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You will undoubtedly get a flood of mail from irate weathermen about the isobar curvature for Artzybasheff's Dec. 17 cover. At first I too was puzzled over the clockwise hurricane below the clockwise high cell, but after much head-scratching, it occurred to me that if we draw the equator through Weatherman Rossby's temples and put the two cells in separate hemispheres, then the isobars are possible. Unfortunately this leaves unexplained the absence of the trade winds belt.
R. A. LUNDEGAARD
Lieutenant (j.g.) U.S.N.
San Francisco
Sir:
As an ex-naval aerologist, I couldn't help but cast an askance glance at that weather map and saw the isobars labeled in both millibars and inches. Weatherwise, a faux pas, but artwise, quite correct?
RICHARD E. LIMOLI
New York City
¶ Artist Artzybasheff used a genuine weather map for the cover background, but did not permit isobars to interfere with art.—ED.
Sir:
After studying the background, I wondered what the weather behind Rossby could possibly be. So I carefully peeled off the face. My findings are enclosed.
B. W. ROBERT Woodland, N.Y.
¶ For Reader Robert's "findings," see cut.—ED.