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Just once, I'd like to see the the map the TV weather reporter uses rendered in sky-writing (i.e. coloured smoke, released from an aeroplane).
Even if it were not possible to provide such a report on a cloudy day, the sun symbols they use for fine days would still look nice. I'm also hoping that wind
direction arrows done in smoke would actually get blown along by the wind.
The tool they need
http://www.digitala...com/aurora_map.html
Digital Anarchy's Aurora Sky for After-Effects could do just what you's want. [(), Oct 04 2004, last modified Oct 21 2004]
Puff matrix printer
http://www.perspect.../stunt_skytype.html
Skytyping [(), Oct 04 2004, last modified Oct 21 2004]
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I like this. Especially if they provided real-time weather reports in the sky above you: IT IS SUNNY UP HERE. |
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..."If you can read this, expect clear skies and moderate temperatures."... |
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..."I F y o u ha v e a h a r d tim e re a d ing th i s.. i t mi g h t b e f a ir l y win d y..." |
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{{{f}}}{{{r}}}{{{e}}}{{{e}}}{{{z}}}{{{i}}}{{{n}}}{{{g}}} |
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......or......... w
...t .... n ........ a
... o ... a ......... t
...... d .......... hc
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...that's not hail, we're just having a little trouble with our restroom holding tank.. |
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It could have a row of smoke sprayers on the back of the plane to form pixels and "print" an image on the sky. |
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..Made by Cirrus Logic, inc.. |
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Couldn't you just look up in the sky and see what kind of whether it whas? |
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On the other hand, this could be used as a warning system: Rain coming in two hours... for people out recreating in nature. |
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That would be Cumulus Logic, shirley? |
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In agrarian provinces of China, they have been firing anti-aircraft weapons at ominous clouds since the 1970's to precipitate disastrous hail storms and avert major crop damage. They claim that these "Weather Attacks" work. |
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On this side of the Pacific, Americans have been seeding clouds with Nitrates and bombarding them with Sonic pulses with somewhat less enthusiastic results. |
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Personally, I want to see evidence of Americans getting serious about attacking hail-bearing clouds by leveling close-proximity heat-inducing microwaves on major storm centers. I'm not sure what we'll do to cope with all the rainfall, but at least summer crops will not be flattened by frozen hailstones prior to harvest. (The good news, I suppose, is that little of America's breadbasket resembles Europe's Elbe Basin for historic interest.) |
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They are having a laugh, surely. |
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There's a Sound Cannon displayed as public sculpture in this city. It was designed to shock clouds into giving up water. Big thing, think megaphone, 15 ft tall and 4ft across the mouth. |
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Apparently halfbakers were able to obtain funding for their ideas, in the C19. |
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If you can't see the sky writing the weather is bad! I think its a bit like stone weather forecasting |
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The stone was suspended from a solid frame by a piece of string. |
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If the stone was swinging, it was windy. |
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If the stone was still, it was a calm day. |
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If the stone was hot, it was sunny. |
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If the stone was cold, it was winter. |
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If the stone was dry, it was fine weather. |
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If the stone was wet, it was raining. |
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Make one for yourself and see how it works. |
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