70mph winds forecast for tomorrow (8th)
Feb 8, 2016, 10:50 am
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Feb 8, 2016, 10:58 am
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I am not convinced that they understand windspeed in mph either. The same argument was used when temperature reports were changed from Fahrenheit to Celsius. If the argument that Celsius is an international standard scale for temperature, then knots is still the only measure of speed used wordwide.
Feb 8, 2016, 12:12 pm
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Good afternoon from Southend Airport. WX120 08:40 DUB to LCY eventually left DUB @ 11:05 diverted to Southend cause of windshear @ LCY. Just wondering if the Bae146 have windshear limitations as the BA cityflier Embraer aircraft seem to be able to land @ LCY in current conditions?
Feb 8, 2016, 12:46 pm
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Remarkably tranquil in our little valley, despite Jersey Met's
Exposed areas [oooh Matron!] certainly had more of an 'event'. More in the small hours of tomorrow morning, apparently.
with gusts to 75 mph this afternoon
Feb 8, 2016, 1:37 pm
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After my kerfufle and worrying, my flight (the 113) got away on time, bit bumpy in the climb but nothing compared to the heinous turbulence over Newfoundland that had half the cabin reaching for the sick bags
Feb 8, 2016, 2:14 pm
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It has been widely shown that the general public's perception of speed is poor, eyewitness reports of RTCs being a classic example.
Your point regarding boats is interesting considering the origin of the knot. Perhaps km/h is therefore the future, not that is ever likely to happen though.
Your point regarding boats is interesting considering the origin of the knot. Perhaps km/h is therefore the future, not that is ever likely to happen though.
Yeah, and unlike most imperial measurements, knots and nautical miles actually make sense as they're units based on latitude/longitude. I should caveat my experience as being on University operated boats - obviously metric is king in the Scientific world, I have no idea how widespread it is on "normal" boats.
While I greatly despise the hodge-podge we have made between imperial and metric (though explaining to foreigners that I have no idea how long a foot is but I only know my height in feet and not cm, or I physically measure everything in metres but can only visualise speed/long distances in miles etc. is pretty hilarious!), I think we've gone past a point of no return. It must cost a fortune to change all the road signs etc. now - and obviously they'd have to be changed at the same time which would be a logistical nightmare!
Feb 8, 2016, 3:50 pm
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Just got home from Gran Canaria. Once we had boarded and the doors were closed the captain told us there would be an hour and a half delay before taking off because of the bad weather at LHR. Our landing was a little bumpier than usual but nothing special.
Feb 8, 2016, 5:24 pm
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Our climb out on the 177 was fine. But agree about the turbulence but no sign of vomit... I don't do sick. At that point I will let the little blighters fend for themselves!
Feb 8, 2016, 5:43 pm
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BA401 (BRU-LHR) was 15 minutes late from LHR, boarded around the original scheduled departure time and then waited about 30min on the ground. Arrived about an hour late, landing was a bit "wiggly" but nothing much. Captain told us it was better than some other flights from BRU (one was 2 hours delayed on the ground, other one was cancelled).
Feb 9, 2016, 1:42 am
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So 23C is 2xC = 46 + 30, approx 76F
Or 28 is 82 and 28-23 is 5, so take 10 off the 82 for 72F. Useful approximations
The adding of 15% for knots to mph is just a case of adding 10% and half that again.
So 55 knots is 55+5.5 = 60.5 + 2.75. That's a bit tricky when thinking quickly but 60 + 3 is simple enough. So 55 knots is 63mph
Feb 9, 2016, 1:57 am
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70mph winds forecast for tomorrow (8th)
Came in on 232 last night on a 777, and all seemed fine. No turbulence just a lot of engine speed up/slow down so assumed was headwind
Feb 9, 2016, 2:27 am
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