Sweet metar

[chignutsak]

[FONT=Monospace,Courier]KBUF 131052Z 23004KT 3/4SM -TSSN BR OVC006CB 03/M03 A2971 RMK AO2 VIS 1/2V1 OCNL LTGIC OHD TSB36 OHD MOV NE SLPNO SNINCR 1/21[/FONT]

 

[Princedietrich]

Thundersnow?! Wow, that's trippy.


I remember seeing a METAR several years ago in southern Ohio, although I can't remember which airport it was from (either southeast or central ohio, or the northern half of west virginia). Anyways, the weather had been absolute crud for about a month and we were buried under some gooey overcast that just wouldn't go away. Finally it all opened up and we saw the sun again. The METAR came out with: RMK UNIDENTIFIED ORANGE OBJECT IN SKY

 

[aucfi]

Thunder snow is really cool. I first saw it last Christmas in VA.

 

[BoilerUP]

Seemed to be lots o' 121 diversions last night into BUF, listening to ARINC...

Welcome to winter...I'm very glad I don't live in a lake effect show area.

 

[Flysher]

LOL i had to go there last night to cover for a navajo that couldnt get out... tons of fun :nuts:

 

[airplane wizard]

How about this one

KMWN 181159Z 23038G46KT 0SM -RA FG VV000 03/03 RMK RAB10 60024 70085 41001 931000 10034 21015

FUN FUN

 

[91100 100 set]

The Buffalo area and some suburbs are STILL recovering from that snow event on the 12th and 13th. 2 feet of heavy, wet snow fell onto trees still covered with leaves. Consequently, the trees came down, taking power lines with them. Immediately after the event, I saw a figure as high as 470,000 customers without power. It's down to 80,000 now.

The power was out at my place from 9 pm Thursday until about 8 pm on Saturday, then for a few more hours Sunday morning. I think we were very lucky to get power restored so quickly, as the power company website is saying that areas of northern Erie county (where we live) won't have power completely restored until this weekend. Arriving into BUF Saturday night, it was very odd, as there were whole areas north and northwest of the airport that were totally dark. Made it very easy to find the field though.

I live about 20 minutes north of the airport, and on my drive home I passed through entire neighborhoods that were dark, save for maybe a house here and there powered by a generator. No traffic lights, and in the total darkness, the route home was very different. It was very easy to completely miss an intersection and blow right through a dark traffic light, even at a reduced speed. Driving around the next day to check things out, everyone had piled what was left of their trees along the edge of the the roads, leaving hedges of branches and limbs 6 feet tall, 6 feet wide. Amazing.

While I am glad I missed most of it, being stuck out on the road and in a warm and powered hotel room, I wish I could have seen the thundersnow. My fiance said it was the coolest, weirdest, most creepy thing she'd ever seen. Total darkness, down to 1/4 mile at times, with the constant flashes of lightening illuminating the sky. With each flash, she said she could see people standing in every window of the apartments across the street. Like some kind of weird alien invasion movie. Once the thunder stopped, the only sound was that of cracking and falling tree limbs. Probably a once in a lifetime thing.

 

[xshuttlefa]

I've seen thunder snow once and it was very creepy. It was snowing like mad, very dark outside and then a crack of lightning and then thunder. It didn't last long but it certainly got my attention.

 

[xshuttlefa]

Here's the METAR for Mobile, AL during Hurricane Katrina

KMOB 291230Z AUTO 11039G54 1 1/4SM +RA BR FEW014 OVC026 26/24 A2926 RMK A02 PK WND 09056/1211 P0028 TSNO

Here's the TAF for Mobile.

KMOB 291223Z 291212 09040G50KT 3SM RA SCT010 OVC025
TEMPO 1214 12055G70KT 1/4SM SQ VV003
FM1400 12050G60KT 2SM RA OVC010
TEMPO 1417 15060G75KT SQ VV005
FM1800 17050KT 1SM +RA OVC008
TEMPO 1822 18060G70KT 1/4SM SQ VV002
FM2300 18035KT 4SM -RA BKN010 OVC020
FM0200 19017KT P6SM -RA OVC020
FM0900 22012KT P6SM BKN020=


(I don't know why it's partially blue, I can only change certain parts to black.)

 

[Gofish]

Anybody in KMEM a few days ago? 54 Knots out of 140 (1000' AGL short final landing 18L) LLWS and +/- 10Knots on the tapes. Diddn't help being 4 miles in trail of a feddy 10. My RJ got tossed around like a rag doll.