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Yeah, I hate that when it looks perfect, so you take off and get your
teeth handed to you... Someday I'm gonna have to learn how to use all the meterology gadget stuff... otoh, if I KNEW there was wind shear I would stay on the ground, at least this way I get to go flying... denny |
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Jay ..
I generally look at the 3 - 6,000 ft level for wind that is moving considerably faster than that down low. I find the boundry area between them to be generally turbulent when that situation exists. So even on an absolutely gorgeous and still day down low you can get a bumpy ride up through that layer. "Jay Honeck" wrote in message news:sZaee.56223$c24.36319@attbi_s72... Today, for the first time in weeks, dawned clear, cool, and calm. After a VERY early spring (with temps in the 80s for over a week), we have experienced extremely high winds and record COLD temps. In fact, we broke the record here on both Sunday and Monday... (Take THAT all you "global warming" pessimists!) When we got to the hangar, the air was as still as death. The wind sock hung limp as a rag, and AWOS was reporting winds variable at nuthin'... Flight service mentioned nothing about turbulence (for a change) -- so we taxied out to Rwy 25 in anticipation of a smooth ride to Clinton, IA... Initially after departure all was smooth -- but by 1500 feet we were getting bounced pretty good. By 3000, we were inside a popcorn popper. Mary climbed to 7500 feet before we penetrated the haze layer, and popped out into the clear, smooth air on top. It was a VERY uncomfortable ride until then -- and, of course, she had to descend back down through it to land. On the return flight a couple of hours later, it was even worse. Now we had heating of the day, with the sun on the dark, freshly plowed fields -- and the ride was wild, indeed. However, again it was smoother down LOW -- which was bizarre -- than it was in the middle altitudes. I suppose after all the unsettled weather we've had the atmosphere is still stirred up -- but no one standing on the ground would EVER have guessed what was brewing and burbling just a few thousand feet overhead. By all appearances, it was the perfect day to fly -- yet it was the most uncomfortable flight we've had in a good long time. -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" |
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ADDS is the first place I start. And the wind page is my first
page to get a sense of what's moving where. I agree totally with john smith. "john smith" wrote in message ... WOW! Don't you guys even use the Winds page on the ADDS? Pick a day and time and step up and down the altitudes. It will tell you everything you want to know. Do the same thing with the temperatures at different altitudes. It's even color coded. Use the streamline display option. |
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(Take THAT all you "global warming" pessimists!)
Why do you insist on doing this Jay? Are you really that proud of your ignorance? Sorry -- I simply enjoy watching people like you go apoplectic... :-) -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" |
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"Jay Honeck" writes:
(Take THAT all you "global warming" pessimists!) Why do you insist on doing this Jay? Are you really that proud of your ignorance? Sorry -- I simply enjoy watching people like you go apoplectic... :-) So you're so sure you're right, and a solid majority of the climate scientists are wrong, then? -- David Dyer-Bennet, , http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/ RKBA: http://noguns-nomoney.com/ http://www.dd-b.net/carry/ Pics: http://dd-b.lighthunters.net/ http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/SnapshotAlbum/ Dragaera/Steven Brust: http://dragaera.info/ |
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"David Dyer-Bennet" wrote in message ... "Jay Honeck" writes: (Take THAT all you "global warming" pessimists!) Why do you insist on doing this Jay? Are you really that proud of your ignorance? Sorry -- I simply enjoy watching people like you go apoplectic... :-) So you're so sure you're right, and a solid majority of the climate scientists are wrong, then? What climate scientists (be sure of your references before responding, they might not be all you believe)? |
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"David Dyer-Bennet" wrote in message
... "Jay Honeck" writes: (Take THAT all you "global warming" pessimists!) Why do you insist on doing this Jay? Are you really that proud of your ignorance? Sorry -- I simply enjoy watching people like you go apoplectic... :-) So you're so sure you're right, and a solid majority of the climate scientists are wrong, then? What climate scientists (be sure of your references before responding, they might not be all you believe)? |
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We have been in "global warming" some 20,000 - 30,000 years now and the
"warming" continues apace and on schedule... Being that there was no industrial activity, CFC spray cans, or SUV's, around some 20,000 - 30,000 years ago when the latest ice age reversed itself, global warming replaced global cooling, the glaciers began retreating, and the sea began rising, I doubt that a science based connection between modern activity and global warming can be established with any degree of verifiability or certainty... Of course, those who are emotionally invested in the Kyoto Treaty, etc. and/or have an agenda will totally ignore the scientific fact that we have been in a state of massive global warming for more than 20,000 years, not just the last 150 years since the industrial revolution... Another pertinent point is that the ice age (our ice age with a glacial moraine just a half dozen miles from where I sit) just past is simply the most recent one in a sequence of some 30 to 50 ice ages covering a span in excess of one quarter of a billion years.... Which company or government do we blame for the previous 30-50 global warmings? cheers ... denny |
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Denny wrote: Which company or government do we blame for the previous 30-50 global warmings? Dinosaur farts? John Galban=====N4BQ (PA28-180) |
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So you're so sure you're right, and a solid majority of the (anti-industry, ant-growth, anti-social, socialist) climate(pseudo) scientists are wrong, then? Sounds like a pretty accurate statement to me. |
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