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Old 03-05-2015, 08:06 PM
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Originally Posted by gregbradley View Post
The mind boggles at how strong those winds must be in the band below the GRS. Are there any estimates for the windspeed?

It looks like its several hundred miles an hour. That makes hurricane windspeeds on earth seem tame.

Greg.
That bright band below the GRS is the EZ and it has an Eastward flow of approx 300 klm/hr. I have seen zonal wind profile charts that indicate even higher winds speed along the border of the EZ and NTrB.
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