http://fearofflyingmessageboard.com/topic/2113/t/understanding-http-adds-aviationweather-gov-turbulence-turb-.html en-us Copyright 2006, Kickapps feeds@kickapps.com (FeedMaster) webmaster@kickapps.com (WebMaster) Thu, 17 Sep 2009 11:43:47 GMT Sun, 20 Sep 2009 16:36:06 GMT Kickapps Feeds 1.0 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 {pics-1.1 "http://www.icra.org/ratingsv02.html" l gen true for "http://kickapps.com" r (nz 1 vz 1 lz 1 oz 1 cz 1 ) "http://www.rsac.org/ratingsv01.html" l gen true for "http://kickapps.com" r (n 0 s 0 v 0 l 0 )) Search Domain q http://kickapps.com/search/direct/ http://fearofflyingmessageboard.com/reply/7472/t/understanding-http-adds-aviationweather-gov-turbulence-turb-.html#reply-7472
Turb forecasts can give a general idea of what may be expected, but they should also be taken with a grain of salt. When I was still flying, I certainly looked at them, but was also prepared to promptly forget them.

This is not a negative reflection on the forecasters. Not at all. They do the best they can, with the forecasting technology currently available. But they'll be the first to tell you that turb is just plain difficult to forecast accurately. There are many factors involved, and if just one or two don't materialize, the forecast becomes essentially invalid.

And that's why I encourage FFs not to get too worked up about their upcoming flight, based on the turb forecast. (And -- as we keep emphasizing here -- turb is not a flight hazard, anyway.)

Cheers.

Steve
]]> feeds@kickapps.com (Capn Steve) http://fearofflyingmessageboard.com/sreply/7472 Sun, 20 Sep 2009 16:36:06 PST http://fearofflyingmessageboard.com/reply/7469/t/understanding-http-adds-aviationweather-gov-turbulence-turb-.html#reply-7469
One plane can fly through an area and experience light chop. Another can fly through 10 mins later and have no chop. ]]> feeds@kickapps.com (OneAnt) http://fearofflyingmessageboard.com/sreply/7469 Sun, 20 Sep 2009 02:21:23 PST http://fearofflyingmessageboard.com/reply/7467/t/understanding-http-adds-aviationweather-gov-turbulence-turb-.html#reply-7467 feeds@kickapps.com (flier72) http://fearofflyingmessageboard.com/sreply/7467 Fri, 18 Sep 2009 10:39:25 PST http://fearofflyingmessageboard.com/reply/7466/t/understanding-http-adds-aviationweather-gov-turbulence-turb-.html#reply-7466 http://adds.aviationweath...turbulence/turb_nav.php, that is the worse case possible under existing high altitude wind conditions.

On the pilot reports page (PIREPS), the three numbers are the flight level at which turbulence is actually reported, for example, 350 equals 35,000 feet.

You can see the the actual is just a fraction of the forecast.
]]> feeds@kickapps.com (Capt Tom Bunn MSW LCSW) http://fearofflyingmessageboard.com/sreply/7466 Fri, 18 Sep 2009 09:24:49 PST http://fearofflyingmessageboard.com/topic/2113/t/understanding-http-adds-aviationweather-gov-turbulence-turb-.html
On the pilot report page what does the three digit number next to the symbol mean?

Thanks. ]]> feeds@kickapps.com (flier72) http://fearofflyingmessageboard.com/topic/2113 Thu, 17 Sep 2009 11:43:47 PST