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- Winds aloft, officially known as the winds and temperatures aloft forecast, (known as "FD" in the US and Canada, but becoming known as "FB", following...4 KB (672 words) - 06:13, 17 October 2023
The trade winds or easterlies are permanent east-to-west prevailing winds that flow in the Earth's equatorial region. The trade winds blow mainly from...17 KB (1,889 words) - 03:58, 16 July 2024
low-level winds referred to as low-level jets, near mountains, radiation inversions that occur due to clear skies and calm winds, buildings, wind turbines...29 KB (3,345 words) - 16:06, 10 June 2024
an area where wind divergence aloft occurs ahead of embedded shortwave troughs, which are of smaller wavelength. Diverging winds aloft, ahead of these...34 KB (3,289 words) - 12:54, 22 June 2024
recurving to the northwest of the subtropical ridge. As westerly winds increased aloft, vertical wind shear weakened Judy back into a tropical storm, which lost...65 KB (4,722 words) - 10:58, 22 June 2024
transported into the region, mainly from the Gulf of Mexico by easterly winds aloft. Once the forests of the Sierra Madre Occidental green up from the initial...18 KB (2,192 words) - 16:53, 12 July 2024
Downburst (redirect from Straight-line winds)Cumulonimbus. Capable of producing damaging winds, it may sometimes be confused with a tornado, where high-velocity winds circle a central area, and air moves...51 KB (5,757 words) - 21:14, 18 June 2024
routes are created twice daily to take account of the shifting of the winds aloft and the principal traffic flow, eastward in North America evening and...16 KB (2,130 words) - 23:30, 26 January 2024
warm air ahead of the storm allowed the high winds aloft to reach the surface easier. Many areas reported wind gusts up to hurricane force. It was one of...37 KB (3,506 words) - 02:10, 13 June 2024
This phenomenon is caused by shearing from either westerly winds aloft or strong easterly winds at the surface. These systems are typically located within...10 KB (1,066 words) - 06:27, 6 February 2024
Neither provides for accurate speed over the ground, since surface winds or winds aloft are not taken into account. TAS is the appropriate speed to use when...9 KB (1,260 words) - 13:15, 9 March 2024
breeze cycle can define local winds; in areas that have variable terrain, mountain and valley breezes can prevail. Winds are commonly classified by their...105 KB (11,212 words) - 00:13, 11 July 2024
thousands of feet off the ground? How do you keep them aloft for long periods of time in high winds without having to perform frequent, costly maintenance...13 KB (1,317 words) - 06:14, 3 May 2024
speeds... As the vortex climbs, it's caught in the faster horizontal winds aloft, & the middle part of the vortex catches the faster speeds with the ends...3 KB (277 words) - 11:06, 6 June 2023
embedded shortwave troughs, which have smaller wavelengths. Diverging winds aloft ahead of these troughs cause atmospheric lift within the troposphere...16 KB (1,739 words) - 12:52, 22 June 2024
profilers operate using electromagnetic (EM) signals to remotely sense winds aloft. The radar transmits an electromagnetic pulse along each of the antenna's...11 KB (1,447 words) - 07:25, 13 May 2024
actual speed the airplane is moving through the air. In conjunction with winds aloft it is used for navigation. Equivalent airspeed (EAS) is true airspeed...14 KB (1,857 words) - 21:59, 8 February 2024
Isentropic draw-down is the draw-down of warmer, drier air from aloft. When the approaching winds are insufficiently strong to propel the low-level air up and...19 KB (2,354 words) - 20:08, 15 July 2024
gravity-driven winds, draining air off the high deserts, while the Diablo-type wind originates mainly from strongly sinking air from aloft, pushed toward...6 KB (794 words) - 06:25, 3 February 2024
Drift meter (section Wind correction from drift angle)angle of the reticle then indicates the aircraft's drift angle due to winds aloft. It is also used to calculate the ground speed by measuring the time...6 KB (817 words) - 16:17, 19 February 2023
- and welcome breaks the morn That ushers in a breeze! "Fair Wind! Fair Wind!" alow, aloft, All hands delight to cry, As, leaping through the parted waves
- his duty, But now he ’s gone aloft. Tom Bowling (c. 1788). Spanking Jack was so comely, so pleasant, so jolly, Though winds blew great guns, still he ’d
- already aloft the problem is most likely to be too much wind. Release tension on the line and try to pull the kite diagonally out of the wind-window and