David Blaine's balloon flight shows variations of wind speed with altitude

[2G]

His flight on Wednesday took his instrumented balloon up to 27,000 ft (including a transponder). His flight track shows wind variations of up to 15 kt over a narrow range of altitudes (the flight occurred during relatively calm weather conditions):
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/n947db#25630a46
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwzvNAAqH3g

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On Saturday, September 5, 2020 at 12:00:27 PM UTC-5, 2G wrote:
> His flight track shows wind variations of up to 15 kt over a narrow range of altitudes

How is this different from a sounding baloon, maybe altitude control, and better published data?

[2G]

On Sunday, September 6, 2020 at 7:51:53 AM UTC-7, wrote:
> On Saturday, September 5, 2020 at 12:00:27 PM UTC-5, 2G wrote:
> > His flight track shows wind vaYriations of up to 15 kt over a narrow range of altitudes
> How is this different from a sounding baloon, maybe altitude control, and better published data?

You just said it.

Tom

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