I've read scientific explanations but they refute any such connection. But time and again we come across situations where the bowl tends to swing more with humid and/or overcast conditions. Prime example being playing conditions in England, where bowl tends to swing more than normal. Can anyone please throw light ont this.
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the more overcast and humid the air is, the denser it becomes. same happens in case of cold condition. when this happens, the dense air moves the ball more than a light air
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Not everyone can, but it appears that some do.\n\nAs I get the explanation--I'm not sure I believe it 100%, mind you--before there is a rain storm, the field permeability of the air changes.  (It's got something to do with the increased ionization caused by the intense vertical air movements, but I have forgotten that detail)  For pins and for arthritic joints, that causes changes in the local tissues that are perceived as an ache.\n\nI can testify that my hips are almost as accurate as the National Weather Service...  I get stiff and sore.  Pins?  Don't have any.  Know a lot of folks with artificial joints and pins and such--most of 'em can tell, by the ache.\n\nMedical textbooks used to consider this all hogwash--but they're starting to come around.  Maybe the dudes writing them are starting to have more trouble with arthritis??
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I'm gonna try to answer this...I have no idea how close this is gonna be...\n\nThe jet stream is influenced by high and low pressure gradients which form...In some cases...a strong high pressure will cause a weaker low pressure area to stay stationary right where it's at..This would cause a ridge around that higher gradient with fairer weather and warmer temperatures...\n\nBasically, the jet stream depicts the way storms will track over that given time period, and sometimes gives them higher intensities...\n\nThere are many phenomena that could cause a jet stream to bow like a W...A trough that is cut off from all steering winds could make one area for cool and cloudy while in another section of the country, they could be under high pressure and getting SW flow, meaning they could be having RECORD HEAT!!\n\nUsually when a pattern is zonal, storms are quick to track off as there's not much blocking them...It usually means an absence of weather systems which would mean less chance of convective activity across the area...\n\nI hope this helps..I am a spotter, but I don't have the four to seven years of college other meteorologists do!
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I have never heard of this happening. You should go to your regular dr., who can refer you to a specialist, if needed. I have heard of people being able to tell if it is going to rain due to their arthitis flaring-up and if they get a headache. Something about the barametic pressure. I believe that it would be well worth it for you to find out exactly why this happens to you. Good Luck!
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In Australia, I've heard the the Rebound Ace surface gets tackier the hotter it gets.  At the AO, they have the extreme heat policy where they will stop play and close the roof for play on the 2 main courts.\n\nBoth the clay courts at the French and the grass courts at Wimbledon will play faster if it is warmer and drier.  Particularly at Wimbledon, the surface will become brown earlier in the 2 week tourney, and you will see more strange bounces.\n\nAt the US open, I think the surface is similar to most public hardcourts in the US, and their conditions don't change very much with the weather, except that even a little bit of rain will make the courts slippery and dangerous.
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It's mainly due to the effects of ocean currents.  Water has a much higher heat capacity than dry air, so it takes longer to heat and cool.  So climates near major bodies of water tend to be more mild in both the summer and the winter than inland climates.
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You may be for a bit of a search I'm afraid. There is currently a dispute between Hensalite and there distributor. The bloke who delivers the bowls is currently refusing to travel any further north than Luton. It's to do with the bowls rolling around in the back of his  van so he has to drive really slowly to avoid damaging the goods. The impact on travel times has meant he often stay away for what to you and I would seem a relatively quick trip. His many nights away has put a tremendous strain on his home life, so for now he's only delivering to areas where he can make the round trip in a day. You may have to hold tight for now or pop down to Luton, I've heard its lovely at this time of year although beaches are a little busy
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At faster speeds you have turbulent flow, with boundary layer separation on the trailing edge. At slower speeds you have laminar flow with no boundary layer separation. Around the transition funny stuff happens to the flow where it can't quite decide what to do ( e.g. in flow around a circular cylinder, there is the Strouhal effect).  So - and I'm guessing here - that as the ball slows and the boundary layer starts to reattach, that it doesn't happen quite symmetrically, and thus imparts a torque to the ball, making it spin.\n\nThe ball is round - why wouldn't it happen symmetrically? I'd guess that some small imperfection in the air flow, possibly due to the seams in ball, gets amplified in a nonlinear manner in the air flow.
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as someone pointed out. it could be because of a very large angular rotation decreasing the air resistance.
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You may be referring to the Coriolis Effect, which governs the rotation of very large fluids (like weather systems on earth), due to differential forces caused by the rotation of the Earth.  In a relatively small object like a pipe (or yes, even a toilet) the direction of rotation is either random or determined by the geometry of the object.
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It is the dry air which causes such a problem.  Check for the humidity levels as undue dryness will aggravate your problem.
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You could be experiencing the early onset of dehydration, caused by being in the sun. Early symptoms include fatigue and weakness. Make sure you drink lots of water before and during the game and stay in the shade (in the dugout!) as much as possible.
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there are many factors to be considered and nature isn't really a controlled environment, if wind changes speed then it will be higher or lower pitched. Pitch is the way we percieve sound and it is directly related to fequency ( higher frequency, higher pitch), frequency is wavelenght times speed so if your waterdrop falls just a little faster or the wind speeds up you wouldn't have a consistent pitch. Furthermore, if you did have such a controlled environment as in the description of your question where "tapping a certain weight stone or mineral to produce a pitch or tone that is always the same" or "a certain branch from a tree when hollowed and blown across a hole like a flute" those things will have a certain pitch, but that is no longer m=nature, the variable of mankind has come into play
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Does night actually move faster than day?\n\nThat doesn't really make sense, because while it may be night in one place, it will be day on the other side of the world. So they must both be moving at the same pace to be happening simultaneously, right?\nSorry I can't be more help, but I believe they both move at the same pace.
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The only thing is, they don't always lie down when it is going to rain.  A lot of times you see them standing in a tight bunch right before it rains, too.  They almost always have their rear ends to the wind.  A lot of the "old timers" had ways of predicting the weather just by looking at natural things, guess this was just one of them.
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Only God and Mother Nature. Sorry,not trying to be ugly just stating a fact,or else maybe" small one at that" the local weather guy/lady,but here in Texas they don't even get it right more than less than 2% of the time. But could use some here,want to send us some rain,would be greatly appreciated. Will try to return favor and send you some sunshine,how's that for a trade? :)
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Actually, weather doesn't work like that.  Besides, there's still time - winter doesn't officially end until March 21st.  I bet you that before that time, and maybe even after, we will get a boatload of snow!  There's always a Nor'Easter to come here in New England... I remember from living in Michigan, that there was always a snowstorm around the bend before spring finally ushered in the warm winds...   but you're right.  This year is unusually mild.  But then again we've had some really cold days, and on those days we just didn't have any precipitation other than on the warmer days - (we DID have quite a bit of rain, ya know).  Maybe we got lucky.  And maybe next year we'll have the precipitation on the really cold days and have to drive through all that crap all the time!  Is it global warming?  Nah...  it's still pretty darn cold out!