Inversion and smoke.
Feb 6, 2023 19:46:54 #
DRam11
Loc: Polson, MT
I bit ago I posted a picture of an inversion in cloud formations forming a window on the mountains. it got me to thinking about a picture I had taken a couple summers ago showing the effects of prevailing winds and an inversion. A farmer was burning off an old field and smoke was blowing to the South. When it got to the inversion and worked its way through though, there was wind coming to the North. So you see the smoke rising one direction, going through the inversion and then blowing the opposite direction. I thought it was an interesting effect.
Feb 6, 2023 19:57:23 #
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Feb 7, 2023 04:08:21 #
DRam11 wrote:
I bit ago I posted a picture of an inversion in cl... (show quote)
Pilots dread that in low altitudes.
Referred to as inversion windshear, the sudden change of wind speed & direction makes an aircraft lose altitude with no warning. If it happens low enough, like during take-off or landing, it can slam the aircraft to the ground before they can recover normal flight.
Feb 7, 2023 06:30:41 #
In the 1960s I recall driving from Lansing Michigan to Detroit and seeing the city enclosed by a smoke/smog domed by a an inversion layer. DRam11 your photo and explanation document it well.
Feb 7, 2023 10:06:36 #
Cool shot! Gotta love our inversions...at least here in the flathead we seem to always have one continuous one from November till April!! lol
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Feb 7, 2023 18:10:13 #
DRam11
Loc: Polson, MT
CindyHouk wrote:
Cool shot! Gotta love our inversions...at least here in the flathead we seem to always have one continuous one from November till April!! lol
How true. Almost every day.
Feb 7, 2023 18:11:00 #
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