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> I have witnessed these several times at Coyote and not everyone even
> believes me when I tell them. Basically, the twister just leaves the airport
> area and works it's way downwind -- a swirl of blasting winds, probably
> 40-50 mph, maybe more.
I've seen a few up when sailing near the runways that I judged to to be
more than 40 knots because they lift spray off the water.
> what exactly causes them do you think?
I'll guess wing-tip vortices from planes landing, but I don't know.
Whatever the cause, bringing the runways closer to the sailors
will make us encounter these more often.
Ken Poulton
poulton@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis
"Everything should be made as simple as possible. But not simpler."
-- Albert Einstein
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