Winds a loft...?

DanKH · Post by **DanKH** » 24 Nov 2006, 00:55

What does "winds a loft" mean?

I sat a check-mark in "Download winds a loft" in the metar, but I don't quite know what it means.

Post by **Garry Russell** » 24 Nov 2006, 00:57

It means the winds up in the air at various levels as opposed to surface wind

Maybe there is a more techinical explanation but that's how I see it

Garry

TobyV · Post by **TobyV** » 24 Nov 2006, 00:59

Alternately it means you have tiles missing from your roof :roll:

Post by **Garry Russell** » 24 Nov 2006, 01:00

Or up in the attic after a large tin of Baked Beans

Garry

DanKH · Post by **DanKH** » 24 Nov 2006, 01:02

Ah I get it....maybe that's the reason I constantly get gusts from here and there while climbing and descending......

And yes Toby. some of them seems to be quite capable of ripping off the roof!

DanKH · Post by **DanKH** » 24 Nov 2006, 01:19

Try this one then:

When it says Wind dir. 100

Is the wind then COMING from 100 or HEADING at 100 ?

I always seems to take the wrong chance...even in Danish

It really does matter when you're cycling!

Post by **Garry Russell** » 24 Nov 2006, 01:44

Comming from

If the wind was 262 you would take of on runway 27 if there was one

So you would be heading 270 almost into wind

Just like a northerly wind direction is one comming from the North

Garry

DanKH · Post by **DanKH** » 24 Nov 2006, 01:56

north wind / northern wind

we have the same differences in danish

east wind is wind coming from the east
and if memory serves me well :redface:
eastern winds are blowing towards east....
or not....

Well thanks for your explanation anyhow Garry ;-)

speedbird591 · Post by **speedbird591** » 24 Nov 2006, 19:49

DanKH wrote:What does "winds a loft" mean?

There's a space that shouldn't be there, Dan. The word is 'aloft'.

http://www.askoxford.com/concise_oed/aloft?view=uk

i.e. 'The men climbed aloft to unfurl the sails' OR 'The eagles soared aloft.'

Ian

John R · Post by **John R** » 24 Nov 2006, 20:10

It's Microsoft's little joke, when you select 'real world' weather (15minute updates) and winds 'aloft' it means your selected aircraft will be bounce around like a kid on a trampoline..

I've found that if your flying west to east this time year, you get the jet stream ( 80kts tailwind, easy :dance: ). But north to south, say MAN/ BCN you cross many METAR areas, and get differing winds. So thrown around, not nice

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I disable winds aloft... But I would be interested to hear from active sky users, hows your wind?

John

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