![](https://blogimg.goo.ne.jp/user_image/23/1f/f3c231e137c3533b0d7184c37dcb3ae3.jpg?1682004794)
Looked calm with basically normal flying conditions BUT once you got up high, the upper winds were blowing very strongly😱 and the lower winds were rotating like a washing machine😰
![](https://blogimg.goo.ne.jp/user_image/3e/a7/e1a8f53ed6f07668cba0fb33dc847953.jpg?1682004795)
Having popped up to thermal tops near 1500m I was surprised to find myself going backwards at 35 km/h. That's at least 70 km/h of wind speed. TO had only very light winds.
![](https://blogimg.goo.ne.jp/user_image/2c/eb/1ab5b0a2abd2ed74b5f7b3ddf1be66a1.jpg?1682004795)
フライヤー2人
![](https://blogimg.goo.ne.jp/user_image/25/21/55e1cd1e086a142a08851fe08e9277b8.jpg?1682004945)
![](https://blogimg.goo.ne.jp/user_image/1e/66/187a47fb29b287f112f33f46fe850b51.jpg?1682004956)
A low jet stream over Amakusa 🌬️
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