Worst Weather

[DHPFLYN]

Lets change topics up a little. Just curious where people think the worst flying weather is located. It could be somewhere in the US or around the world.

Maybe it's always filled with thunderstorms or always turbulent. Who knows lets hear of places to avoid !!

 

[ultrarunner]

The ITCZ can really be a pain in the butt.

And of course Alaska flying challenges go without saying.

Severe wx in tornado alley over this time a year, as this past week showed is always bad. But with today's satellite down-linked weather, avoiding all that stuff is really easy.

 

[WNC Flyer]

Flying heavies in the USAF, I flown in most parts of the world. I'd say the worst low vis weather is in western Europe in the winter. Convective storms and crazy winds seem worst during the summer months in the southeast US, gulf region and caribbean.

Good thread.

 

[DHPFLYN]

Flying heavies in the USAF, I flown in most parts of the world. I'd say the worst low vis weather is in western Europe in the winter. Convective storms and crazy winds seem worst during the summer months in the southeast US, gulf region and caribbean.

Good thread.

I agree with you about the Southeast. It seems I am avoiding weather everyday down there. I always joke with my wife that the weather seems to get worse once it crosses Denver and heads east. I have to say it seems the older I have got the more I want to avoid the bumps. I swear I can feel every little jolt when I am DHD in the back. Sometimes prefer to be in the front when I know it will be turbulent atleast you can see it coming.

 

[Jar Jar]

But with today's satellite down-linked weather, avoiding all that stuff is really easy.

Satellite down-linked weather?! What airline do you work for??

This thread reminds me of a story a recently retired guy told me about how before onboard radar they would just drive at the weather, and when it got too bumpy they'd turn 90 degrees left or right until it smoothed out. Then they'd turn back in and try again.

 

[macdu]

Southeastern/mid-west U.S. TRW's, along with the Southeast Asia towering cu's. Turbulence over China and the most flown down to minimums approaches ever, do to smog/fog/coal issues.
5 to 10 minutes of mountain wave in the U.S. Pain in the ars. I think if you have flown the U.S. for a number of years from corner to corner you have seen the bulk of crazy weather flying the world has to offer. Excluding the high altitude stuff.

 

[Full of LUV]

Lets change topics up a little. Just curious where people think the worst flying weather is located. It could be somewhere in the US or around the world.

Maybe it's always filled with thunderstorms or always turbulent. Who knows lets hear of places to avoid !!

Lajes, Azores (LPLA) can be beautiful and 30 mins later it's mins and two inches of rain on the runway with 40 knot crosswinds. With only one divert (santa maria) within 1000 miles if your low on gas, can cause a bit of a pucker factor. Must have been a real experience in the old days before satellites where you would just arrive and hope for the best and lots of holding fuel.

 

[waveflyer]

Most extreme in states is Denver- between the spring storms that can dump 5 ' of snow and bury everyone's car to the tornadoes and TSs in the summer that you can set your watch by- + the nearly constant turbulence Over the front range and it's famous virga windshear at mid alts + blizzards in the winter- even the occasional cat III day- and can change on a dime- been based coast to coast and it's a nice place to live- but it can get you-

Never lived there, but Houston always seems to suck-
Sticky TSing mess-

Good thread- there's no reason to go east of any state that doesn't border the pacific in the summer-

 

[c9skytrain]

Azores for wind. Been grounded there for three days with out of limit winds.

Aleutians hands down for changing wx.

 

[DHPFLYN]

Stupid question but I'll ask it. I heard a United flight tell the control that they were getting "Mountain Waves". I honestly thought it was the same as turbulence just more likely over the monuntains.

I should say does it feel different? We fly into Denver but never go West of the airport so never go over the range.

Thanks