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It's snowing 10 or so miles north of here (Hinckley) in Ellistiwn according to my Dad. Nothing here though. Clear skies, in fact.
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Took off from Gatwick at 1501 in the end (a forty minute delay) and it wasn't too bad. Certainly blustery and quite bumpy through the clouds but smoothed out pretty quickly. A couple of planes did have to go around before landing though and I saw a few wobbling badly on descent. From a selfish point of view nowhere near as bad as I'd feared though.
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3 minutes ago, AdamStorm7891 said:
Judging by most forecasts the strongest of the winds should have passed out into the North-Sea by the evening, but it depends where you're flying to. Just don't fly east unless you want to chase Imogen, I know she sounds attractive but I can assure you she won't be lol
We're flying up to Tromso, so away from the storm. I magine only take off will be the issue. The jetstream moving south makes a pleasant flight more likely.
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I'm thinking there's now a real chance of my flight from Gatwick tomorrow afternoon being cancelled, not just delayed, which I'd be pretty gutted about. Just hoping the the winds die down enough that we'll at least manage a late evening flight.
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Hmm. Would appear likely that my Monday afternoon flight from Gatwick will be at least delayed then. Which is no disaster since I'm arriving late in Tromso regardless, and I'd prefer to avoid a bumpy take off. Any suggestion as to when the winds will begin to calm?
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8 minutes ago, Surrey said:
I have a fear of flying so if I saw that chart when I was going, I wouldn't be getting on the plane fullstop haha!!
I have myself but judging by the jetstream forecast and the relative lack of thunderstorms at this time of year it shouldn't be too bad once we clear the clouds. At least the plane has wifi, so there will be a level of distraction.
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As grateful as I am I wish I'd not asked. A couple of pints before take off, I reckon.
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Hi all
What's the situation re wind likely to be on Monday afternoon? I have a flight from Gatwick to Norway at 1420 and am a little concerned about delay potential. I've already resigned myself to a bumpy take off!
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I don't suppose anybody is able to tell me what the current model output says for Reykjavik? I'm heading up there next Friday for a long weekend and I'm hoping either for a bit of snow and some clear night skies to have a shot at seeing the aurora. Both would be nice but I appreciate that would need a lot of luck! Anyway, I know it's a long way off in terms of accurately predicting weather, but it would be interesting to know what the models are saying now.
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Still the odd rumble here. Hopefully we've lost a little humidity as a result of the storm.
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Is that likely to be it for the evening in this area?
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Right on the south western edge of Hinckley. We now have heavy rain and sunshine.
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The worst seems to have passed just west of here, but could see and hear everything (this thing is flashing and rumbling constantly as it makes its way up the west of Leicestershire) and were on the end of some real torrential rain and strong winds.Check this out:http://t.co/DUhfWtg2tnNo Hinckley is next!
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This is superb.
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This is going to just miss Hinckley but I have a fantastic view of it. Could be spectacular.
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I'm not sure this will get quite as far east as Hinckley, unfortunately, but I can see a fair distance south west from my bedroom window so I should at least see some action in the distance. The sky is getting very dark in that direction now.
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South Warwickshire is getting a right pasting at the minute. Hopefully this hits Hinckley. Although I'll be setting out for Coventry in a couple of hours so looks good for me either way.
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We haven't done badly at all in Hinckley. Torrential rain for a time and frequent enough thunder and lightning. It sounds as though there's one rumbling towards us now, too. We also had a bit of a cracker in Nuneaton when I was at work at around 4pm.
Is this expected to continue? I haven't managed to catch a forecast today.
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I'm in Hinckley so very close to you. The rain was intense for a short while and the wind got up briefly but I'd certainly hope for a bit more electricity later on.Just had a small thunder storm pass to our sw, 12 rumbles a few flashes, nothing major
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My poor dad is terrified of flying and makes his way to East Midlands Airport from Mallorca tonight. Might be a bumpy one for him.
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The rain is only getting heavier and the wind is really getting up now.
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Starting to flash and rumble here in Hinckley.
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Yep, Hinckley too.