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Old September 19th 16, 04:14 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Loye Hilton[_2_]
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At 16:12 18 September 2016, Mike C wrote:
On Sunday, September 18, 2016 at 8:25:44 AM UTC-6, Dan Marotta wrote:
Yesterday we noticed a weather balloon which appeared to be fully
expanded slightly to the east of Moriarty. It appeared to move slightly


to the west as the day wore on and, when I landed at 5:30, it was
perhaps 20 to the west of Moriarty. Winds up to about 16,000' MSL were


out of the west at about 13 kts. I wonder at what altitude the wind
shifted approximately 180 degrees.
--
Dan, 5J


Don't know but the balloon was at 128,000 ft. according to a friend of

mine
that researched it yesterday.

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Dan, Mike...the ballon was south of Aztec at 1930hrs very bright and high.