I saw the sounding this morning and can't remember ever seeing 200 knots on a sounding. Must have been a fun plane ride.
wow dude .... that IS really cool .... !!!
Nasa releases picture of mysterious ‘dragon’ aurora rearing its head in the sky
That is very impressive Grant. I am trying to find out what the strongest jet ever recorded on the planet was.
Found this of interest from 2015:
More on jet streams:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jet_stream
Jet streams are the product of two factors: the atmospheric heating by solar radiation that produces the large-scale Polar, Ferrel, and Hadley circulation cells, and the action of the Coriolis force acting on those moving masses. The Coriolis force is caused by the planet's rotation on its axis.
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Image URL: http://mag.ncep.noaa.gov/data/gfs/00/namer/200_wnd_ht/gfs_namer_003_200_wnd_ht.gif