Originally Posted by
fumje
UA requested the ground stop, although I can't figure out why (aside from the stated "thunderstorms", which isn't really happening).
I don't know where you were, but in Bloomfield, Montclair NJ less than 10 miles from EWR it was wicked. Heavy thunder and lightening and downpours starting around 545 pm and returning on and off for several hours. They were quite heavy storms in the EWR area.