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Jim Stewart
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| Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2011 8:15 pm Post subject: Anyone else seeing abnormal winds for this time of year? |
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| I'm in the California Central Valley where the winds are almost always north<>south. For the last 3 weeks we've been seeing gusty 5-18 knot west>east crosswinds. This makes landings Mr. Toad's Wild Ride in an LSA. Looks like the Jetstream has moved about 600 miles south from where it belongs and has brought crazy lower level winds with it. |
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RyanShort1
Joined: 17 Aug 2010
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Location: San Antonio, TX
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| Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2011 11:55 pm Post subject: |
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We've had ridiculous winds all spring down here in South Texas... It's been challenging for students.
Ryan |
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dstclair
Joined: 06 Mar 2008
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Location: Allen, TX
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| Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2011 12:43 am Post subject: |
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| Texas is always windy in the spring but it's been really nuts this year. For example, this past holiday weekend the 'best' flying day (Friday) was 17G25 varying from 140-160 with my home runway being 17/35. Saturday-Monday winds were around 22kts base wind with gusts up to 40kts. |
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bshort
Joined: 09 Jul 2010
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Location: Ca
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| Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2011 10:24 am Post subject: |
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I too am in the Central Valley and it does seem that we are a month behind in the weather patterns. Usually see a NW wind....now somtimes it's W, SW, SE, or E. Havn't seen NE yet, but who knows...maybe today!
My favorite is a NW wind going out and an E wind coming in an hour later. Terrible winds, but the temperature is nice. |
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Jon V
Joined: 21 Apr 2011
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Location: Dallas...
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| Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2011 11:19 am Post subject: |
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| May around here was windy as all get-out, but that's not totally unusual. |
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flyboy2007
Joined: 27 Jan 2008
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Location: wisconsin
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| Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2011 7:17 pm Post subject: |
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| Yes its been bad here in wisconsin too. |
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NCPilot
Joined: 14 Oct 2010
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Location: North Carolina, USA
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| Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2011 7:38 pm Post subject: |
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| No abnormal winds in my part of North Carolina, but the heat is unusual. We usually don't get the upper 90s till July and August. |
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