High winds Today

[Tom-D]

This vid was copied from the northwest flyers board

http://www.pacificnorthwestflying.com/index.php?topic=2593.0

It shows the winds we had today.

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I was driving by Airport Road today when I noticed a beautiful new 767 coming in to land, and then quickly went around again. I stuck by to watch this test pilot fly two more approaches and videotaped this last one, where he actually brought her down. It was quite exciting, and EXTREMELY cold. lol

Enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKeafUIT2qY

Up here in the Islands we got a peak gust at 62 mph

 

[Geico266]

We are expecting gusts to 45MPH. It's a good day to leave the hanger door closed.

 

[gkainz]

KBJC (Rocky Mountain Metropolitan - or - "the airport formerly known as 'Jeffco') ATIS went off line last night with winds at 31 - came back on line just a little bit ago with winds of 54G74 MPH.

I started off to work in the Jeep but after a couple of uncommanded and uncontrolled lane changes, I turned around and got the truck.

Don't think I'm flying today - in an airplane at least - took a few touch and gos on the sidewalk with the wind to my back tho!

 

[fgcason]

KBJC (Rocky Mountain Metropolitan - or - "the airport formerly known as 'Jeffco') ATIS went off line last night with winds at 31 - came back on line just a little bit ago with winds of 54G74 MPH.

I believe it. Here in Golden (or am I in Kansas now?) the winds have been at least that high if not more. I've been rocking like crazy since around 11pm. Around 2:30am the shore power went out. Around 4am, the winds started getting really breezy. I'm not even going to open the door right now lest it get yanked out of my hands and slammed open. At least I'm not parked broadside to the wind like a friend of mine is.

I really need to get a weather station and put it on the roof for days like this.

 

[gkainz]

The building I'm working at (just off departure end of BJC Rwy 29) has all the west facing doors secured and the windows all along the west side of the buildings are howling like coyotes.

My wife heard on the news that Berthoud Pass had between 95-100mph winds this morning. They extended the high wind warning until 11 a.m.

 

[GMascelli]

KILG 301735Z 3018/3118 29016G28KT P6SM SKC
FM302000 29012G20KT P6SM SCT250
FM302200 26007KT P6SM BKN250
FM310600 14006KT P6SM BKN120
FM310900 20010KT P6SM SCT025 OVC040
FM311200 24010G20KT P6SM VCSH OVC025
TEMPO 3112/3116 3SM -SNRA OVC015
FM311600 32022G38KT P6SM BKN040=

Oh yeah and snow/rain mix too......

 

[gkainz]

man, I'm glad we didn't have snow/rain mix this morning! The tumbleweeds, sand, trash cans, cows, children and small cars where bad enough!

I saw a flock of Canada Geese trying to fly west, into the wind. They were flapping harder than I've ever seen a goose flap, and were moving down wind (backwards) at about 20mph...

 

[fgcason]

Here we go again:

KBJC 010348Z 30016G24KT 30SM FEW150 SCT200 12/M20 A2972

KBJC 010226Z 0102/0124 26018G32KT P6SM SCT150 BKN200
TEMPO 0103/0106 26025G45KT
FM010600 26025G45KT P6SM SCT150 BKN200
TEMPO 0108/0112 26035G60KT
FM011600 26020G30KT P6SM FEW150 BKN200
FM012000 28015G25KT P6SM FEW120 SCT150 BKN200 NOT SKED AFT 010500

 

[wsuffa]

Gusts around the DC area topped out yesterday at 60 mph.

I only lost power for 3-1/2 hours....