Potential Travel Disruption - Easter Monday Weather
Mar 25, 2016, 5:20 am
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Potential Travel Disruption - Easter Monday Weather
An active Jet streak was due to develop 2 low pressures off the Canadian Eastern Seaboard. The first is already visible in the atlantic and due to reach the UK on Saturday. This will bring rain and winds for most of the UK
The second low is due to develop on Saturday night and cross the Atlantic (likely as a named storm) with Gales/Severe Gales across the south of the UK.
Update: The 06Z run has the low moving more quickly into the north sea and so the impact is lower
The second low is due to develop on Saturday night and cross the Atlantic (likely as a named storm) with Gales/Severe Gales across the south of the UK.
Update: The 06Z run has the low moving more quickly into the north sea and so the impact is lower
Mar 25, 2016, 6:12 am
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Been keeping an eye on this, I see the Met Office have issued a yellow weather warning for 60mph gusts.
Glad I decided to overnight at Dublin Sunday and not do a B2B Monday at the start of my New York/Las Vegas trip.
Looks like my 5 hour lay over may have been a wise choice when I booked a few months ago. Will hope the BA835/183 isn't to badly affected.
Safe travels all........
Glad I decided to overnight at Dublin Sunday and not do a B2B Monday at the start of my New York/Las Vegas trip.
Looks like my 5 hour lay over may have been a wise choice when I booked a few months ago. Will hope the BA835/183 isn't to badly affected.
Safe travels all........
Mar 25, 2016, 10:56 am
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Was a bit bumpy on flight to YYZ yesterday - not bad turbulence, but enough to have me tightening my seatbelt a bit (two or three times)
Mar 26, 2016, 1:34 am
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Aye high winds forecast from about 4am-mid afternoon now. Seems to be swinging north to east as well. Suppose northerly is a problem for lhr with east/west runways.
Mar 27, 2016, 6:04 am
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Rather hope my CPH flight is not cancelled since my ex-CPH trip actually needs to end up on the continent. If they do cancel the CPH flight and I miss my positioning flight home, would it be cheeky to try and persuade them to put me on the direct flight home from LHR? 
Mar 27, 2016, 6:13 am
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TBH I don't think it will be that bad at LHR; the high cross-winds will be before it opens on Monday, with the daytime winds being due west. The only problem might be due to spacing between aircraft on approach.
Mar 27, 2016, 9:00 am
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Still model disagreement but it gernerally looks like the worst hit areas will be the south coast and that it will be worst between midnight and 4am.
Some models then have some higher NW winds from around 6am-9am
50 kts looks to be the max for LHR/LGW
EDIT: Some models develop sting jet conditions during the 6am-9am window
Some models then have some higher NW winds from around 6am-9am
50 kts looks to be the max for LHR/LGW
EDIT: Some models develop sting jet conditions during the 6am-9am window
Last edited by smckay; Mar 27, 2016 at 12:17 pm
Mar 27, 2016, 11:59 pm
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Potential Travel Disruption - Easter Monday Weather
Departure board has taken a bit of a beating here at T5 this morning. A number of SH cancellations and major delays. ZRH has posted 3+ delay, glad I'm off to GVA instead with no delay indicated, but I'll not be counting any chickens yet...
Mar 28, 2016, 12:05 am
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Inbound also starting to get affected - seeing diversions to BHX and MAN from some of the east coast USA services.
I must have been one of the lucky ones - came straight in on BA66 from PHL, no hold whatsoever. Landed 40 minutes ahead of schedule!
Edit - this looks far worse than at first glance. A380 services from SIN and JNB beng diverted to MAN and SNN respectively
I must have been one of the lucky ones - came straight in on BA66 from PHL, no hold whatsoever. Landed 40 minutes ahead of schedule!
Edit - this looks far worse than at first glance. A380 services from SIN and JNB beng diverted to MAN and SNN respectively
Last edited by ThreeRT; Mar 28, 2016 at 12:12 am