Ed_Wischmeyer
Well Known Member
First of all, condolences to those who were pounded in Florida. I know two people there... and to those who are getting drenched in the Carolinas.
Savannah was spared, as Ian rotated by off shore. Highest reported gust at the Savannah airport was 40 kt, and at Hunter, 5 nm away, 30 knots. Only occasional light rain at my house, 8 miles inland.
But I was wondering about winds aloft... Foreflight has a winds aloft feature that I use on the iPhone, my only online winds aloft readout. This morning, Friday, with Ian well offshore, Savannah surface winds are 17G27, but at 3,000 feet, winds are 61 knots. Not quite enough for an RV-12 to join the 200 knot club, but impressive. Even more interesting is that winds at 12,000 feet are only 18 knots, and at 24,000 feet, 8 (eight) knots.
Yesterday, with comparable surface winds, winds at 21,000 feet were 3 (three) knots.
Right after I moved to Georgia, the Cessna 175 was damaged by a thunderstorm with gusts reported as 74 knots, right up the tail.
Savannah was spared, as Ian rotated by off shore. Highest reported gust at the Savannah airport was 40 kt, and at Hunter, 5 nm away, 30 knots. Only occasional light rain at my house, 8 miles inland.
But I was wondering about winds aloft... Foreflight has a winds aloft feature that I use on the iPhone, my only online winds aloft readout. This morning, Friday, with Ian well offshore, Savannah surface winds are 17G27, but at 3,000 feet, winds are 61 knots. Not quite enough for an RV-12 to join the 200 knot club, but impressive. Even more interesting is that winds at 12,000 feet are only 18 knots, and at 24,000 feet, 8 (eight) knots.
Yesterday, with comparable surface winds, winds at 21,000 feet were 3 (three) knots.
Right after I moved to Georgia, the Cessna 175 was damaged by a thunderstorm with gusts reported as 74 knots, right up the tail.