means there are no fixed vertical obstructions to the wind to
increase the surface drag or in other words, the roughness length is
very low.