View Full Version : Yikes! Be careful out there!
Last week at the Miami airport, I was walking toward our aircraft's jetbridge so that I could go outside and do the exterior inspection. I happened to pass a large window just prior to the jetbridge, and this :eek: is what I saw:
http://image.weather.com/web/multimedia/images/severe/august/010820_tornadomiami_174.jpg
Needless to say, I decided to wait a bit :D
(The tornado never strenghthened to anything stronger than a rating of F-zero, but it did eventually connect all the way to the ground for a short duration, and was tremendously fascinating to watch! A second tornado also formed, but it was very small.)
On that same note, I was reminded again today that August can be full of hazardous aviation weather. Here were the skies over Houston at 1pm today. To the northeast was this:
http://members.aol.com/mcdpilot2/images/tstm1.jpg
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To the south was this:
http://members.aol.com/mcdpilot2/images/tstm3.jpg
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And overhead a few minutes later was this:
http://members.aol.com/mcdpilot2/images/tstm4.jpg
Edit note: The photos don't do the clouds justice, but I can guarantee you that no one was flying through any of those cells! Tops were extremely high, and there was a high probability for funnel clouds and/or waterspouts as well. Obviously, standard departure routings had to be modified!
[ 26 August 2001: Message edited by: McD ]
Dave Incognito
27th Aug 2001, 03:08
Nice photos :eek:
Windshear and then some...
RRAAMJET
27th Aug 2001, 07:56
The only servicable Tornadoes.... :D
Trinflight
27th Aug 2001, 08:06
Great photos McD. Just like being home in Oklahoma, huh?
Cheers ;)
neil armstrong
27th Aug 2001, 13:56
Hello McD,
I will be over in TX in a couple of months for some flying, and i hope not to encounter any of these nice clouds.
have a good one
Neil
Nearly Man
27th Aug 2001, 14:53
Hey McD....how you doing!
yes, scary clouds....a bit like the ones at Coventry (c:
Yup, Houston in the afternoon...
On an 80 mile leg from Houston to College Station on Sunday, I was VFR and pretty much dodging thunderstorms all the way. There were generally about 4 - 6 'raining' cloudheads around at any one time.
Visibility was great otherwise, and it was just like being stuck inside one of those 3d models that weathermen like to show you when the weather is active. I will try and have a camera with me next time...
BTW, College Station went IFR just as we arrived near the Class D, and we diverted SW to Eagle Lake.
OzExpat
28th Aug 2001, 17:35
Geez McD, you can have all of THAT on your own! I just KNEW there had to be a reason why I enjoy flying in the tropics so much! :D