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Dont you wish MSFS (Any version) could do this
Posted: 12 Nov 2006, 06:19
by DispatchDragon
A standing wave (with lenticulars) along the Eastern edge of the Sierra Nevadas photographed this morning enroute to Nellis AFBs Open house
To give some perspective - the first ridge line in the lower left side of the photo is approximatly 45 miles away
Cheers
Leif
Posted: 12 Nov 2006, 09:51
by VEGAS
Nice shot Leif. You don't get scenes like that in the UK! :sad:
Posted: 12 Nov 2006, 11:13
by DispatchDragon
Vegas
Its the pure size of things that gets you - LSV was reporting 18000 OVC when that shot was taken - the Wave streched back to somewhere around Coaldale 350 nm away - we are gifted with some incredible weather photo oppurtunities here, Especially when the weather is coming from the NW. We have some shots of the Nellis Airshow including some of one of the only two Fairey Fireflies left flying , in formation with a prestine Sea Fury in RAN Colours - I'll post them as soon as I can clean them up a bit
Leif
Posted: 12 Nov 2006, 11:29
by ianhind
Oh to go to Nellis open day. Passed through Las Vegas at the same time as an open day - no chance of finding anywhere to stay so missed out on that :sad:
Posted: 12 Nov 2006, 11:56
by cstorey
leif - a striking photograph of a striking phenomenon . Vegas is almost ,but not quite, correct about its not occurring in the UK - you can occasionally see lenticular formations associated with wave coming off the Welsh mountains in a strong south westerly, but it doesn't happen more than about once in 2 years in my experience, and I believe the Grampians occasionally produce it also, although I haven't seen it myself
Posted: 12 Nov 2006, 11:57
by VEGAS
cstorey wrote:. Vegas is almost ,but not quite, correct about its not occurring in the UK - you can occasionally see lenticular formations associated with wave coming off the Welsh mountains
Ok, but never in Manchester!
Posted: 12 Nov 2006, 12:14
by Garry Russell
You don't see spectacular weather Eddie in Manchester....
Because it's cloudy :roll: :think: :k:
Garry
Posted: 12 Nov 2006, 12:17
by cstorey
Vegas - I'm on the Wirral and we are rather well placed to see this . You may be interested to know that the same winds very occasionally produce rotor, which looks very spectacular and which I would not want to tangle with. I did photo one about 15 years ago but I cannot now find the photo
Posted: 12 Nov 2006, 12:18
by VEGAS
Garry Russell wrote:You don't see spectacular weather Eddie in Manchester....
Because it's cloudy :roll: :think: :k:
Garry
Most of the year as well.. :sad:
Posted: 12 Nov 2006, 12:44
by biplaneflyer
cstorey wrote:leif - a striking photograph of a striking phenomenon . Vegas is almost ,but not quite, correct about its not occurring in the UK - you can occasionally see lenticular formations associated with wave coming off the Welsh mountains in a strong south westerly, but it doesn't happen more than about once in 2 years in my experience, and I believe the Grampians occasionally produce it also, although I haven't seen it myself
Sorry but have to disagree totally - lenticular formations are very common in all parts of the UK - I have even seen them and flown the associated 'wave lift' in my glider in Cambridgeshire and Lincolnshire, as well as other more hilly and mountaionous areas of England.
ps. take a look over at
http://www.virtualsoaring.org/goto.html - might convince you otherwise about having lenticulars in fs9
