Aviation weather thread

smurfjed

Gaoth Laidir were the sustained winds over 64kts, or did it remain as a storm rather than a class 1 Hurricane ?

Gaoth Laidir

smurfjed wrote: »

Gaoth Laidir were the sustained winds over 64kts, or did it remain as a storm rather than a class 1 Hurricane ?

Sherkin Island stopped reporting right at the time of max winds so it's hard to say. Its last report at 10 am was 43 gust 64 knots. Roches Point reported 60-knot sustained, so just below F12. Fastnet Lighthouse out to sea reported sustained F12 but without that Sherkin Island info we can't tell if the F12 winds made it ashore. If not, it was damn close.

smurfjed

I was listening to 98FM this morning and there appeared to be some hysteria regarding if people should go to work or not because of the "hurricane".

MayoSalmon

smurfjed wrote:

hysteria regarding if people should go to work or not because of the "hurricane".

Where do we get it. In the US they evacuate states when a Hurricane is incoming..here we don't know whether to go to work or not!

JCX BXC

Off the coast of Cork a 10min mean of 81kts was recorded. Safe to say this was an unusual event.

Current 2min means at DUB struggling to stay over 20kts, wind has died alot there.

smurfjed

@Mayosalmon.....
These were the winds for the last Caribbean hurricane...
Juliana Airport, Saint Maaten
FM060900 34075G95KT
FM061100 300120G140KT
FM061500 25060G80KT
Slightly different to the Irish winds.

smurfjed

Off the coast of Cork a 10min mean of 81kts was recorded

Recorded by what or where?

JCX BXC

Smurfjed, I'm sure we should have just carried on business as usual and pretend like we get this sort of weather all the time.

I'd like to point out the school in cork which lost the roof of its gym today, where if teenagers were in the path of it it would have certainly caused many fatalities.

While this isn't that big by Carribbean standards, (which may I add are ripped apart by these storms), it is most certainly the biggest storm in many years for many areas of the south of Ireland. Luckily in West Clare hot much damage was done, and winds didn't exceed the storm of 2014 (max gust was around 70kts compared to 79kts in 2014).

ED E

Listening to the feed are pilots about to decamp en masse from the stack?

Gaoth Laidir

smurfjed wrote: »

Recorded by what or where?

Fastnet Lighthouse, about 55 metres above the sea, 6.5 km offshore.

Pat Dunne

Was on FR 7054 yesterday at 19:00, just about to line up on 16 when the wind exceeded the limits. The Captain was just about to head back to the stand when a "lull" occurred , she advised us that she was going for it! She hit the throttles and performed what I can only describe as the best take off that I have experienced in years.

To the Captain and Crew on FR 7054 DUB to AGP yesterday evening you put a smile on a grumpy ould gits face yesterday. Well done!

billie1b

Pat Dunne wrote: »

Was on FR 7054 yesterday at 19:00, just about to line up on 16 when the wind exceeded the limits. The Captain was just about to head back to the stand when a "lull" occurred , she advised us that she was going for it! She hit the throttles and performed what I can only describe as the best take off that I have experienced in years.

To the Captain and Crew on FR 7054 DUB to AGP yesterday evening you put a smile on a grumpy ould gits face yesterday. Well done!

Amazing Captain, unfortunately Cpt.Comer won’t be with us much longer as she is leaving for pastures new. She will be missed

Gaoth Laidir

How does a loss of 40 knots on approach rate in windshear circles? This is from this evening...

EINN WS WRNG 01 062050 VALID 062056/062256 WS APCH RWY24 REP AT 2050 FALCON900 LOSS OF 40KT AT 3000FT=

martinsvi

Gaoth Laidir wrote: »

How does a loss of 40 knots on approach rate in windshear circles? This is from this evening...

EINN WS WRNG 01 062050 VALID 062056/062256 WS APCH RWY24 REP AT 2050 FALCON900 LOSS OF 40KT AT 3000FT=

in my relatively short experience haven't seen a value reported that high, sounds even unbelievable at first, but looking at reported winds on the ground and forecast for the winds aloft, perfectly possible I guess.. strange conditions today.. if windy.com is anything to go by, looks like a trough is sitting right on west coast which would explain the occurrence

smurfjed

Was the Falcon 900 going eastbound or westbound ?

de biz

West.....

smurfjed

Thanks, I was just interested in why he used Shannon, but with the winds against him, it probably made sense.

Oscar Bravo

Snowstorm in New York. The KJFK ATIS is an interesting listen at the moment on liveatc.

KJFK 041851Z 33031G44KT 1/2SM R04R/1600V3000FT -SN BLSN SCT000 OVC012 M05/M06 A2923 RMK AO2 PK WND 33044/1847 SFC VIS 3/4 SLP897 SN BLSN SCT000 SNINCR 1/7 P0000 T10501061

Locker10a

I see the EI105 DUB-JFK has diverted to Washington

Gaoth Laidir

Some interesting notams for Dublin. I wonder what weather conditions they're talking about over such a long period? Just winter brooding?

Q)EISN/QFAHX/IV/NBO/A/000/999/5325N00616W005
FROM: 17/12/15 12:00 C) TO: 18/03/14 11:59 EST
E) BIRD HAZARD. THERE IS AN INCREASED CONCENTRATION OF BIRD ACTIVITY AT DUBLIN AIRPORT DUE TO CURRENT WEATHER CONDITIONS

Q)EISN/QFAHX/IV/NBO/A/000/999/5325N00616W005
FROM: 17/12/29 10:11 C) TO: 18/03/29 23:59 EST
E) BIRD HAZARD. THERE IS A CLEAR EMERGING TREND OF BIRD STRIKES OCCURRING AT A HIGH ALTITUDE UP TO AND ABOVE 1000FT IN BOTH THE APPROACH AND CLIMB-OUT ZONES AT DUBLIN AIRPORT

martinsvi

Gaoth Laidir wrote: »

Some interesting notams for Dublin. I wonder what weather conditions they're talking about over such a long period? Just winter brooding?

its a period of winter when starling and other "short-haul" migratory birds reach their peak number in British Isles.. certain species, like starlings are full time residents in Ireland however through the winter they are joined by their Nordic siblings .. at least that's my understanding of it

JCX BXC

Strange METAR for Cork: EICK 102000Z 06008KT 1800 LIGHT RAIN FEW002 BKN007 BKN011 07/07 Q1003 TEMPO 3000

Why use LIGHT RAIN instead of the standard -RA?

Gaoth Laidir

A strange one alright.

Gaoth Lag

I was wondering about that myself.

Gaoth Laidir

That's some windshear at just 100 ft agl but it is noted that this can occur due to the large buildings west of the threshold of R24.

EINN WS WRNG 01 150550 VALID 150550/150750 WS IN APCH RWY24 REP AT 0550 B757 PS AND MS 15KT AT 100FT=

Gaoth Lag

Hot off the press from Knock airport.

EIKN 150500Z 1506/1606 24017G28KT 9999 SCT012 BKN020 TEMPO 1506/1510 1200 -SHSNGS BKN004 BKN016CB TEMPO 1510/1515 24025G40KT TEMPO 1511/1518 4000 -SHRASNGS BKN007 BKN018CB BECMG 1515/1518 24014KT

Gaoth Laidir

Gaoth Lag wrote: »

Hot off the press from Knock airport.

EIKN 150500Z 1506/1606 24017G28KT 9999 SCT012 BKN020 TEMPO 1506/1510 1200 -SHSNGS BKN004 BKN016CB TEMPO 1510/1515 24025G40KT TEMPO 1511/1518 4000 -SHRASNGS BKN007 BKN018CB BECMG 1515/1518 24014KT

From Shannon, actually.

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Gaoth Lag

Knock, Ireland
Ireland West Airport Knock
latitude: 53-54-37N, longitude: 008-49-05W, elevation: 203 m

Unless knock airport has packed itself up and moved down the road to Shannon but I sincerely doubt it.

Gaoth Laidir

Gaoth Lag wrote: »

Knock, Ireland
Ireland West Airport Knock
latitude: 53-54-37N, longitude: 008-49-05W, elevation: 203 m

Unless knock airport has packed itself up and moved down the road to Shannon but I sincerely doubt it.

As I said, I was being pedantic. The TAF was issued by the aviation team in Shannon, hence off the press from there.

Gaoth Lag

Admits it!