Worst weather, ever...

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
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Usually winter is my favorite time of year to fly. The air is cold and
crisp, the visibility is CAVU, and the landscape has its own stark beauty.

Not this year. Mary and I have not flown in weeks -- not even the
pattern --
a new record for us. The weather has simply been appalling, with
freezing
fog, snow and freezing rain. I've never seen anything quite like it for
such an extended period.

It's Global Cooling/Warming.


Matt
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Matthew W. Barrow
Site-Fill Homes, LLC.
Montrose, CO

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
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Usually winter is my favorite time of year to fly. The air is cold and
crisp, the visibility is CAVU, and the landscape has its own stark beauty.

Not this year. Mary and I have not flown in weeks -- not even the
pattern --
a new record for us. The weather has simply been appalling, with
freezing
fog, snow and freezing rain. I've never seen anything quite like it for
such an extended period.

Likewise here in Western Colorado. Snow and freezing rain ad nauseum. That
kind of weather is not unique, but it is rare for it to be every damn day
for weeks at a time.

The ski areas should be loving it, but it's not the usual powdery stuff.


Matt
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Matthew W. Barrow
Site-Fill Homes, LLC.
Montrose, CO

"Nomen Nescio" ] wrote in message
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From: Peter R.

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Well.......The ceiling's so low.....got my head in the clouds...
And the run-way's are icy......tax-i-ways ain't been plowed...
Cockpit door's froze up, too....
Got them R.A.P blues

Been three weeks without flyin'.......skills are startin' to rust...
Hoped to go up to-mor-row......but the wea-ther's a "bust"....
So my plane sits un-used....
Got them R.A.P blues


Smattering of applause


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Matt
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Matthew W. Barrow
Site-Fill Homes, LLC.
Montrose, CO

Yep, it's been pretty crummy out here as well...though being here in the
Sacramento valley, I don't have to worry about the snow that Jim W.
reported. I've been fortunate in that I haven't had any instrument
lesson scheduled for the last week and a half. For once, good timing.

Freezing fog...that just sounds nasty. We get our share of fog out here
but at least it's of the non-frozen variety. Visibility often sucks bad
enough to keep you grounded though.

Let us know when you come out of hibernation Jay :-) And, keep in mind
that most of my flying is that boring instrument rating stuff where the
view outside is highly over rated.

--
Jack Allison
PP-ASEL, IA Student, airplane partnership student

"When once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the Earth
with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there
you will always long to return"
- Leonardo Da Vinci

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"Rob" wrote in message
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Is it really the "Worst weather, ever" or is this just more "Bogus
Weather Hype"?



-R


I'm sure there's some hype involved, but here in Phoenix, they're talking
about weather-related issues not seen since 1996-1997 so I guess there is
some historical (as opposed to hysterical) significance to our current
rainfall (south) and snowfall (north) totals.

Jay Beckman
PP-ASEL
Chandler, AZ

Hey guys! It's an El Nino year!

Jay Honeck wrote:

Every predicted window of good flying
weather has been elusive or non-existent, and the weather forecasters seem
to have gone from terrible to laughable.

The forecasts here have gotten pretty inaccurate too, but at least there's been
a day or two of good weather every week or so. You just can't tell when it's
going to be. Last Wednesday, the forecast for the weekend was for good weather.
On Thursday, they changed their minds about Saturday. As it turned out, Saturday
was IMC and Sunday (which was supposed to be pretty) was gray with one or two
light showers.

On Sunday, the forecast for today was for sun and temps in the 40s. Yesterday
they changed the forecast to rain & snow. We've actually got a gray day with the
temps in the 30s and getting colder.

Thursday and Friday are forecast to be mostly cloudy with highs of 66 and 42
respectively. Saturday is supposed to be sunny with a high of 29. We'll see.

George Patterson
The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.

KSPI's TAF this morning was nothing but a bunch of OVC001. Bah.

At the moment...
KSPI 111954Z 02005KT 2SM -RA BR OVC003 03/02 A2984 RMK AO2 RAE1857B31

It's been bad enough that my Cherokee partner can't even get any IFR
training! Double bah.

"Jon Kraus" wrote in message
...
Here is our forcast for today in Indianapolis... A carbon copy of the
last few weeks. I feel your pain Jay because it is the same as mine!! :-)

KIND 111347Z 111412 13007KT 2SM -SHRA BR SCT005 OVC012, TEMPO 1416 1/2SM
-RA FG OVC005, FM1700 14006KT 2SM -SHRA BR OVC004, FM1900 21008KT 4SM
-SHRA BR OVC007, FM0000 12006KT 4SM BR OVC007, TEMPO 0004 1/2SM -RA FG,
FM0400 16007KT 1/2SM -RA FG OVC020, TEMPO 0408 OVC007, FM0800 19012KT
2SM -RA BR OVC020, TEMPO 0812 OVC003

Jon Kraus
PP-ASEL-IA
Student Mooney Owner


Jay Honeck wrote:
Usually winter is my favorite time of year to fly. The air is cold and
crisp, the visibility is CAVU, and the landscape has its own stark
beauty.

Not this year. Mary and I have not flown in weeks -- not even the
pattern --
a new record for us. The weather has simply been appalling, with
freezing
fog, snow and freezing rain. I've never seen anything quite like it
for
such an extended period.

Friends (who bought our old plane) have had their Warrior stuck in
Missouri
for a few weeks. They've tried retrieving it several times -- a 4 hour
drive each way -- to no avail. Every predicted window of good flying
weather has been elusive or non-existent, and the weather forecasters
seem
to have gone from terrible to laughable.

And an IFR ticket doesn't help get a Spam Can off the ground in weather
this
cruddy. Heck, even the King Airs and Citations are grounded. Our FBO
manager told me yesterday that he's only been able to fly a couple of
charters this month, due to conditions, and Unicom (which we play in the
hotel lobby) has been strangely, ominously silent since Christmas.

Even Cedar Rapids Approach is only talking to scheduled air carriers...
And
now, after last night's ice storm, schools, roads -- and runways -- are
all
closed.

One thing's for su Ain't no one flying in to see us at the inn. I'm
about ready to hibernate till April. This sucks!

Anyone else got the winter blues?

Nomen Nescio ]) wrote:

From: Peter R.

E E7 E E7 A A7 A A7

Well.......The ceiling's so low.....got my head in the clouds...
And the run-way's are icy......tax-i-ways ain't been plowed...
Cockpit door's froze up, too....
Got them R.A.P blues

Been three weeks without flyin'.......skills are startin' to rust...
Hoped to go up to-mor-row......but the wea-ther's a "bust"....
So my plane sits un-used....
Got them R.A.P blues

Not bad, not bad...


--
Peter

"G.R. Patterson III" wrote:

On Sunday, the forecast for today was for sun and temps in the 40s. Yesterday
they changed the forecast to rain & snow. We've actually got a gray day with the
temps in the 30s and getting colder.

Oh. Now it's starting to snow, so they can still do a decent job 24 hours in
advance sometimes.

George Patterson
The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.