Disptching on TAF and Tempo
Question,
Would you dispatch a flight to it's destination with the following wx forecast?
The destination is not important but the dept time was 12:00z
We don\t dispatch on these but I've included the latest 2 metars for trend purposes.
011200Z 04011KT 0400 +DU SKC 37/06 Q1006 NOSIG
011100Z 06013KT 0400 +BLDU SKC 37/05 Q1007 NOSIG
010800Z 011212 03008KT 6000 NSC
TEMPO 1216 0200 +DU
BECMG 1416 36018KTThe vis in the metar is bad but the tower was quoting 1200m.This was intermittent so they did not quote it in the metar although aircraft were arriving without issue.
The alternate, 30mins away, was fine.
STD 12:00z
ETA 14:00z
Would you release this flight based on the main body of the TAF of 6000m or on the tempo quoting 200+DU
This caused a pain in my a55 today cos so many people got involved to give their opinion. Mine was to release it based on the 6000m, not the 200+DU.
I'd like some feedback please, if you have a daft comment then keep it n your pocket...
D.O.G