While uncommon, a severe turbulence warning (due to jet stream shear and a trough line) has been issued for flight levels 300-370 around the RIC area. An A319 is reporting severe (LOSING 400 FT UP/DOWN) at flight level 370.
FROM 30W PSB TO ETX TO SBY TO ECG TO 30NE ILM TO 40NE CLT TO EKN TO 30W PSB OCNL SEV TURB BTN FL300 AND FL370 DUE TO WNDSHR ASSOCD WITH JTST AND UPR TROF. SEV TURB RPTD NR LYH AND RIC BY LRG ACFT. CONDS MOVG EWD AND CONTG BYD 0255Z.? DSN
Written by tb_neg on June 20th, 2006 with no comments.
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There’s an excellent blog being written by Southwest Airlines, and an article was just posted by Ray Stark about Turbulence that should answer a lot of your questions and concerns, all with a Southwest twist.
Turbulence tip: Next time you drive someplace with a friend or spouse, have them drive and fill a small cup with water (about a quarter-inch from the top).? Place the cup on a doubled towel (because it will spill a little) and hold it down on the console or the glovebox door. Now, as you drive around town and out on the freeways, watch what happens to the water in the cup: It spills all over the place (hopefully on the towel).
Now, when you fly, try the same routine on your tray table: Fill a cup a quarter-inch from full and let it sit there while you bounce around. I bet the cup on the plane hardly loses a drop in bumps that you thought were “terrible.” The cup shows you that the airborne turbulence was less bumpy than the road turbulence experiment in your car. And you were flying six times faster through the air than a 60mph section of freeway travel. A few bumps are normal!!!
Written by tb_neg on June 20th, 2006 with no comments.
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The turbulence forecast blog will contain thoughts on the various weather patterns in the US and how they affect flights, as well as links to articles and other things of interest to site visitors.
Written by tb_neg on June 20th, 2006 with no comments.
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