Received: from zonker-fddi.hpl.hp.com by opus.hpl.hp.com with SMTP (1.37.109.8/15.5+ECS 3.3+HPL1.1) id AA04122; Wed, 30 Aug 1995 14:29:44 -0700 Return-Path: <poulton@zonker.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis> Received: by zonker.hpl.hp.com (1.37.109.8/15.5+ECS 3.3+HPL1.1) id AA10177; Wed, 30 Aug 1995 14:29:39 -0700 Date: Wed, 30 Aug 1995 14:29:39 -0700 From: Ken Poulton <poulton@zonker.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis> Message-Id: <9508302129.AA10177@zonker.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis> To: wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis Subject: Re: Wind predictors at 3rd?
> Why are we interested in the wind over the highway 92 pass by San Mateo?
Because when it blows over 92, the wind at Coyote, and to a lesser
degree at 3rd, turns more westerly and gusty ("the gusterlies"). At
Coyote, we get the chop coming from two or three directions, making
pretty bouncy sailing. It is, to be sure, less important than SFO and
SoSF as an indicator.
Ken Poulton
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"A man's got to know his limitations." -- Dirty Harry (Clint Eastwood)
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