BOS Ramp backup after thunderstorm?
Jul 31, 2019, 5:58 pm
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BOS Ramp backup after thunderstorm?
About to start hour 3 waiting on the tarmac for a gate in BOS. Seems crazy that no planes are moving. Any idea what's causing this?
This is almost ORD level backup after a thunderstorm!
This is almost ORD level backup after a thunderstorm!
Jul 31, 2019, 6:19 pm
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My former boss is in BOS (leaves tomorrow) and texted me this:
A microburst ripped through late afternoon with 75 mph winds at Logan, really screwed up today's flights!
A microburst ripped through late afternoon with 75 mph winds at Logan, really screwed up today's flights!
Jul 31, 2019, 7:58 pm
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After the ground stop, they had to go out and check the runway and taxiways for debris.
Saw this on Twitter.... Hurricane force wind gusts:
Jul 31, 2019, 8:38 pm
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After the ground stop, they had to go out and check the runway and taxiways for debris.
Saw this on Twitter.... Hurricane force wind gusts: https://twitter.com/Brian_Mic/status...55660681113601
Above is the METAR for Logan at 354pm local time. For those who don't speak Aviation Weatherese, it say the winds were out of the southwest at 43 knots with gusts to 64kts (that's about 50 to 75 mph). A Category 1 hurricane is right at 64kts, though that's sustained winds, not just gusts. Either way, that would have been a very 'sporty' approach. The other METARs show that those high winds were present for about 45 minutes from 330 to a little after 400pm
Aug 1, 2019, 7:12 am
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