And we won't mention last Saturday. My colleague and I sat around all morning sending students home whilst watching the 400' cloudbase showing no sign of lifting. When the next forecast indicated the weather was going to deteriorate, we decided to go home.
Next thing that happens, the weather improves. Which is bad enough, except that the flying school owner decided it would be a perfect afternoon to give his son a flying lesson. The first thing he asked when he turned up? "Where is everyone?"
Oops!
As for TAFs, the first one of the day at Blackpool generally doesn't reflect the real weather at all. That's because it comes from Manchester, and they can't see the Blackpool weather from their window. But 1000, Blackpool ATC are publishing regular METARs, and Manchester apparently use these to create a more accurate TAF!
FFF
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