winds at BFI and RNT

[Dave Krall CFII]

Even I elected to stay on the ground...
Besides the snow here abouts, checkout line 8:

KRNT 211225Z AUTO 33032G65KT 290V030 5SM -FZRA OVC020 M02/M05 A2985 AO2 PK WND 27065/1220 WSHFT 1205 FZRAB06 P0001
KRNT 211212Z AUTO 33023G45KT 310V020 6SM -FZRA OVC022 M02/M05 A2985 AO2 PK WND 01048/1202 FZRAB06 P0000
KRNT 211153Z AUTO 33036G54KT 7SM OVC022 M02/M05 A2985 AO2 FZRAE52 SLP114 P0000 60007 70017 T10221050 11022 21044 55010
KRNT 211108Z AUTO 8SM -FZRA OVC022 M02/M05 A2986 AO2 P0000
KRNT 211053Z AUTO 33069G86KT 240V010 6SM -FZRA BR SQ OVC022 M03/M05 A2985 AO2 PK WND 01086/1053 SLP114 P0001 T10281050
KRNT 210953Z AUTO 14006G20KT 4SM -FZRA OVC024 M03/M06 A2986 AO2 UPB07E11FZRAE0856B11SNB0856E07 SLP117 P0000 T10281056
KRNT 210917Z AUTO 14009G17KT 4SM -FZRA OVC024 M03/M07 A2987 AO2 UPB07E11FZRAE0856B11SNB0856E07 P0000
KRNT 210902Z AUTO 12007G22KT 4SM -SN OVC026 M03/M07 A2988 AO2 FZRAE0856SNB0856 P0000
KRNT 210853Z AUTO 11015G24KT 4SM -FZRA OVC026 M03/M07 A2988 AO2 PK WND 12028/0803 UPB42E47FZRAB47SNE42 SLP124 P0001 60006 T10331067 58020

 

[KennyFlys]

Gosh, what was the wind chill??

 

[kevin47881]

-3c with a 69k wind equates to a -16c (3.2 F) windchill. At peak gust the wc dropped to about 1F.

http://www.srh.noaa.gov/elp/wxcalc/windchill.shtml

 

[Ghery]

No winds like that in Olympia, but we've got plenty of snow on the ground.

 

[wanttaja]

No winds like that in Olympia, but we've got plenty of snow on the ground.

The strange thing was, we had a break yesterday (Saturday). Sun shining bright when I got up. Winds were near calm (just a mile or so west of Auburn WA airport (S50) where I'm based. About an inch or two of snow on the ground...was really looking forward to flying.

However, the forecast was calling for high winds in the Cascade foothills, about 15 miles east of home. I could see a haze around Enumclaw (right at the base of the mountains). Through binoculars, the haze had a brownish tint...which was probably dirt being stirred up by the wind.

I didn't fly. By 3 PM, it had clouded over and had started to snow again. We've got eight inches, right now....

Ron Wanttaja

 

[Ghery]

This was my wife's Jeep Commander this morning. There is a 12 inch ruler standing on end in the snow on the hood. Anyone see it? I don't.

Now, with the "warmer" weather today that snow has compacted and melted a bit, and an inch or so of that ruler is showing. Of course, it's supposed to snow again tomorrow evening.