[OZAPRS] Checking the wind flows ...

[Andy Nguyen]

Thanks Terry, it is mesmerising looking at the map!

So where do you think the balloon might turn up, assuming it hasn’t gone down?

Regards
Andy VK3YT


On 15 May 2014, at 9:19 pm, Terry, VK5ATN <vk5atn at internode.on.net> wrote:

> 
> The Pico Balloon experiments are fascinating from several perspectives   Well done Andy!
> 
> This site may be of interest in predicting the direction of travel of the payload at any given time.
> 
> http://earth.nullschool.net/#current/wind/isobaric/1000hPa/orthographic=-227.98,-33.40,671
> 
> A menu is available when you click on "earth" at the LH side of the screen.    You can check the flow at various levels by clicking on the various hPa items on offer.   I once did a translation from these options to the corresponding flight levels (altitude values) but I've misplaced the envelope somewhere.   There are lot of options on this page, and as a person who has worked with the weather for most of my life and also in my sport, it's a very interesting presentation.  Zoom in /out, drag the earth to any place you want to see -  Fascinating!
> 
> Looking at the most recent payload when it was drifting NE from the greater Sydney area a day or so back, I was almost prepared to predict then that it might wind up traveling over the central North Island of New Zealand on the basis of the 700 hPa flow, but I wasn't game to stand up and say so.
> 
> 73,
> Terry
> VK5ATN
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