BOAC,
Thanks. I'm definitely gonna throw the term 'space-referenced inertia effect' around with my next student...
Your explanation of Centrifugal Force (or more correctly, Centripetal Force) also makes sense in trying to picture a basic vector diagram.
Gareth,
Likewise, thanks. I guess that's why the old met texts mention centripetal force and the newer ones don't. The new ones obviously think that it's convoluting the issue too much. Plus, where I live, they've actually taken any reference to CF out of the commercial syllabus so everyone's stopped teaching that it even exists.
Cheers, all.