system

I thought the dryline was the county boundary between those places that still close their bars early and those that cater to pilots.

Hat, Coat, Briefcase, Umbrella, Roller Bag, Emergency Exit…

system

I have never heard that term. But I do respect it. I once flew across a front. Prior to crossing it, I had a tailwind. Afterwards I had a 30+ mile an hour crosswind. Had to use full rudder to maintain course and heading. The issue arose when I needed a bathroom break…

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system

Lots of prosaic verbiage about snakes, Willy, Merle and sarsaparilla metaphors to get to the bottom line: “Knowing the dryline location is good. Ignoring its potential is bad. And punching through dryline storms that form on or near the line can turn ugly with no respect for luck.”

system

How long has this been going on? The symbol on WX charts, that is. I ain’t never seen that yellow snake before!

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Come to think of it, that must be what I encountered just east of Grand Island, Neb, back in August of '64, when I was ferrying Duane Cole’s T-craft from FWA to RNO for the first National Air Races resumption that year. Cost me an extra day on that trip.

system

Over time I’ve come to regard the effects of drylines as temporary miniature versions in the lower midwest of the ITCZ. One exception, and there are many, to that comparison is that drylines are temporary and recurring whereas the ITCZ is always lurking on one side or the other of the 50 yard line, often in areas of the globe where you have no choice but to hang on to your knickers and ride it out, heart thumping, through the softest looking area on radar which you hope you’ve interpreted correctly.

Apart from that, I’m surprised that anyone who reads AVweb has never seen a dryline or doesn’t know what one is or looks like depicted on a weather chart. Though I don’t fly for a living anymore, the first website i go to every morning, even prior to reading AVweb is ADDS to look at high altitude and surface prog charts. If you look at surface prog charts regularly you’ll see drylines frequently depicted. Prog charts with their drylines are much more interesting than video games even without knickers hanging on one.

system

Hey Karrpilot, You mean that you actually use full rudder flying to keep your ground track??
Hummm maybe you want to think about that.
Just sayin