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Is there something more simple? Area, wind speed=lbs?

I know I have been clocked at 210 mph fastest and 90 mph approx. slowest. I am not sure of average area of someone skydiving on with their stomach to the wind. But I was more thinking about the lift I get from my hands. Approx. 25 square inches

What do you mean cross sectional area?

I am a skydiving coach and I am trying to figure out how many pounds of force wind moving approximately 120 mph has on something with a surface area of 25 square inches. I know turbulence and compression play into it as we'll but I just want a general formula to figure it out. The object is...