{"id":26444,"date":"2020-06-29T13:13:24","date_gmt":"2020-06-29T13:13:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/?p=26444"},"modified":"2020-06-29T13:15:18","modified_gmt":"2020-06-29T13:15:18","slug":"surface-winds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/surface-winds\/","title":{"rendered":"Surface Winds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- UPT Leaderboard [async] --><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">if (!window.AdButler){(function(){var s = document.createElement(\"script\"); s.async = true; s.type = \"text\/javascript\";s.src = 'https:\/\/servedbyadbutler.com\/app.js';var n = document.getElementsByTagName(\"script\")[0]; n.parentNode.insertBefore(s, n);}());}<\/script><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\nvar AdButler = AdButler || {}; AdButler.ads = AdButler.ads || [];\nvar abkw = window.abkw || '';\nvar plc430906 = window.plc430906 || 0;\ndocument.write('<'+'div id=\"placement_430906_'+plc430906+'\"><\/'+'div>');\nAdButler.ads.push({handler: function(opt){ AdButler.register(175942, 430906, [860,106], 'placement_430906_'+opt.place, opt); }, opt: { place: plc430906++, keywords: abkw, domain: 'servedbyadbutler.com', click:'CLICK_MACRO_PLACEHOLDER' }});\n<\/script><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ground winds<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Improving your situational awareness by using wind indicators \u2013 DZ markers and natural ones&#8230;<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Wind Indicators\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1GBRS8mKkHA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Wind indicators<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Reading the play by using indicators. 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