Dragaera

Overcast

Fri Jul 18 09:23:54 PDT 2003

> What's an inversion?

Short for "thermal inversion", at least here.  Happens in
the winter here, where you get a layer of cold air trapping
in a layer of warmer air.  The air stagnates, and as a result
pollution levels climb.  Since we live in a natural basin
(Phoenix) and have little rain, the sky starts to look
very LA'ish.

I thought San Diego got enough wind to disturb this, but
clearly, I'm wrong.

-Jot
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