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AccuWeather.com
By Jim Andrews, Senior Meteorologist
March 16th, 2011A serious nuclear incident that followed Friday’s catastrophic Japan earthquake has raised fears of radiation leakage, a weather-dependent matter that could have a far-reaching impact.
Were there to be a significant release of radiation, tracking the fallout would become a meteorological problem.
Japan lies in the mid latitudes of the Northern Hemisphere, as does the United States. Likewise, its weather is dominated by prevailing westerly winds, but with significant variation near the earth surface.
Exactly where a hypothetical “radiation cloud”, from either Fukushima Daiichi or Onagawa, would go should depend upon the weather pattern at the time of, and following, the release.
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