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Default Now I know what the spiral is for

Weatherlawyer wrote:
On Tuesday, 2 June 2015 23:07:30 UTC+1, Tim+ wrote:
Harry Bloomfield wrote:
The spiral on metal chimneys that is. I used to think it was about having
the wind help draw gases out of the chimney. In fact it about preventing
wind eddies shaking the chimney to destruction.



Yep. Vortex shedding.


There is a bit of a difference between science and fiction. Please
explain which latitudes this only works on:
http://wxweb.meteostar.com/models/no...lite/NHC/COMP/


?

Are you on drugs?

Tim