johnh wrote:
You really wonder what atmospheric phenomenon makes them so precise.Some kind of wave propagation I am assuming.
This is the wave forecast for monday, one can really see how – if the stars align – you can get from the pyrenees to slovenia gliding. But the ripples don’t stop, they just get weaker and weaker and if the updraft just manages to condense before the downdraft… but I am no metereologist.
@Inkognito, I sent you a PM. Glad you found the cloud photo interesting. I was surprised to see the formation, it is not typical.
A friend of mine is deeply into aviation meteorology. He told me of a time when he flew from Oregon to California down the coast following the rising side of a wave the whole way. Another pilot was doing the same thing but inadvertently following the falling side of the wave. Despite having a faster plane, his flight took longer.
Of course you first have to suspect the wave is there, then find the rising side, then (somehow?) follow it for (in his case) hundreds of miles.
At LDSB today
At least my plane is gonna get a decent wash at last.
At least my plane is gonna get a decent wash at last.
Your plane has gotten bigger since I last saw it 
See Colm? I told you we’re pushing that donate button way too often.
