"Wind 285 at 186"

"Wind 285 at 186".
That's the highest I've ever seen outside a hurricane. I was coming from the
Windy City going south to the Sunshine State at FL330 and crossing the
jetstream. The ride through it wasn't too bad, just occasional light chop.
I'm sure glad I wasn't westbound!

D.

"Capt.Doug" wrote in message
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"Wind 285 at 186".
That's the highest I've ever seen outside a hurricane. I was coming from
the
Windy City going south to the Sunshine State at FL330 and crossing the
jetstream. The ride through it wasn't too bad, just occasional light chop.
I'm sure glad I wasn't westbound!

D.

When was this?
--
Jim in NC

"Morgans" wrote in message When was this?

Wednesday morning over Georgia.

D.

"Capt.Doug" wrote in message
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"Morgans" wrote in message When was this?

Wednesday morning over Georgia.

D.

Not surprising. It was blowing like stink, here in NC, at 1011feet.
--
Jim in NC

"Capt.Doug" wrote in message
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"Morgans" wrote in message When was this?

Wednesday morning over Georgia.

D.



You should have seen it Thursday afternoon. Several reports of severe
turbulence between 28,000 and 31,000 just north of Atlanta. It sucked!!!

Chip, ZTL

You should have seen it Thursday afternoon. Several reports of severe
turbulence between 28,000 and 31,000 just north of Atlanta. It sucked!!!

Chip, ZTL

A little mountain wave action? Rotors?
--
Jim in NC

"Morgans" wrote in message
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You should have seen it Thursday afternoon. Several reports of severe
turbulence between 28,000 and 31,000 just north of Atlanta. It
sucked!!!

Chip, ZTL

A little mountain wave action? Rotors?
--
Jim in NC

Taking Kennesaw "Mountain" and Stone "Mountain" out of the equation, you
need to get pretty far North in Georgia (75 miles from Atlanta, at least) to
find anything more than 500' hills...

I'd guess wind shear was the source of any turbulence.

KB

On 2/13/05 5:47 PM, in article , "Kyle
Boatright" wrote:


"Morgans" wrote in message
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You should have seen it Thursday afternoon. Several reports of severe
turbulence between 28,000 and 31,000 just north of Atlanta. It
sucked!!!

Chip, ZTL

A little mountain wave action? Rotors?
--
Jim in NC

Taking Kennesaw "Mountain" and Stone "Mountain" out of the equation, you
need to get pretty far North in Georgia (75 miles from Atlanta, at least) to
find anything more than 500' hills...

I'd guess wind shear was the source of any turbulence.

KB


Picking nits: about 40 miles north will do. Sawnee Mountain is just south of
me and rises nearly 2K.
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"Kyle Boatright" wrote

Taking Kennesaw "Mountain" and Stone "Mountain" out of the equation, you
need to get pretty far North in Georgia (75 miles from Atlanta, at least)
to
find anything more than 500' hills...

I'd guess wind shear was the source of any turbulence.

KB

It was my understanding that you could get standing waves that could go for
100 miles, or more. Wrong?
--
Jim in NC

"Morgans" wrote in message
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"Kyle Boatright" wrote

Taking Kennesaw "Mountain" and Stone "Mountain" out of the equation, you
need to get pretty far North in Georgia (75 miles from Atlanta, at least)
to
find anything more than 500' hills...

I'd guess wind shear was the source of any turbulence.

KB

It was my understanding that you could get standing waves that could go
for
100 miles, or more. Wrong?
--
Jim in NC


True (even farther, but the amplitude decreases as you go farther downwind.
The rotor is at ridge level. There can also be a lot of wave turbulence at
the tropopause but that would be above 310. Turbulence in the middle flight
levels is usually shear unrelated to mountain waves. The mid flight levels
are in the laminar portion of mountain waves and it is amazingly smooth
there.

Mike
MU-2