ABC News Online
Posted: Wed, 3 Jul 2002 16:18 AEST
Low pressure could send Fossett to NSW
A low pressure system sweeping across Southern Australia is likely to cause further delays to the American adventurer's planned landing.
The weather bureau is now predicting a dawn decent for Fossett's Spirit of Freedom.
After missing a scheduled landing this morning in the Western Australian mining town of Kalgoorlie, Fossett has now headed north-east across South Australia's far west coast.
However, John Nairn, a senior forecaster for the bureau, says predictions Fossett may land near Woomera in South Australia's north later this afternoon are unlikely, given the recent low which has gone through the area.
"Those cold core centres maintain quite fresh winds through depths of the atmosphere and it's a problem for him because he's looking for lighter winds lower to the surface," he said.
Mr Nairn says dawn will be the best time for Fossett to land, and by that time he is likely to be in far western New South Wales.