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Actual Cloud Tops
I just pulled up the cloud tops charts and see one labeled FL720 over SE
Nebraska/NE Oklahoma/SW Missouri. Is this for real? |
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("john smith" wrote)
I just pulled up the cloud tops charts and see one labeled FL720 over SE Nebraska/NE Oklahoma/SW Missouri. Is this for real? Is there a link to any PIREPS that reported them building? I Google and got references to 55-60K and also got a few 70K "cloud top" hits - mostly relating to tropical storms. More than one site said they figure a 5K error acceptable with satellite/radar imaging - maybe that means (+/-) 2.5K feet. So you're maybe only talking 70K, now. :-) Montblack |
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"Montblack" wrote: Is there a link to any PIREPS that reported them building? I posted the image at the usual alt.binaries.pictures.aviation site. I copied it off of the aviationweather.gov link to the national radar/cloud tops link. |
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("john smith" wrote)
Is there a link to any PIREPS that reported them building? I posted the image at the usual alt.binaries.pictures.aviation site. I copied it off of the aviationweather.gov link to the national radar/cloud tops link. http://aviationweather.gov/data/prod..._12_CL_new.gif Was this the page? http://aviationweather.gov/obs/radar/ Or this? Montblack |
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"Montblack" wrote: Is there a link to any PIREPS that reported them building? I posted the image at the usual alt.binaries.pictures.aviation site. I copied it off of the aviationweather.gov link to the national radar/cloud tops link. http://aviationweather.gov/data/prod..._12_CL_new.gif Was this the page? http://aviationweather.gov/obs/radar/ Or this? http://aviationweather.gov/obs/radar/ |
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("john smith" wrote)
http://aviationweather.gov/obs/radar/ http://aviationweather.gov/data/prod..._12_CL_new.gif What info is this page giving me? Not Cloud Tops? ISOL IMBD CB 450XXX (above link) vs. I'm seeing 660 (Florida) and 680 (North Carolina) on your page. http://aviationweather.gov/obs/radar/ Montblack |
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"Montblack" wrote: ("john smith" wrote) http://aviationweather.gov/obs/radar/ http://aviationweather.gov/data/prod..._12_CL_new.gif What info is this page giving me? Not Cloud Tops? ISOL IMBD CB 450XXX (above link) High altitude severe weather tops and jet stream winds. vs. I'm seeing 660 (Florida) and 680 (North Carolina) on your page. http://aviationweather.gov/obs/radar/ This is a radar map of precip with cloud tops, direction and speed of movement |
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john smith wrote:
I just pulled up the cloud tops charts and see one labeled FL720 over SE Nebraska/NE Oklahoma/SW Missouri. Is this for real? Absolutely not. NWS puts that stuff up just to see what they can get away with. Ignore it. |
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