Worst weather, ever...

"jsmith" wrote in message ...
Hey guys! It's an El Nino year!

Thought winter time was a La Nina...or is that a northern/southern
hemisphere thing?

Jay B

On Tue, 11 Jan 2005 13:04:27 GMT, "Jay Honeck"
wrote:


Anyone else got the winter blues?

Yup, I'm VFR only, and the weather here in Northern California has
been constant rain for over 2 weeks. In the mountains, they've gotten
over 20 feet of snow.

I spend the week after Christmas at my sister in law's house in
Truckee. We got over 6 feet of snow when we were there. Reno doesn't
normally get much snow, but they got clobbered. We were supposed to
spend New Year's Eve downtown, but got stuck in a FIVE HOUR traffic
jam, and had to turn back at Verdi (10 miles west of Reno). So much
for New Year's.

John Szpara
Affordable Satellite
Fiero Owner 2-84 Indy Pace cars, 86 Coupe, 88 Formula 3.4, 88 Coupe, 88GT

On Tue, 11 Jan 2005 13:04:27 GMT, "Jay Honeck"
wrote:


Anyone else got the winter blues?

Yup, I'm VFR only, and the weather here in Northern California has
been constant rain for over 2 weeks. In the mountains, they've gotten
over 20 feet of snow.

I spend the week after Christmas at my sister in law's house in
Truckee. We got over 6 feet of snow when we were there. Reno doesn't
normally get much snow, but they got clobbered. We were supposed to
spend New Year's Eve downtown, but got stuck in a FIVE HOUR traffic
jam, and had to turn back at Verdi (10 miles west of Reno). So much
for New Year's.

John Szpara
Affordable Satellite
Fiero Owner 2-84 Indy Pace cars, 86 Coupe, 88 Formula 3.4, 88 Coupe, 88GT

My Mooney partner didn't get to go up today either... I did go out to
the airport today jsut to make sure my girl didn't need anything!! :-)

Jon Kraus
PP-ASEL-IA
Student Mooney Owner

Steven Barnes wrote:
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?

Fiero Owner 2-84 Indy Pace cars, 86 Coupe, 88 Formula 3.4, 88 Coupe, 88GT

Never heard of those airplanes.... :-)

Jon Kraus
PP-ASEL-IA
'79 Mooney 201 N4443H

john szpara wrote:

On Tue, 11 Jan 2005 13:04:27 GMT, "Jay Honeck"
wrote:



Anyone else got the winter blues?


Yup, I'm VFR only, and the weather here in Northern California has
been constant rain for over 2 weeks. In the mountains, they've gotten
over 20 feet of snow.

I spend the week after Christmas at my sister in law's house in
Truckee. We got over 6 feet of snow when we were there. Reno doesn't
normally get much snow, but they got clobbered. We were supposed to
spend New Year's Eve downtown, but got stuck in a FIVE HOUR traffic
jam, and had to turn back at Verdi (10 miles west of Reno). So much
for New Year's.

John Szpara
Affordable Satellite
Fiero Owner 2-84 Indy Pace cars, 86 Coupe, 88 Formula 3.4, 88 Coupe, 88GT

clapping thinking Now where did I put that lighter...

Jon Kraus
PP-ASEL-IA
'79 Mooney 201 Triple43H

Matt Barrow wrote:

"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

My Mooney partner didn't get to go up today either... I did go out to
the airport today just to make sure my girl didn't need anything!! :-)

Jon Kraus
PP-ASEL-IA
Student Mooney Owner

Steven Barnes wrote:
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?

"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


You and Jay will both be flying VFR on Friday, and probably through the
weekend.

IMHO

"jsmith" wrote in message ...
Hey guys! It's an El Nino year!

Last NOAA said anything about it was in September as being a "weak" El Nino
event predicted through "early 2005"... No press releases since... so it
doesn't seem like it is much of an event, if there is one.

"Jay Honeck" wrote

Anyone else got the winter blues?
--
Jay

Are you kidding? It got to a high of about 63 today. Downright cold. Last
couple weeks has been even nicer, at times. It was 75 and sunny, a couple
days ago.

We got a trace of rain last week. I can't remember any measurable rain
since before Christmas. It has gotten real cold at night. I think it was
about 30 a couple times.

It was cold before Christmas, but the ski resorts are the only ones
complaining, now.

Don't you hate me now? g
--
Jim in NC