5/23 Clt-fra Usa704 & 5/24 Fra-vce Lh4082

[alenguy]

I know you're not a huge fan of international turbulence predictions, but I'd appreciate it if you could give these guys a shot...

CLT-FRA: Red eye on an Airbus 330 aircraft.
FRA-VCE: Lufthansa flight on an A321 aircraft.

Any ideas about how these flights will be? It's my first time flying over the Atlantic, so I'm pretty nervous... Any advice would be great!

Alex

[tb_neg]

I think overall, mostly smooth. Only concern areas that I see is a jet stream northwest of Europe, but I don't believe you'll go near it. I also see some thunderstorms east of your travel area, so I think you are safe there too.

Overall, looks good, and I'd like to hear how it goes. Have fun!

[alenguy]

Again, a good prediction! We hit some areas of light bumps across the Atlantic, but they were isolated and of very short duration. The seatbelt sign came on probably two times for about 20-30 minutes each time. FRA-VCE was smooth as glass, so no problems there...

Interestingly, and having nothing to do with your prediction, we hit some wake turbulence about 2 hours into the CLT-FRA flight. It was perfectly smooth, then all of a sudden the plane dropped and was thrown from side to side pretty violently. A flight attendant fell and some people screamed, but it was over in probably 2 seconds max. The flight continued on without incident. The pilot came on immediately and expained the incident for us... My first wake experience, and hopefully my last!

Thanks!

[tb_neg]

Your flight was probably just following a bit too closely to a flight that was a bit ahead of yours. I think when winds are TOO weak or non existant, you have a better chance to run into wake turbulence. That's why it's always better to fly with a bit a wind, but not too much.



Interestingly, and having nothing to do with your prediction, we hit some wake turbulence about 2 hours into the CLT-FRA flight. It was perfectly smooth, then all of a sudden the plane dropped and was thrown from side to side pretty violently.