Wind shear in Abu Dhabi
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Wind shear in Abu Dhabi
Good day,
Yesterday i Was landing with an C130 in Abu Dhabi and In final at 2000ft full established on ILS there Was a strong Wind shear. I needed Max continuous power to recover, i lost 100 ft and 15 kts but i Was at minimum wheigt. I reported to the TWR.
Have you ever had this experience with no thurderstom or CB in the vicinity? It happened coming out of a sort of bubble of sand, could il be on indication of probable Wind shear??!?
Thanks in advance
Yesterday i Was landing with an C130 in Abu Dhabi and In final at 2000ft full established on ILS there Was a strong Wind shear. I needed Max continuous power to recover, i lost 100 ft and 15 kts but i Was at minimum wheigt. I reported to the TWR.
Have you ever had this experience with no thurderstom or CB in the vicinity? It happened coming out of a sort of bubble of sand, could il be on indication of probable Wind shear??!?
Thanks in advance
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I'm not a pilot but downtown AUH at about 16:30 yesterday what I would call a line squall blew in out of nowhere. Vizibility went way down in seconds from flying dust and sand - and I was on the 15th floor. Wind from S-E.
One hour later - all clear.
Same thing as lcmahw experienced ??
Understand this weather system - or whatever it should be correctly called -also affected DXB.
One hour later - all clear.
Same thing as lcmahw experienced ??
Understand this weather system - or whatever it should be correctly called -also affected DXB.
Windshear is certainly not exclusivley associated with convective weather. There are a number of conditions that can produce it. There was a severe weather warning issued for all UAE airports yesterday fuel to the squall line and possible associated Windshear.
Yes, any atmospheric condition that looks like a sudden local wind- change would be a look- out for possible Windshear.
Yes, any atmospheric condition that looks like a sudden local wind- change would be a look- out for possible Windshear.
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Windshear is more prevailant on RWY13L due to the temperature difference between the sea and land. Many aircraft landing in AUH have that problem. An average of 17 go-arounds a month I would guess
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