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<blockquote data-quote="dfanonymous" data-source="post: 2874433" data-attributes="member: 97050"><p>The whole smoke rises was an old military method. As others have said, it's has its draw backs. To be accurate, you need wind averaged through the totality of the flight. However, in addition, and this is a pro tip, you need to also need to know how to kind of guess wind at max ordinate. </p><p></p><p>Wind at the ground has more friction, vs wind up at 40 ft ( or more depending on terrain) will not only have less friction but can have shearing winds. </p><p></p><p>Mirage is another tool. Sometimes you have to see how a tree is blowing down range, sometimes you have to check the mirage above the target. Sometimes you have to look at a target surrounded my trees and know that there are swirls. </p><p></p><p>The kestrel is not the full story, but it's by far the most versatile tool for wind. While obviously, it's only useful at the shooters position, it's accurate the MPH guaranteed. That right there is worth it. That sets the base line for the rest of the flight. It can also help with timing the shot, sometimes the gust is more consistent the the low. </p><p></p><p>After that, you just need to add in the mid range and target to your estimation.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dfanonymous, post: 2874433, member: 97050"] The whole smoke rises was an old military method. As others have said, it’s has its draw backs. To be accurate, you need wind averaged through the totality of the flight. However, in addition, and this is a pro tip, you need to also need to know how to kind of guess wind at max ordinate. Wind at the ground has more friction, vs wind up at 40 ft ( or more depending on terrain) will not only have less friction but can have shearing winds. Mirage is another tool. Sometimes you have to see how a tree is blowing down range, sometimes you have to check the mirage above the target. Sometimes you have to look at a target surrounded my trees and know that there are swirls. The kestrel is not the full story, but it’s by far the most versatile tool for wind. While obviously, it’s only useful at the shooters position, it’s accurate the MPH guaranteed. That right there is worth it. That sets the base line for the rest of the flight. It can also help with timing the shot, sometimes the gust is more consistent the the low. After that, you just need to add in the mid range and target to your estimation. [/QUOTE]
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