hay mucho viento

[Let'sgoflying!]

Returning home last night it was a little breezy and as I descended, I kept thinking it was just some clouds making the ground lights 'hazy'....but it turned out to be dust. Sure enough, there was another dust storm during the day and presented a sporty, 90° xwind.
This is the highest wind I can recall at this reporting point (~100nm NW of here), in my 19 years here:

KGDP 310600Z AUTO 25053G103KT 8SM UP FEW005 BKN016 OVC021
KGDP 310551Z AUTO 26062G105KT 180V270

 

[dmccormack]

That is some serious wind -- you landed in that?

 

[Let'sgoflying!]

no, no! That was at station under the influence of same system, 100miles away...and several hours after I landed.

I have not flown regularily this year but in the last 10 days I have had the joy of going to widely disparate locations...I made a map:

 

[SCCutler]

That is some serious wind -- you landed in that?

Naw, he restricts his landings to 45G60. In Marfa, that's known as a "bit of a breeze."

 

[vontresc]

I bet there were some neat looking Lennies with that kind of wind....

 

[dmccormack]

Naw, he restricts his landings to 45G60. In Marfa, that's known as a "bit of a breeze."

 

[Let'sgoflying!]

this am I spent a few hours reattaching a couple squares of metal roofing on s.i.l.'s house, they had 60mph winds which peeled it back like an onion!

 

[airguy]

There actually were some pretty nice looking lenticulars visible, looking south and west from Midland, on Friday. Saturday morning I flew down to Georgetown and still had 45knots on my tail at 7500'.