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Robbie Garrett

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  1. What you reckon 'our' chances are tonight Surrey? I haven't really looked, had a nap to hope to catch a huge storm or three.
  2. Any Thunderstorms will be embedded, the current cell is moving NNE at 25knots and has TOPS of FL390.
  3. I can't say it's a thrill. I hate roller-coasters, and you get that on an airplane in moderate to severe turbulence. But technology is improving to completely avoid most turbulence. It's the little CB's surrounding TSRA that give airplanes flying near Thunderstorms the bumps and lumps as you'd never want to fly in them. Although I've met one Captain that ended up inside a small one in a 747, fully loaded weight and power to idle - was climbing at +500fpm (500 feet per minute).
  4. Well if it doesn't show on radar as a huge red/purple blob you can go through the clouds. CB's are flown through all the time in jet's, although the more mature and dissipating ones are avoided. It can be pretty bumpy flying near Thunderstorms due to the atmospheric conditions.
  5. I clear the airport at 1455, so hopefully so. I don't fancy flying through CB's and abeam TSRA's as it makes you feel sick!
  6. As long as I am on the ground - I am happy Due to fly GOT-LHR-DUB-LHR that day
  7. If only this was Western/Central Africa - we'd be seeing monsters in the sky.
  8. Flying in from Calgary just after lunchtime. Help! Going to be bumpy flying through Embeded Cb and localised TSRA... not!
  9. This was the date (27th Jun 2011), pretty warm day that started off as being 30*C at 8am. CAPE was like something seen in the states and the front stalled, next day it was cloudy and then this came bowling through.
  10. What's the prognosis, I haven't really looked? I seem to remember a Classic British summer being exactly how it is now. Thundery, Thundery and warm and moist!
  11. Just flew in from Austin, TX. 19c at 3000ft and a little lumpy with tops up to 6-7000ft with bases at 5000ft+
  12. Oh wow, that but constant thunder during the late 90s in Central London! Memories last a lifetime.
  13. The stuff we had out over on that French webcam is what I remember from the late 90s? Constant lightning and booming thunder. I just can't understand why they don't make the channel anymore, or they drift towards Kent. I remember them coming straight from the south, unless what we need is a North North westerly breakdown from the South South East unlike yesterday which was from the South South west heading North North east.
  14. That will be the one interesting how the number isn't what it was in the 90's @Harry knows
  15. There was a document going around with the lack of imports and MCS into the Southern UK the last 20 years or so. Somebody will have the link.
  16. Driving rain here and huge gusts from a cell that just erupted. Currently over the top of Bognor.
  17. Fluffing hell! That was an almighty bang south of Bognor with huge gusts. Huge bang!
  18. That's on a SFD departure from 08R at LGW. It then joins the airway either from BOGNA or SFD to UL612. From my knowledge the routing it's took clearly avoids the convection. I'm not ATPL yet but in my current job, I'm told just avoid the red radar returns and hope behind the yellows and greens isn't a bigger red blob alais Air France 447. So the Flight crew tell me..
  19. Hold fire. It's tracking 020-030° if I'm getting very good visuals of lightning. You'll be in line.
  20. Hold fire. It's tracking 020-030° if I'm getting very good visuals of lightning. You'll be in line.
  21. Just had a cell fire up a few miles south of Bognor. Huge IC and IG lighting and gunshot Thunder. Anyone nearby comfirm?
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