Don't expect to land in NY or NJ today or tomorrow

newarksmells · 16th Feb 2003, 19:28

All;

With BWI and DCA already closed and Dulles down to one runway, it's likely to get worse before it get's better. Anywhere between 15 to 24 inches of snow is on the way to New Jersey adn New York with the snow ending on Monday afternoon around 5:00pm All times EST and not GMT.

Be careful flying the next couple of days if you're coming to the N.E United States and be prepared for delays.

Newark

Squawk7777 · 16th Feb 2003, 19:35

KBWI 161954Z 04013KT 1/4SM R10/1000V1600FT +SN BLSN FZFG VV002 M10/M10 A3048 RMK AO2 SLP323 P0002 T11001100

KBWI 161739Z 161818 03015KT 1/4SM +SN BLSN VV002
FM0500 03016KT 1/4SM +SNPL BLSN OVC002
FM1400 02016G26KT 1/4SM +SNPL BLSN OVC004
FM1700 01015G22KT 1/2SM SN BLSN OVC007=

KDCA 161951Z COR 04018G23KT 1/4SM R01/1600V2200FT +SN BLSN FZFG VV003 M09/M11 A3046

Heatwave out there

pigboat · 16th Feb 2003, 22:43

Here too.

CYUX 162300Z 26008 3SM IC FEW100 M38/M43 A2981

Squawk7777 · 16th Feb 2003, 23:41

M38 ??!!!

gee, Mordor is all covered in snow, no people out there, it's like paradise... almost.

pigboat · 17th Feb 2003, 02:06

Squawk, I sandbagged ya. That's Hall Beach on Baffin Island. I can state it's a good place to be from. Also, there ain't much beach this time of the year.

Squawk7777 · 17th Feb 2003, 03:58

Yeah pigboat, I guess you win this one... I tried my "below the belt" wx station UIII (Irkursk - Siberia) but with -18C it's nice & sunny there...

too bad that CYLT is not reporting...

Is CYUX your typical Canadian nudist beach?

newarksmells · 17th Feb 2003, 14:21

All flights out of EWR, LGA and JFK cancelled. LGA officially closed. Close to 25 inches in newark with 18 inches around LGA and JFK and more to come

State of Emergency in NJ...no vehicles other than ploughs, ambulances, police etc allowed on the roads. Add a temperature of 18F and 35mph winds and it all adds up to one thing...a day off work

I. M. Esperto · 17th Feb 2003, 14:50

Blizzard conditions on The NJ Shore for the last 12 hours.

Maguire AFB just reported 1,700' clg, half mile in BS.

Sleet in PHL, moving E slowly.

LRdriver · 17th Feb 2003, 20:02

sheesh.. thats nuthin!
It took 2 inches of snow to shut down the entire SE England..

Speedbird19 · 17th Feb 2003, 22:11

My dad is stuck out in Philadelphia, he went out on a trip there on saturday and was supposed to return tomorrow, however he is not expected back now until the end of the week! As the airport is closed.
BA has 3 crews stuck out in Philadelphia at the moment and 2 747's all loosing a lot of money being stuck on the ground!!!
Thats mother nature for you!!!

HiSpeedTape · 18th Feb 2003, 00:18

LRDriver

Who told you it was 2 inches of snow? I was there - it was an inch, maybe less. What a farce! I wasn't stuck though cos I'm an LR Driver too! It took 4 hours to drive back north that day - a journey that usually takes 5 hours on a good day and when I got back here there was about 5 or 6 inches of snow and everything was working as normal.

HST

McD · 18th Feb 2003, 03:39

Pigboat, Squawk ...

If you're looking for a good met site to check (especially in winter), try KMWN

Right now, it's relatively "good" weather: 180354Z 12024KT 30SM -SG BKN030 OVC070 M11/M19

But some days you can get some seriously eye-opening weather

It's good fun if you can pull it up on ACARS and show it to the other pilot, and say something like "Goodness, our 'destination' weather has certainly changed"

(just to make sure they're paying attention, mind ...

)

Squawk7777 · 18th Feb 2003, 04:50

Ha! McD now you started something ...

I wonder what the met IDs of the north and south pole are. I remember seeing some south pole approach plates, like Ice Tacan South Pole. Wild!

BWI is starting to resume normal ops ...

Human Factor · 18th Feb 2003, 09:56

I remember listening to the 'news' on Heart FM in London the other week as the newsreader described chaos in the south east as 'temperatures plummeted to -2 degrees Celsius!'

Doors to Automatic · 18th Feb 2003, 13:57

McD

KMWN (aka Mount Washington, NH) was reporting a relatively tropical day in your post.

Last time I looked they had 85 mph winds and a windchill of -79F!

McD · 18th Feb 2003, 15:27

Yep, Doors to Automatic, that's just the sort of "eye-opening weather" to which I was referring.

That's why it can be good fun, if the other pilot fails to look at the station identifier

Today they're still experiencing the same unusual tropical heat, and it's very possible that the current winds qualify as the lightest ever recorded there

but at least the visibility is somewhat normal.

KMWN 181550Z 12015KT 1/16SM -SNSG FZFG VV000 M09/M09 RMK VRY LGT ICG

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

And back to the original subject of this thread:

Even though the heavy snowfalls have departed, and ops are resuming, the northeast US is still getting small amounts of snow:

KJFK 181551Z 32008KT 2SM -SN BR FEW007 BKN012 OVC025 M03/M04 A3007 etc.

KBWI 181554Z 27008KT 10SM -SN FEW042 BKN065 BKN160 M02/M05 A3012

Doors to Automatic · 18th Feb 2003, 17:36

Aahh - Spring is on the way!

I'm passing through JFK next weekend en route to FLL so I hope the snow's gone!

BTW, McD, let me know if you are over this side of the pond anytime soon as I still owe you a beer from the last PPRuNe get-together!

VFE · 18th Feb 2003, 20:44

Could someone tell me what day snow hit NJ? Was it Sunday (when this thread was started) or earlier?

Thanks,

VFE.

Bubbette · 18th Feb 2003, 20:54

It was clear here until around 4pm on Sunday.

Squawk7777 · 18th Feb 2003, 21:47

Just in ... record snowfall @ KBOS. Over 27 inches in 24 hours.

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