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just like this. we look at mountainous terrain and any wind condition below 30 kilometers per hour, it just naturally flows over the mountains. when we look at winds in excess of 30 kilometers per hour, what we have in the forecast, we start to see some incredibly challenging flying conditions, especially for those helicopter pilots. basically you want to think of air flow over mountains like basically a river of water. as it moves up and over mountains and through very narrow ravines, the air or the water really starts to accelerate or decelerate, and that causes what is known as wind eddys. that's circulation patterns around the ravines. obviously, these helicopters have been designed to withstand strong wind gusts and the pilots are well trained for these weather conditions. it's just that they have challenging conditions, especially when they take off,
think of wind as almost a flowing river of water, okay? as it goes up and over mountain passes, it accelerates and decelerates and 1350eds d 1350eds s decelerates and 1350eds peeds u through ravines. as it gets higher than this, 30 kilometers per hour or higher, we see what is called wind eddys. this is a concern because not only can these planes fly in and out of this particular area, but a lot of times they have to hover to drop off or pick up some of those recovery personnel that are going to the particular crash site. so the high winds and turbulence have the strongest impact during takeoff, landing, and hovering at the crash site. so that's something that we're going to monitor as we go forward in time. crash site wind forecasts, we're expecting winds to exceed 60