Dr. Jack's Wind Direction

It's one of those rule things. Do you need to have an explanation for where it
says we drive on the right hand side of the road? Ups, left hand side for you
Brits. Where do the winds come from in the UK and where does it say that?
JJ Sinclair

(JJ Sinclair) wrote in message ...
It's one of those rule things. Do you need to have an explanation for where it
says we drive on the right hand side of the road? Ups, left hand side for you
Brits. Where do the winds come from in the UK and where does it say that?
JJ Sinclair

JJ:

I suppose the following is exactly the kind of retort you are fishing
for, but I'll bite:

Thanks so much for your smart-assed 2-cents worth to an otherwise
serious question. It's such childish responses from people like you
that preclude many other from wanting to participate in this forum.

Thanks for trashing my attempt to better understand a soaring issue.

Well, now rjciii.
The whole world uses FROM to indicate wind direction. If you have a pilot
licence, you should know that. But, I suppose that Dr. Jack, who holds a
Doctorate in Meteorology, does't know it and therefore showed his winds TO the
direction they are going. Thanks for bringing that to our attention.
JJ Sinclair

(JJ Sinclair) wrote in message ...
Well, now rjciii.
The whole world uses FROM to indicate wind direction. If you have a pilot
licence, you should know that. But, I suppose that Dr. Jack, who holds a
Doctorate in Meteorology, does't know it and therefore showed his winds TO the
direction they are going. Thanks for bringing that to our attention.
JJ Sinclair

I have worked for more years than I care to remember in the aerospace
industry. Many programs I was involved with had wind direction
reversed in some part of the system during early stages of
development. It's about as common as getting synchro orientation
wrong, and getting mag var and drift angles reversed.

Pilots may know wind comes "from" but lots of others have to be
reminded of that fact.

Andy (GY)

(JJ Sinclair) wrote in message ...
Well, now rjciii.
The whole world uses FROM to indicate wind direction. If you have a pilot
licence, you should know that. But, I suppose that Dr. Jack, who holds a
Doctorate in Meteorology, does't know it and therefore showed his winds TO the
direction they are going. Thanks for bringing that to our attention.
JJ Sinclair

I have worked for more years than I care to remember in the aerospace
industry. Many programs I was involved with had wind direction
reversed in some part of the system during early stages of
development. It's about as common as getting synchro orientation
wrong, and getting mag var and drift angles reversed.

Pilots may know wind comes "from" but lots of others have to be
reminded of that fact.

Andy (GY)

Andy Durbin wrote:
Pilots may know wind comes "from" but lots of others have to be
reminded of that fact.

And perhaps some should spend time reading what is said about the
BLIPMAP parameters on the website before bothering others. From

http://www.drjack.net/BLIPMAP/parameter_details.html

"Wind Direction in the Boundary Layer
The direction [using the meteorological convention, i.e. the
direction the wind is coming from] of the ..."