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31st Oct 2022, 17:14

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RatherBeFlying

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Downwind of a ridge can be a very bad place

Analysis of my recorder data produced this chart of wind velocities. The y-axis wind component could not be determined from the available data.

From the chart we can infer a vortex followed by a downburst.

I was very lucky.

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