EGLL - Hottest day ever
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EGLL - Hottest day ever
EGLL 101350Z 20012KT CAVOK 37/06 Q1015 NOSIG
The BBC are reporting 37.4C, just waiting for the next ATIS to show 38. Loving every minute of it, back to the pool!
Now 37.9 but ATIS still saying 37, I guess William Hill have bribed them to avoid paying out on their bets!
The BBC are reporting 37.4C, just waiting for the next ATIS to show 38. Loving every minute of it, back to the pool!
Now 37.9 but ATIS still saying 37, I guess William Hill have bribed them to avoid paying out on their bets!
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I may be exercising a little too much caution here, but if the temperature is between two numbers, wouldn't it be safer (in performance calculations) for the ATIS to round UP instead of rounding down? 
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37.9 now recorded at LHR
Ladbrokes have just announced that they are now paying out on the hottest day in the UK since records began.
Make a nice change on all accounts (Hot weather and bookies losing!)
Ladbrokes have just announced that they are now paying out on the hottest day in the UK since records began.
Make a nice change on all accounts (Hot weather and bookies losing!)
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Childs play
When I lived in Scottsdale, AZ, it got down to a low of 98 one night. The previous day was 118. I actually got up at 1:30am and swept in the pool for an hour...and I had Air-Conditioning too..
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When they record the ATIS temp, presumably it is from a thermometer in a shaded screen to give the true shade temperature. Do ops. manual figures take this into account when working out reduced thrust, RTOW etc when the temp over a big lump of black tarmac in the sun is, on a day like yesterday, going to be much higher?
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Good point. I have been wondering about that myself many a time. I wonder how much hotter the air that is sucked into the engines actually is on such heat soaked runway.
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They use a thermometer in a Stevensen (sp) Screen device 1.25m off the ground to measure the temp ... it allows for shade, whilst there is constant air flow.
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Mariner. I doubt that they store the Jet A-1 out in the sun. It's pretty cool since they bought the fuel cells their own fans. 
