The Weather Thread

Toast · February 18, 2022

You’d be clapping..

NEA

TN Toffee · February 18, 2022

longers said:
What happens if they fail their third and final attempt at landing ? They have to divert to the secondary/alternate airport on their flight plan ?

edit: nailed it finally

No idea. It’s not like there’s going to be anywhere especially close to land today that would be any better.

Joey66 · February 18, 2022

summerisle said:

Ideal to be sawn up, for logs for your log fire..... cheaper than gas -

roydo · February 18, 2022

That plane landing video has been cropped onto the BBC main news page!

chrissyjack · February 18, 2022

chrissyjack said:
It’s like a nice spring day here in Lytham St Anne’s . Obviously , there will be gales blowing at home time . Me and my bike will either end up back home in Blackpool , or Southport . Depending on the wind direction

Update ….. It’s now the end of the world

Amw79 · February 18, 2022

Toffe3m4n · February 18, 2022

Looks like it's starting to hit the city centre. Been absolutely blowing a gale around Wapping Quay over the last half an hour or so.

Toffe3m4n · February 18, 2022

This clip absolutely kills me off every single time lol

Alan Whittle · February 18, 2022

roydo said:
That plane landing video has been cropped onto the BBC main news page!

The fellas doing the plane landing commentaries remind me of these two.

summerisle · February 18, 2022

Amw79 said:

Thomasc · February 18, 2022

Let us never forget

slipstream86 · February 18, 2022

longers said:
What happens if they fail their third and final attempt at landing ? They have to divert to the secondary/alternate airport on their flight plan ?

edit: nailed it finally

Many airlines have procedures that prohibit a 4th attempt at a landing, to stop them using all of the fuel reserves to the point that a diversion to a safe destination cannot be made. The flight plan will have at least one alternate airport for them to divert to. The pilots will look at the alternate options on the day before the flight, and make sure that the alternates have suitable conditions (today, an into forecast wind runway). If they need to have the alternates changed on the flightplan they can do.