November 2006

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Heavy Snow, choppy rides

A very strong cold front is coming in, and is expected to dump a lot of snow in the Midwest.? With MSP, ORD, DTW to be airports that could be effected, look for system wide flight delays across the board.? And with this, moderate turbulence for a large portion of the US due to the jet stream and fronts.

Written by tb_neg on November 30th, 2006 with 2 comments.
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Returning home this weekend? Smoother sailing. [update 1]

I’m forecasting smoother trips home for people traveling home Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.

Update 1: Things look very smooth for the vast majority of the US for Saturday and Sunday.? You couldn’t ask for better weather or conditions.

Written by tb_neg on November 24th, 2006 with 2 comments.
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The big travel day, turbulence for the coasts.

On the biggest travel day of the year, it was smooth sailing for those flying across the country, and moderate turbulence for the west coast and moderate-severe for the east coast. Things do look better for the east coast for their return trips as the jet stream moves east.

Written by tb_neg on November 23rd, 2006 with 3 comments.
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Rough near CLE, DTW, then East Coast, NY.

A lot of planes reporting moderate-severe in the Cleveland area earlier today. A strong jet stream and two intertwined low pressures are to blame. To the east of the low pressures is a strong line of storms, causing delays and bumps, as the system moves east.

Written by tb_neg on November 16th, 2006 with 3 comments.
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Turbulence Forecast featured on Salon.com

Patrick Smith writes an excellent column on Salon.com, and recently, two excellent columns were written on Turbulence.? See this column on turbulence and another on wake turbulence.

Written by tb_neg on November 10th, 2006 with 4 comments.
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