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Old February 11th 05, 04:11 PM posted to uk.sci.weather
Jack Harrison Jack Harrison is offline
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Tomorrow (Feb. 11) 05:30 through 06:00 GMT our group will work on
weakening of the significant storm expected to affect Great Britain,
Scandinavia and Western Europe.


I am very surprised at members of the group. Do you really mean that no one
had heard of the Siberian pipeline?

Oil production has decreased recently so the redundant capacity of the
supply system is being used to transfer air in huge quantities from the
massive Siberian High to Western Europe to help fill up the Lows.

There is particular engineering problem that is proving a little tricky to
overcome. Coriolis comes into play here, so the air in the pipe tends to
try to move to the right. Consequently, the right (Northern) side of the
pipes are getting worn rather too quickly. Most of the wear comes from
impurities in the air (grit and other microscopic particles) and early
research suggests more thorough filtration of the air leaving Siberian will
go a long way to overcoming this particular problem.

Jack