What's wrong at LHR?

All NCL-LHR flights CANCELLED apart from one

http://www.newcastleairport.com/FlightDepartures.aspx

Good chance of a 767 or 777 easing the backlog then ?

True, they had been combining a lot of the shuttle flights it would seem yesterday, 2 flights merged into just the one.

that would be smart. LOL

Havent had probs with storms round these parts, but had bad fog on Monday. My mum and dad were flying to Prague Monday morning with Jet2, luckily the only flights that were on time that morning were the Jet2 flights from Belfast,Malaga,Nice,Amsterdam and Prague!

Good chance of a 767 or 777 easing the backlog then ?

Arrival at EDI, oh dear:

20.40 BA1462 HEATHROW EXPECTED 0315

THe backlog must be huge! That’s a bad delay, you may as well drive in the time that has been delayed for! 😮

massive thunderstorms in swindon lightning every few seconds and thunder sounding like concorde taking off, Also flash flooding and v.high winds the rain and wind combined caused visibility to go down to 10m here.

Departed Belfast in some very nice weather today, and hit some severe turbulence over Liverpool, the kind that makes the entire cabin shut up for the duration of the flight! I did my best to reassure people but it was without a doubt the worst I have ever encountered. It kind of got better approaching Luton, but the visibility was shocking!

Have just found out that Heathrow was shut for a little over an hour this afternoon too, vis was too far below minimums.

Theres is some mad delays here is Dublin also altouhj it has been a beautiful day here.Although it is LHR flight EI and BD with the biggest delays but also some COntinental European flights such as VIE and FRA.

Same here at manchester, although most are just cancelled, it better be better on friday!! 😮

Go on give us a translation

A bit of googling produced this site, which explains the European METAR/TAF terminology http://www.bobrathbone.com/taf_metar_decodes.htm

The figures you see in these METARS are general horizontal visibilities in the vicinity of the aerodrome, a bit like your “10 statute miles” type figures.

Andy

Thanks for the clarification. 🙂 It all makes sense now.

Also thanks Moondance.

Theres is some mad delays here is Dublin also altouhj it has been a beautiful day here.Although it is LHR flight EI and BD with the biggest delays but also some COntinental European flights such as VIE and FRA.

We preface the visibility with RVR (Runway visibility range) in the states and give the distances in feet.

Ah, but we have RVRs as well, and these appear in the METARs when the vis is below a certain level (1000 meters, I think – can’t be precise because I don’t tend to fly the PA-28 in vis that low!), and where there’s measuring equipment of course. The figures you see in these METARS are general horizontal visibilities in the vicinity of the aerodrome, a bit like your “10 statute miles” type figures.

Andy

What about the remarks? RETS RERA NOSIG=

RETS = Recent Thunderstorm
RERA = Recent Rain
NOSIG = No Significant Change

Thanks Skymonster. We preface the visibility with RVR (Runway visibility range) in the states and give the distances in feet.

What about the remarks? RETS RERA NOSIG=

9999, 3000W and 5000 are the reported visibilities in meters (it never goes above 9999 which is 10 kilometers or more), and the W means the minimum vis of 3000 is to the west of the airport.

Andy

It’s all down to the polar jet stream in the upper Troposphere not playing ball and allowing the Azores high to settle our weather system you know?

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Its raining been raining very hard, seems very odd not hearing the aircraft overhead!!

London TV News at 18.30 showed the A40 and North Circular roads blocked by flooding around Acton and White City (West London) Mostly underpasses and the Underground. Perhaps LHRs tunnel too?
mmitch

METAR EGLL 031550Z (3rd day of the month at 1550 Zulu) 34004KT (wind 340 degrees at 4 knots) 290V030 (wind direction variable from 290 degrees to 030 degrees) 9999 (???) FEW038CB (few cumulonimbus clouds at 3800′) SCT042TCU (scattered towering cumulous at 4200′) 21/17 (temp 21C/Dew point 17C) Q1010 (altimeter 1010.10 mb) RETS RERA NOSIG= (???)
METAR EGLL 031520Z 27012G25KT 230V010 3000W (???)TSRA (thunderstorms with moderate rain) BKN038CB 21/17 Q1010 RERA BECMG 5000= (???)
METAR EGLL 031450Z 06014KT 030V090 9999 TS FEW013 SCT042CB BKN100 20/17 Q1009 TEMPO 3000 +TSRA=(???)

There are a few differences compared to the US METAR. I don’t know what the 9999 or 3000W means after the variable wind direction or what the notes mean at the end.