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Old 1st Mar 2006, 09:30
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Wycombe
 
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ITCZ

Alldaydeli,

I'm not a commercial pilot, but have paxed and jumpseated through this area (Atlantic equatorial) a no. of times.

I think you are talking about the ITCZ (Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone) or the "doldrums" as the area is otherwise known.

Others will for sure have better knowledge than me, but IIRC this is the area (between about 8 degrees N and S?) that tends to have big CB's in it pretty much every day of the year.

I recall once being told that diversions of hundreds of miles off-track are not uncommon in this area to find a hole in the weather.

I remember myself once transitting the area at FL350, with towering and pulsating CB's either side, but smooth as you like through the gap. Quite a surreal experience.
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