Anyone in Southern New England fly today?

Posted by Ornery_Ads@reddit | flying | View on Reddit | 6 comments

Whats the weather like? I fly a lowely paramotor, so I'm very susceptible to winds. I have the Windy app and its saying calm on the ground with 50+ mph winds at just 300 feet. Government aviation weather website says calm on the ground and all the way up to 10,000 feet only 20mph. KBDL ATIS says variable at 4. KHVN ATIS says 110 at 13. Standing outside the winds on the ground feel like nada and looking at the sky, the clouds don't appear to be going anywhere in a hurry. With the big discrepancy between the best and the worst, I'm wondering if anyone can give me actual hands experience if it's good flying weather. I typically fly under 2,500 feet around central CT.

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NYPuppers@reddit

Aviation Weather Center PIREPs are your friend. I just looked up PIREPs around WST and there are several 172s, etc. reporting moderate low level wind sheer and turbulence between 500 and 2000 feet.

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Ornery_Ads@reddit (OP)

Honest question, would you ever want to be hanging out in a paramotor? Usually when I mention ultralights of any type to licensed pilots they tell me I'm insane for flying one. I didn't fly yesterday, and the weather rapidly deteriorated after I got off work anyway

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NYPuppers@reddit

no i wouldnt but everyone has their thing

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Feathers_McGraw__@reddit

Wind was almost 50 kt at 3,000 MSL over central MA around midday today.

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AlexJamesFitz@reddit

Feels like a good use case for PIREPs: [https://aviationweather.gov/data/pirep/?id=KBDL&distance=200&age=1.5&decoded=yes](https://aviationweather.gov/data/pirep/?id=KBDL&distance=200&age=1.5&decoded=yes)

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