Bristols electrical storm last night
I would like to thank and commend the Air Traffic teams at Bristol and Cardiff last night who coped with the closure of Bristol due to the electrical storm.
Certainly the worst airfield CB I have ever seen on a weather radar. With it moving directly over the airfield things were certainly interesting for those of us on approach to the airfield. All I can say is that Air Traffic were spot on in dealing with the ensuing airborne chaos. Despite - I believe - being blasted in the tower by a thunderbolt at one point.
Well done one and all.
Does the airfield record rainfall data and if so does anybody know just how much fell in that 40 minutes? I've never seen a weather radar go Magenta for a patch 12 miles sqaure before and flying through the edge of it was monsoon like...
Cheers
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