Never seen this before

I have them all over too but we aren't that far away.  I think these are pretty rare around here.  I know it's the first time I've ever seen them.  I sure hope this -10 weather we have had lately means EHD will not be an issue next year.

My wife seen these today and they are on the pittsburgh news

I can honestly say I have never seen. Or realized I saw this. It's pretty cool

We have really no snow on the ground right now. But wind ,we have had plenty of that lately. Gust of 60 mph last night pretty much took down the rest of our shade cloth. I am so tired of this wind. You cant work on shade cloth at -30 in the wind!

The process does occur but it is rare. It is a result of high winds.


I can attest that the winds lately have been crazy in more ways than the average person knows. As I type this I am in Cincinnati Ohio. I just flew in from Brussels Belgium. Our track across the North Atlantic took us over southern Greenland and across the Hudson Strait near Resolution Island. Then just catching the southern tip of Hudson Bay and across Ontario Canada. Then south down across MI and over to Cincinnati from the north and slightly west side of Cincinnati.


First off it is normal to not fly a "straight line" when doing long flights like these. It is essentially the great circle system. That said the winds tonight were so rare and so strong we had to take advantage of them. Coming across the North Atlantic and Greenland we actually had a tailwind. Normally in that area of the world winds flow easterly. Tonight they were going west and had substantial flow. (This was at 36,000 feet) Tailwinds in some places were as much as 140 knots. (160 miles per hour) Across Canada winds were still out of the east and north. Then over MI and IN winds were out of the north and west which is normal. However speeds remained fast even in the decent into Cincinnati to as low as 12,000 feet with speeds as high as 180 miles per hour.


It was just an interesting evening of flying with the wind conditions. Hope that didn't bore too many people. Just thought I would chime in since I just experienced this tonight.

I am a weather nut Roger, that kind of stuff has my ears perked up! The jet stream is dropping all the way down to southern Alabama today, I am guessing that is a large factor in the odd winds you experienced. 

Yes Johnny B that jet stream can be a cool thing and often can give you the ride of your life. Both good and bad! LOL!!!


I have hit turbulence while slicing the jet stream that I wasn't sure the bird would handle it at times. But I have also got into the streams flow and had ground speeds well over 600 knots (640 to 680 knots) even while at economy cruise. Times like that can make a normal 12 hour flight fly by a lot faster!


Since your into weather stuff, have you studied the effects of volcanic eruptions on the world weather? There is some interesting stuff also. Most don't think much when they hear on the news about an eruption in some other part of the world. But it will affect them in ways they have no idea of.


Take care Johnny and stay warm!

They are all over Ohio