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      Peter A Lawrence | Premium
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      folks,
      windy is telling me the surface winds at Bishop, CA are 1~2 W,
      but a BIH (Bishop airport, CA) pilots weather report says 20 kts S

      I'm willing to believe the airport weather report since I fly the Owens
      Valley a lot and it seems to be what I'd expect

      so the question is why is windy so far off from actual observable and reported conditions.

      I am aware that the Owens Valley has its own micro meteorology, especially katabatic N surface winds at night and the reverse (anti-katabatibc ?) S surface winds in the day, and these are often at odds with more global wind patterns, but these conditions are being measured and reported

      I could believe that such micro-meteorology is too difficult to model, but if that's the case I'd like to hear it from the experts

      thanks,
      Peter A Lawrence.

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