Moriarty Winds

This from a friend at the airport:

Winds at 0E0 right now at 240 degrees, 31 gusting to 37 with flying
tumbleweeds, cats, dogs and coyotes......in haze and blowing dust. Bart is
now being blown eastward back to his home in Kentucky against his will. He,
however, will have to get past the tornadoes currently on the ground in
central Oklahoma....If he intersects them it may speed up his "flight" east
bound...

Winds at 0E0 right now at 240 degrees, 31 gusting to 37 with flying

tumbleweeds, cats, dogs and coyotes......in haze and blowing dust. Bart is

now being blown eastward back to his home in Kentucky against his will. He,

however, will have to get past the tornadoes currently on the ground in

central Oklahoma....If he intersects them it may speed up his "flight" east

bound...

Tornado no problem just fly against the direction of rotation right? Which is negative ground speed btw.

On Sunday, May 19, 2013 3:17:38 PM UTC-7, Dan Marotta wrote:
This from a friend at the airport:



Winds at 0E0 right now at 240 degrees, 31 gusting to 37 with flying

tumbleweeds, cats, dogs and coyotes......in haze and blowing dust.

Sounds like a perfectly normal wind for Moriarty!

Mike

Today's forecast is for 20-30 G 40. Ground handling is really the tough
part.


"Mike the Strike" wrote in message
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On Sunday, May 19, 2013 3:17:38 PM UTC-7, Dan Marotta wrote:
This from a friend at the airport:



Winds at 0E0 right now at 240 degrees, 31 gusting to 37 with flying

tumbleweeds, cats, dogs and coyotes......in haze and blowing dust.

Sounds like a perfectly normal wind for Moriarty!

Mike

On Sunday, May 26, 2013 12:13:48 PM UTC-4, Dan Marotta wrote:
Today's forecast is for 20-30 G 40. Ground handling is really the tough

part.

In what month do these winds abate?

The 29th of February is usually quite calm!

Mike

Winds are beginning to taper off. And it's a good thing with the contest
starting in about a week.


"Mike the Strike" wrote in message
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The 29th of February is usually quite calm!

Mike

On my last flight, just a few days ago, winds at landing were about 40
degrees left at 19G29 making the crosswind runway useless. Fortunately our
runway is about 75 ft wide and we have a very large turnout so, if you carry
sufficient energy and you know how your brakes work, it's more exciting than
scarey. It helped a bit, too, that my left water dump valve was stuck (ice,
maybe) and that made keeping the left wing level against the wind pretty
simple until I came to a stop.


"Mike the Strike" wrote in message
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The 29th of February is usually quite calm!

Mike

Wanna bet?

Mike

Nope! I towed again today. Only three gliders went up and, following the
last one, winds on landing were 280/22G31. Rwy 26 was in use. Getting the
Pawnee to behave while maneuvering to the tiedown is the fun part!

I hope to fly my LAK-17a tomorrow...


"Mike the Strike" wrote in message
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Wanna bet?

Mike