"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