Have any of you flown in conditions like this?

[Captain]

Not sure whether this thread should have been in "Weather" or "Incidents & Accidents - About to happen".

 

 

 

Below is the Area weather around here today.

 

 

 

If that was a ride in a theme park I'd be the 1st to whack my money down, so have any of you ever flown an RAA aircraft in conditions like this?

 

 

 

And if so, ................. what's it like?

 

 

 

Or am I & others just being wimps not heading straight up to above 8000?

 

 

 

Regards Geoff (with tongue in cheek, & heart in stomach)

 

 

 

PS Will make it interesting for the poor buggers trying to fly their displays at the Temora Aviation Museum today. They deserve better.

 

 

 

 

 

 

16:28 UTC, 19/07/2008

 

AREA FORECAST 191700 TO 200500 AREA 22.

 

OVERVIEW:

 

ISOLATED SEVERE TURBULENCE BELOW 8000FT [REFER SIGMET]. ISOLATED

 

RAISED DUST E OF HRD/YHAY AFTER 23Z. ISOLATED SHOWERS SW OF HRD/YWWL

 

EXTENDING THROUGHOUT BY 05Z. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS SE OF

 

BRR/YCDO/YPCE AFTER 02Z.

 

WIND:

 

2000 5000 7000 10000 14000 18500

 

330/30 330/35 320/30 320/40 MS02 320/55 MS10 320/75 MS19

 

REMARKS: WINDS E OF YTIB/YSWG 10-15KT STRONGER BELOW 10000FT.

 

CLOUD:

 

ISOL CB 6000/30000 AS PER OVERVIEW.

 

BKN ST 1200/3000 IN PRECIPITATION.

 

SCT CU 3000/10000, BKN IN SH/TS.

 

AREAS BKN AC/AS ABV 10000.

 

WEATHER:

 

TS.SHRA.DU.

 

VISIBILITY:

 

1000M DU. 30000M TS. 4000M SH.

 

FREEZING LEVEL:

 

8000 SW/12000 NE BECOMING 6000 SW/11000 NE BY 00Z.

 

ICING:

 

MOD IN CLD ABV FZL.

 

TURBULENCE:

 

ISOL SEV BLW 8000FT [REFER SIGMET].

 

MOD IN CU/AC.

 

 

 

[Admin]

- I think it is a nice day to sit down in front of the TV and watch Battle of Britain followed by Pearl Harbour etc

[Adrian Lewer]

thank god i am not able to read AREAFOR yeat :) . i am up to the stage of looking out the window and going "yep looks alright to me"

 

Captain looks like a great day for me to stay inside and learn to read AREAFOR's :)

 

 

[Captain]

Captain looks like a great day for me to stay inside and learn to read AREAFOR's :)

Below is what is predicted over your way. Looks like they reached into the BOM weather closet and said "Give 'em one of each today in Area 30", but maybe clearing a little later.

 

 

 

However these predictions give a much better idea of what is going to happen, even if you aren't going to fly, than the abbreviated garbage that is on the news when it is almost impossible to work out where the front actually is.

 

 

 

Sure looks like it is a good day to stay inside.

 

22:22 UTC, 19/07/2008

 

AMEND AREA FORECAST 192300 TO 201100 AREA 30/32.

 

OVERVIEW:

 

WIDESPREAD RAIN E OF YROI/YKII, GRADUALLY MOVING E. ISOLATED

 

SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS/HAIL DEVELOPING FROM THE W, EXTENDING TO

 

YCRG/YWLP BY 11Z. PATCHES OF LOW CLOUD IN PRECIPITATION, MAINLY

 

WINDWARD SLOPES OF RANGES. SNOW ABOVE 6000FT, REDUCING TO 5000FT BY

 

11Z. ISOL SEVERE TURBULENCE [sIGMET CURRENT]. TROUGH IN SW CORNER,

 

EXPECTED NEAR YBOR/YPOD AT 05Z, CAMUS/YBRN BY 11Z.

 

WIND:

 

2000 5000 7000 10000 14000 18500

 

360/30 350/30 340/30 350/25 MS06 330/40 MS14 330/70 MS22

 

REMARK: [1] WINDS WITHIN 120NM E OF TROUGH ABOVE 7000FT 15-30 KTS

 

LIGHTER

 

[2] WIND ALL LEVELS TENDING 180/25 KNOTS DEGREES W OF TROUGH

 

CLOUD:

 

ISOL CB 4500/25000 AS PER THUNDERSTORMS IN OVERVIEW.

 

BKN ST 1000/3000 AS PER LOW CLOUD IN OVERVIEW.

 

AREAS BKN CU/SC 3000/8000, MAINLY IN PRECIPITATION AND ALSO OVER

 

SEA/RANGES. SCT CU TOPS TO 15000 DEVELOPING FROM W.

 

BKN AC/AS ABOVE 8000E OF YROI/KII, GRADUALLY CONTRACTING E.

 

WEATHER:

 

TS, SN, RA, SHRA, HAIL.

 

VISIBILITY:

 

0500M SN/TS, 3000M HAIL, 5000M SH/RA.

 

FREEZING LEVEL:

 

8000 FAR E AT FIRST REDUCING TO 5500/6500 NEAR AND W OF TROUGH.

 

AMD ICING:

 

MOD IN CLOUD ABOVE FZL, ISOL SEV BETWEEN 6000/15000 AFTER 02Z WITHIN

 

YSWG/YSHT/YKNH/YBOM/YSWG.

 

TURBULENCE:

 

MOD BLW 8000FT. ISOL SEV NE OF YROI/YCTY/CHOMP [sEE SIGMET],

 

GRADUALLY MOVING E. MOD IN CU/AC.

 

CRITICAL LOCALITIES:

 

KILMORE GAP: 9999 -RA SCT SC 4000 BKN AC/AS 8000

 

FM05 5000 RA BKN ST 1500

 

INTER 2311 SHRA BKN ST 1200 [CLOUD ON GROUND]

 

 

[Guest High Plains Drifter]

SNOW ABOVE 6000FT, REDUCING TO 5000FT

Dont know about flying, though it looks like a good time to head to Threadbo

 

 

[poteroo]

Looks like that system has lost it's oomph! We had 330/60 from surface up last week, which was the reason for substantial damage around the SW corner of WA. Surface winds in Albany reached 125 km/hr....67kts by my calculator.

 

Whenever the forecast says 'severe' - lock the hangar doors ...regardless of whether it's VH or 24/19 registered!!

 

happy days,

 

 

[skybum]

Nup, good day for sitting in front of fire with a hot chockie and TV.

 

Unless you are paid to do it, plenty of reasons to stay in bed today.

 

 

[storchy neil]

hey capitan im gaurding the bloody heater :hittinghead::wasnt me:neil

 

 

[Ben Longden]

I was polishing the car this morning and I heard the sound of a Lycoming approaching, so I stuck my head out of the garage, and there was a PA28 doing some really bloody low level circuits.

 

I would estimate 300ft AGL, max.

 

I did what any sane newsman would do.. switch on the scanner, load the camera in the car and wait for the crash.

 

Then again, about lunchtime, more bloody low level and reaaly tight circuits.. so tight the crosswind leg became the downwind leg all in the one tight circle. At least the landing light was on, this time around.

 

I just thought to myself the guy was an accident looking for somewhere to happen.. and I turned the volume up on the scanner.. and kept polishing..

 

Ben

 

 

[Captain]

hey capitan im gaurding the bloody heater :hittinghead::wasnt me:neil

Suggest you make sure the heater is tied down as well as your aircraft.

 

 

[storchy neil]

hey ben any good photos of undercariage :hittinghead::im with stupid:neil

 

 

[Flyer]

35 knots of wind..... I dont like rough rides so its a meat pie and a nice glass of red in front of the tele.... :thumb_up:

 

 

[Ben Longden]

hey ben any good photos of undercariage :hittinghead::im with stupid:neil

Noooo... the stills cameras were inside. I was busy loading the video camera in the car.. but I could see the dirt on the underside... VH-FBF...

 

Ben