Batten down the hatches

[Doors to Automatic]

EMA currently reporting gusts of 50kts almost straight across. I'm glad I'm indoors!!!!

[Billings]

EIDW

This is from DUB at 0400 :

EIDW 080400Z 23036G51KT 9999 -RA FEW012 SCT018CB BKN035 06/03 Q0986

Currently showing :

EIDW 080700Z 26031G42KT 9999 FEW018CB 04/M00 Q0996 BECMG 27025G40KT SCT018CB

This should make for a nice bumpy ride into Dublin this morning

Good luck guys and be safe.

Cheers!
Paul.

Last edited 07.40 to give more up to date METAR

[UPSAirOps]

Yeah - ATC @ EMA were reporting gusts of 50knots.

Inability to open main cargo door due to high winds meant UPS6754 to PHL has been delayed from 0615Z until 1700Z later today.

[AlanM]

vlmboy....RESPECT!!

Still - I have no doubt that all VLM F50's could land on either end irrespective of wind strength!!! (and still do 224kts to 6dme!)

When are you boys and girls going to arrange a visit to the Radar centre then!?!?! (or better still get us on a familiarisation flight!?)

[Jet2]

It's all going east so if you are too hold onto your hats

EHAM 080433Z 081206 25032G50KT 9999 SCT020 BKN030 PROB40 1214 25035G57KT BECMG 1416 26027G40KT BECMG 1618 26022G35KT BECMG 1820 26017KT

EKCH 080440Z 081206 23028G40KT 6000 RA BKN006 BECMG 1214 23040G55KT 9999 NSW SCT020 TEMPO 1406 6000 SHRA BKN012 SCT020CB BECMG 0002 25022G35KT

[Electric Sky]

UPSAirOps

Was that 50kts around 5.30am by any chance? It was strong enough to set off numerous car alarms in my neighbourhood and wake me from my slumber

ES

[scroggs]

Landed at LHR at 0520-ish this morning. Quite turbulent!

[parkfell]

Whilst these conditions may be regarded as infrequent south of 55 degrees North, they are not uncommon north of the border.

To quote an old saying "Scottish sigmet no. xx valid until March"

[Hobo]

Fake Sealion, I operated a 737 into EGJJ in Oct 87 around 2pm after the hurricane had gone through, the wind was westerly still gusting around 55-60 kts. (I think they had had a gust over 125kts during the night.) The sea was completely, I mean completely, white and on the approach to 27 we were looking directly down into the rooms of houses which were missing roofs. It wasn't too bumpy as I remember, no worse than 35kts from the SW at EGKK say.

[vlmboy]

Alan M , thanks for the weather info for LCY yesterday afternoon, It was rough and even our aircraft VLV suffered a punctured tyre on the last landing into LCY. MAN pax returned on the LPL flight , aircraft AOG until spares flown in from Antwerp this morning.....and sure we could come to some arrangement
regarding fam flight!

[narcisuslpl]

Is the worst over?

Due to high winds at LPL last night VLM F50 OO-VLX jumped chocks circled and hit in a GPU..... Nose cone has hole big enough to put your hand in and the radar stuff in side is Knackered. LPLLCY pax bussed to MAN to do sector.

Easyjet cancelled all (I think) departures this morning from LPL... A sea of pax queing to change/refund flights at the desk and at the check-in's

Oh yeah and a big section of the perimeter fence blew down... but security were there watchin out whilst it was being fixed!!!

All staff doin a crackin job to keep all the pax informed with regular announcements and updates.

[THOMPSONFLY]

WHAT A LOVELY EVENING AT LGW

I can safely say that last night was the worst flying conditions I have ever encountered.

We arrived at LGW with plenty of fuel due to the forecast wind. Commenced our appr following Ezy who eventually went around. Wind at 2000ft was in excess of 70kts at times. Very hard to read the instruments fluctations of +15 to -10 kts. At 140ft above, got Windshear warning and did a low level go around. Climbed straight ahead to 3000 and given a radar heading for our downwind. Maintaining 3000ft downwind, had a tail of in excess of 75kts and a g/s just shy of 300kts. We then encountered a severe downdraft of about 700/800fpm which the autopilot dealt with very well. We then started thinking about EGSS and got the plates out in case.

Commenced our second approach and once again asked to do 160 til 4d. Which I thought was not that safe due to the conditions. Speed all over the place +10,-10 all the way down to a safe landing.

Please demolish those hangers!!

[B Fraser]

Thanks to all ATC staff who were informing crews about windshear last night. Losing 20kts in the blink of an eye at 500 feet was interesting

[vlmboy]

I have to say it was the worst flying conditions I had flown in during my 11 years as cabin crew . Well done Thomson Fly.

[STANDTO]

Bunch of pussies!

over 100 kts over Snaefell last night, and our police radio net has failed inthe north!"

[STANDTO]

have a look at the dublin damage thread

[G-SP0T]

Go arounds at MAN

Been watching from our ops office all day looked like interesting flying! does anyone know how many flights went around? i noticed to or three er4's make 3+ approaches before getting down!

[Capt. Horrendous]

The only thing flying in the IOM this morning was my garden shed and next door's roof tiles:

EGNS 080650Z 28045G65KT

EGNS 080620Z 28042G55KT

EGNS 080550Z 26057G76KT

EGNS 080520Z 25055G75KT

A breezy one yessir.

[Stand 22]

Hearing that the Air Atlantique/bmi ATR42 in LBA also jumped chocks and was spun around.

[Leodis]

LBA wind

A pilot last night was asked on the RT

Controller>did you encounter any windshear?

Pilot>ha ha ha ha!

Controller>I take it that was a yes then?

Pilot>lets put it one way, it was rather sporty!!