Severe weather disruption to east coast US flights 21-24 Jan
Jan 19, 2016, 3:10 pm
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Severe weather disruption to east coast US flights 21-24 Jan
Still early but forecasts suggesting a potentially significant snowstorm for the east coast (Washington to Boston) from Friday pm through Saturday. My interest is that I'm booked to fly to JFK on Saturday for Sunday's Springsteen concert 🌨
Jan 19, 2016, 4:39 pm
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Jan 19, 2016, 5:02 pm
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Ugh. Tell me about it.
I have a 2:20 departure from IAD on Friday. I hope to God that beats the snow, because I am NOT in the mood to run the Rt. 267/28 Mad Max snow gauntlet this year. From what I'm reading though I may just make it in under the wire - but the way they predict weather in the DC area, it'll either be 10 inches by then or nothing will happen at all..
I have a 2:20 departure from IAD on Friday. I hope to God that beats the snow, because I am NOT in the mood to run the Rt. 267/28 Mad Max snow gauntlet this year. From what I'm reading though I may just make it in under the wire - but the way they predict weather in the DC area, it'll either be 10 inches by then or nothing will happen at all..
Jan 19, 2016, 6:29 pm
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000 FXUS61 KLWX 192003 AFDLWX AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 303 PM EST TUE JAN 19 2016 .SYNOPSIS... CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVERHEAD THROUGH WEDNESDAY. A COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE AREA WEDNESDAY EVENING. LOW PRESSURE WILL LIKELY AFFECT THE REGION FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. THERE IS A HIGH RISK THAT THIS LOW PRESSURE WILL RESULT IN A MAJOR WINTER STORM.
Jan 19, 2016, 7:14 pm
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Last edited by PropWasher; Jan 19, 2016 at 7:40 pm
Jan 20, 2016, 1:01 am
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Ugh. Tell me about it.
I have a 2:20 departure from IAD on Friday. I hope to God that beats the snow, because I am NOT in the mood to run the Rt. 267/28 Mad Max snow gauntlet this year. From what I'm reading though I may just make it in under the wire - but the way they predict weather in the DC area, it'll either be 10 inches by then or nothing will happen at all..
I have a 2:20 departure from IAD on Friday. I hope to God that beats the snow, because I am NOT in the mood to run the Rt. 267/28 Mad Max snow gauntlet this year. From what I'm reading though I may just make it in under the wire - but the way they predict weather in the DC area, it'll either be 10 inches by then or nothing will happen at all..
Jan 20, 2016, 1:47 am
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Jan 20, 2016, 2:21 am
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my flights are really empty as well so am hoping it either stays that way (with lots of space), or there's consolidation of flights with bumps required.....
Jan 20, 2016, 4:53 am
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Jan 20, 2016, 7:55 am
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Last year when BOS got hit with the record snow, I was flying to DCA every Sunday and returning to BOS every Friday. It snowed, starting in January, almost every Sunday. Sometimes I would leave at 1000 on Sunday. Sometimes I would leave at 2100. One time, I left at 0200. You just have to be flexible. Perhaps, this was the one occasion where decent FF status helps.
Jan 20, 2016, 8:03 am
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Sitting around waiting for BA/AA to issue a travel waiver so I can move up my Saturday morning flight to Friday morning.
It's not the snow I'm worried about so much as the wind forecast. Right now we're looking at 25-30mph with gusts up to 40. Pretty sure that might mean cancelled flights.
It's not the snow I'm worried about so much as the wind forecast. Right now we're looking at 25-30mph with gusts up to 40. Pretty sure that might mean cancelled flights.