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Winds Aloft Did a 360!

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On initial descent out of FL350 for FL240 while approaching KSFO the winds were 272@97. The winds shifted to 260@97 and next I watched as the wind direction cycled slowly (one degree at a time) from 260 around to 272 - but they cycled counter-clockwise!All-n-all, the autopilot smoothly compensated for the change and there was no violent reaction to this by the aircraft. It was just strange to see the winds cycle 260 - 250 - 240 - 230 ... 110 ... 100 ... 050 ... 040 ... all the way around and back to 272.BTW: The cloud generation on descent below 12000 to ~7000 was absolutely incredible. Thick broken cumulus and when I leveled at 6000 I was skimming the bottoms. Off to my right (looking towards San Jose) it was a low overcast. Off to my left (looking towards the SF Bay) it was higher scattered. As I flew over the bay on final visibility dropped down to about 5 miles - very smooth visibility and approach winds transition.-michael

Well Mike, it look loke we are naking progree for you! Thanks for sticking with us and helping us out. Your posts have always been polite and it's been great woking with you.Hope this helps,JimActiveSky Support

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