I will tell you that what you think is what is happening now isn't so..

A hand held anerometer will do the same.

We seem to think the wind is blowing a lot harder than it really is. At our fun fly on May 23, we were getting cross runway guest that must have been 20 mph. However, looking back at the wind data from the college weather station a 1/4 mile from our field, the wind speed was well below that, with gust around 12 mph. It was more than I wanted to fly in and I should have listened to the little voice telling me to fly another day.We saw some really bad conditions up high. and one guy lost of foamy that almost hit my daugher and new grandson before crashing into a pickup parked by the pits. My flight ended with a broken prop and a skuffed up wing tip. Nothing a new prop and some new covering won't cure, but not one of my better days flying. At least no one got hurt and I can repair the plane.

30 MPHwind's are at the point of causing damage to structures and to trees. We had damage to the sun cover over the center of our pit area this winter and the winds were only about 35 mph that night. Nobody would fly in those winds, but some think they can.

Don