Headwind? What's that...?

I flew MHT-BWI on Southwest yesterday...

We were making no better than 270 knots groundspeed. I guess the Cap't
was not BS'ing us about a stiff headwind at ~33,000...

Any slower & we'd have to gotten out & pushed...



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and he could not find a suitable cruising altitude out of the Jet Stream?
B

"David Lesher" wrote in message
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I flew MHT-BWI on Southwest yesterday...

We were making no better than 270 knots groundspeed. I guess the Cap't
was not BS'ing us about a stiff headwind at ~33,000...

Any slower & we'd have to gotten out & pushed...



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A host is a host from coast to
& no one will talk to a host that's close........[v].(301) 56-LINUX
Unless the host (that isn't close).........................pob 1433
is busy, hung or dead....................................20915-1433

On Jan 3, 7:10*am, Bill Watson wrote:
Sounds backwards but there were some strong winds yesterday right down
to the ground... and way up into the 30s.

I flew ALB to RDU at 8k - 45 to 50 knots at times with 500fpm lee wave
from PA south. *Lennies visible to at least the high 20s with airliners
reporting "we can't hold altitude precisely, a bit of moderate, just
wanted you to know". *Ground reports at 35knots+ with stonger gusts. *A
little tough to escape on the east coast that day.

I'd like to hear what the airlines were doing MIA to BWI yesterday.

Crossing the Sierras in my Mooney I've encourted 100 knots. Combined
with downdrafts I've actually had a ground speed below 20 knots
confirmed by ATC.

-Robert

David Lesher wrote:
I flew MHT-BWI on Southwest yesterday...

We were making no better than 270 knots groundspeed. I guess the Cap't
was not BS'ing us about a stiff headwind at ~33,000...

Any slower & we'd have to gotten out & pushed...


I had no luck with headwinds over the holidays. On the 20th I was flying
from southern NM back home to Phoenix and averaged 85 Kts. Same trip the
following week, winds on the ground were right in my face 270@25G38. By the
time I reached my (low) cruising alitude, the best I could do was 75 kts. The
usual 2.2 hr flight took 3.7 hrs. Any worse and I would have run out of gas
and daylight before getting home.

John Galban=====N4BQ (PA28-180)

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Buckle up.. they are predicting hurricane force winds in the Sierra Nevada's
over the next 24 hours with this storm moving in.

BT

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David Lesher wrote:
I flew MHT-BWI on Southwest yesterday...

We were making no better than 270 knots groundspeed. I guess the Cap't
was not BS'ing us about a stiff headwind at ~33,000...

Any slower & we'd have to gotten out & pushed...


I had no luck with headwinds over the holidays. On the 20th I was flying
from southern NM back home to Phoenix and averaged 85 Kts. Same trip the
following week, winds on the ground were right in my face 270@25G38. By
the
time I reached my (low) cruising alitude, the best I could do was 75 kts.
The
usual 2.2 hr flight took 3.7 hrs. Any worse and I would have run out of
gas
and daylight before getting home.

John Galban=====N4BQ (PA28-180)

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"BT" writes:

and he could not find a suitable cruising altitude out of the Jet Stream?


He had every incentive to do so, so I can only assume such was not
available...



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Unless the host (that isn't close).........................pob 1433
is busy, hung or dead....................................20915-1433

BT wrote:
Buckle up.. they are predicting hurricane force winds in the Sierra Nevada's
over the next 24 hours with this storm moving in.


That seems to be par for the course this year. On Xmas night, I was amazed
to see reports of gusts in excess of 100 mph at many locations in Southern CA.
These fronts seem to be unusually strong this year.

So much for the weather gods' prediction that the Southwest was going to
have an unusually dry and mild winter because of "La Nina" cooling the
Pacific waters. It's been the exact opposite. Wettest and windiest winter
in 5 yrs.

John Galban=====N4BQ (PA28-180)

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