Worst weather, ever...

"Chuck Gerlach" wrote in message
ink.net...

Somebody in some corner of the
country must be having good weather.

Well, since you're wondering, we're have had great weather for the past 2.5
weeks here in central NC. It snowed 2 inches the day after Christmas, so we
got to sled a bit and then the temperature started going up. It reached the
low 80's last week. Kinda weird really. It's been between 60 and 70 for
highs for several days and it is forcast to be this way all this week. I
flew on Sunday and it was absolutely gorgeous.

Now, before you shoot me, the forecast calls for our area to be plunged into
winter next week. Temps won't get out of the 20's apparently for a few days
in a row. It stands to reason, since our average high is around 50 this time
of year. So for every 80, there's a gonna be a 20 sometime soon!

I hope the weather in IA gets better soon. I may be travelling there for
business in the next month.

-Trent
PP-ASEL

On Tue, 11 Jan 2005 13:45:09 GMT, "Jay Honeck"
wrote in FLQEd.1038$EG1.650@attbi_s53::

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Is this some sort of code? Or a pattern to be completed? (The next
sequence should be "F F8 F F8 B B8 B B8", IMHO...)

Inquiring minds...

IINM, they're musical chord changes.

Here in Central Wisconsin, we've had to pick our days, altitudes, and
direction to fly carefully and we've always had to file IFR, but we've been
getting a little flying in. The soup hasn't been too thick lately, so we've
been able to climb up on top and visit the sunshine once in awhile.
Saturday we flew over to Green Bay to a Lancair Factory Demo. (Columbia 350
with full glass panel... all this can be yours for the low low price of
$425,000) STE was 2000 overcast, GRB was 12000 with high cirrus and
sunshine. This weekend it's supposed to be -18F for lows and -2 for highs.
Jim

It's a beautiful clear day in Boston today. The forecast for Thursday sez
clouds and upper 50s; could be nice for practicing some actual instrument
approaches.

--Gary

Jay,

This is one of those winters where we might consider that maybe the
barnstormers were right. The ones up north knew that if they went
south there would be a glut on the market, prices would go through the
floor and everyone would starve. So, come mid-November, they'd line up
a shed, put the airplane up on blocks, drain the oil, rent a cheap
hotel room with a window that faced a brick wall, line up a hooker and
bootlegger and hibernate.
Leave a call for April, Jay.

Warmest regards,
Rick

"Trent Moorehead" wrote in message
...

It reached the
low 80's last week.

I'm sorry, it didn't reach the low 80's. It was more like 75 F. Felt like 80
though. I actually started sweating a little walking to my Jeep at
lunchtime.

-Trent
PP-ASEL

I'll bet the flying's been good up north of this stationary front...

Yep, it actually has. All of our "outs" or nearest VFR conditions have been
towards the north the past couple days.

Jim

Hi Jay,

It can be worse, much worse.
The weather overhere is great for flying.
We have a recordbreaking winter so far, normally something like -5C now
a nice +10C for three weeks with clear skies.
But I'm not flying, I'm waiting for a bracket for two months now.
And that really s*cks.

-Kees
Roosendaal, Netherlands

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?

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 --

See!?! This is what you get for complaining about the weather forcasters
a few weeks ago. You upset the weather gods!

--- Jay



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