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Winds a loft...?
Posted: 24 Nov 2006, 00:55
by DanKH
What does "winds a loft" mean?
I sat a check-mark in "Download winds a loft" in the metar, but I don't quite know what it means.
Posted: 24 Nov 2006, 00:57
by Garry Russell
It means the winds up in the air at various levels as opposed to surface wind
Maybe there is a more techinical explanation but that's how I see it
Garry
Posted: 24 Nov 2006, 00:59
by TobyV
Alternately it means you have tiles missing from your roof :roll:
Posted: 24 Nov 2006, 01:00
by Garry Russell
Or up in the attic after a large tin of Baked Beans
Garry
Posted: 24 Nov 2006, 01:02
by DanKH
Ah I get it....maybe that's the reason I constantly get gusts from here and there while climbing and descending......
And yes Toby. some of them seems to be quite capable of ripping off the roof!
Posted: 24 Nov 2006, 01:19
by DanKH
Try this one then:
When it says Wind dir. 100
Is the wind then COMING from 100 or HEADING at 100 ?
I always seems to take the wrong chance...even in Danish
It really does matter when you're cycling!
Posted: 24 Nov 2006, 01:44
by Garry Russell
Comming from
If the wind was 262 you would take of on runway 27 if there was one
So you would be heading 270 almost into wind
Just like a northerly wind direction is one comming from the North
Garry
Posted: 24 Nov 2006, 01:56
by DanKH
north wind / northern wind
we have the same differences in danish
east wind is wind coming from the east
and if memory serves me well :redface:
eastern winds are blowing towards east....
or not....
Well thanks for your explanation anyhow Garry ;-)
Re: Winds a loft...?
Posted: 24 Nov 2006, 19:49
by speedbird591
DanKH wrote:What does "winds a loft" mean?
There's a space that shouldn't be there, Dan. The word is 'aloft'.
http://www.askoxford.com/concise_oed/aloft?view=uk
i.e. 'The men climbed aloft to unfurl the sails' OR 'The eagles soared aloft.'
Ian
Posted: 24 Nov 2006, 20:10
by John R
It's Microsoft's little joke, when you select 'real world' weather (15minute updates) and winds 'aloft' it means your selected aircraft will be bounce around like a kid on a trampoline..
I've found that if your flying west to east this time year, you get the jet stream ( 80kts tailwind, easy :dance: ). But north to south, say MAN/ BCN you cross many METAR areas, and get differing winds. So thrown around, not nice
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I disable winds aloft... But I would be interested to hear from active sky users, hows your wind?
John
