Originally Posted by
bad bear
of course the other problem with Southampton is that its not only a narrow runway but its not aligned with the prevailing winds, today would be rather interesting throwing a heavy 320 at that runway in the wet with currently a near limiting cross wind, not far to divert to Bournemouth though with a longer into wind runway. the cross wind also comes from the "bad" side mostly leading to more unstable approaches and go arounds
Winds today are pretty much down the runway, have you looked at the METARs?