Curses! Foiled again!

kyleb

kyleb

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I headed for the airport a little while ago for an evening flight. I even checked weather before I headed that way (40 minute drive). Halfway there I checked radar again and a 5 mile diameter slow moving thunderstorm had formed right over the airport. Hiss. Boo. RTB.
 
kyleb said:
I headed for the airport a little while ago for an evening flight. I even checked weather before I headed that way (40 minute drive). Halfway there I checked radar again and a 5 mile diameter slow moving thunderstorm had formed right over the airport. Hiss. Boo. RTB.
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Happened to me yesterday but it was more like 15 miles. Winds had picked up to 10+ from 3. I'm a wuss and was to be my first flight in two months so waited it out. I hope you find something to putz around on. Clean the windows, the belly, Straighten the tool box, bring home trash. Fill the tires with air. Visit the fancy yellow box for tenant deposits. By the time I did all of this the system had moved a bit and I had a very calm flight.
 

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Study thunderstorm dynamics. They are huge vacuums, sucking in moist air, and milking the energy out, producing violent updrafts, and rain. There is always an imbalance in the moisture in the surrounding air, and the storm moves into the wet air, leaving less wet air behind and on each side of it. Motion is continuous, and in the same general direction.

In 30 minutes, a small isolated storm should move miles, and in your case, away from the airport. Without strong winds that come up suddenly, they do not backtrack.

After the storm, air clearer, cooler and generally more pleasant.
 
geezer said:
Study thunderstorm dynamics. They are huge vacuums, sucking in moist air, and milking the energy out, producing violent updrafts, and rain. There is always an imbalance in the moisture in the surrounding air, and the storm moves into the wet air, leaving less wet air behind and on each side of it. Motion is continuous, and in the same general direction.

In 30 minutes, a small isolated storm should move miles, and in your case, away from the airport. Without strong winds that come up suddenly, they do not backtrack.

After the storm, air clearer, cooler and generally more pleasant.
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It's been an hour and a half. The sumbitch hasn't moved.
 
Must be an opposing breeze feeding fresh moisture.
 
I had that happen a few weeks ago. Went to get lunch while I waited it out. Came back to the airport, and, oh joy! Green dots in ForeFlight! Launched and barely made it 15 minutes away before determining that the air was still hot moist dog excrement. Went back home and did pattern work instead.
 
geezer said:
Must be an opposing breeze feeding fresh moisture.
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Here in central Florida, warming land during the day causes warm air to rise, sucking in moist air from both the Atlantic and the Gulf. Those bodies of moist air collide in the middle of the state at mid day, and we often have violent thunderstorms from mid afternoon until after dark.

In fact, I'm sitting in a dark house right now. A lightning strike took out a transformer and we have a line down, too. Still waiting for an ETA from Duke Energy.
 
Had the same thing happen yesterday in Bardstown, KY.

Hazy day, but few clouds. Started loading the plane and got some light sprinkle. That got heavier. Sat out a thunderstorm standing in the hangar. An instructor and student were pre-flighting a 172 when it started, they waiting in the plane.

Then dodged a couple of storms on the way home. Then got hit big time in the evening.
 
If you folks would move to the southwest you would not have these problems.

No humidity either.

Just blue skies, sunshine, cactus, snattle rakes, summer turbulence, sand, high density altitudes, wind and a pretty girl behind every tree/!!
 
Similar story today. I went to the office prepared to fly after work. And about an hour before the end of my day a set of storms opened up. Per the weather guessers, this is likely the remainder of the week. I guess I'll just have to think about all the money I'll save on avgas this week.
 
Half Fast said:
Here in central Florida, warming land during the day causes warm air to rise, sucking in moist air from both the Atlantic and the Gulf. Those bodies of moist air collide in the middle of the state at mid day, and we often have violent thunderstorms from mid afternoon until after dark.

In fact, I'm sitting in a dark house right now. A lightning strike took out a transformer and we have a line down, too. Still waiting for an ETA from Duke Energy.
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Great explanation.
 
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