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Old 7th Dec 2017, 05:07
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Those pix are of fog, and fog doesn't generally form in strong winds - the mixing ratio isopleths are not in the right proportion. So, the pic is of a gentle breeze, the wind rotors are turning slowly, and leaving a small disturbance behind, which lifts the fog up a bit. It drifts along with the rest of the fog, and stays like that for a few hundred meters before the fog peters out. It ain't turbulence.

The rotors EXTRACT energy from the air, so the airflow behind the rotor should be slower than the rest of the free airflow.
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