Captain Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 With the weather front today, we have experienced a brown-out as shown in the attached pics taken at 3.00 pm this arvo. Glad I'm not in the air trying to get down thru that. Visibility is about what you get in a thick fog. [ATTACH]6545.vB[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]6546.vB[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]6547.vB[/ATTACH] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest airsick Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 No flying then Captain? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Posted September 22, 2008 Author Share Posted September 22, 2008 No airsick ... and you would be today, the way the wind is blowing. I bet the RPT's have trouble getting in here tonight if this keeps up. Is any of it over your way yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest airsick Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 I went flying on the weekend and the plane was covered in red dust but nothing like what you're seeing. Today though? Windy as hell over here but no dirt yet. Our highest gust was around 70km/h a few minutes ago so I think we are just getting the beginning of it. Average wind is 60km/h. Current TAF - 33025G35KT ATIS - WND: 310/15, MAXIMUM XW 10 KTS RWY 35 I could come in on 30 if I was nuts! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Posted September 22, 2008 Author Share Posted September 22, 2008 Weatherzone is showing here @ WNW 29 knots gusting to 47, and where I am it is way more than that on my hill. It's raining a little now so most of the dust is in my pool and on all the cars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest airsick Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 It's just stepped up a notch here too. Highest gust now 80km/h (43knots) we are getting close to what you got over there! Did I tie the plane down properly yesterday? :confused: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Posted September 22, 2008 Author Share Posted September 22, 2008 It has just started to moderate here over the past few minutes so if your tiedowns are good for 50 - 60 knots you should be fine. No worries eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigPete Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 Me thinks there's a lot of Echuca sand there Captain. regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Posted September 22, 2008 Author Share Posted September 22, 2008 Is that you TouaregPete? Cough... splutter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vk3auu Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 Looks a bit like Dubai a couple of months ago, only I bet it isn't 45 degrees in the shade. David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flyer Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 :yuk::yuk::yuk::yuk::confused: Used to see this sort of thing quite often when I lived in YBAS and surrounding parts... Not nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Longden Posted September 23, 2008 Share Posted September 23, 2008 Geez.... its like the dust storms of 1982 all over again.:yuk: I remember being stuck at the Parkes radio telescope visitors centre when a storm hit. The centre is 100m from The Dish, and you could not see it, the dust was that thick. I looked out over the car park at the height of the gales... trees were horozontal, and every car in the lot was mission brown. Ben Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
planedriver Posted September 24, 2008 Share Posted September 24, 2008 Geez that dust must be thick:yuk:, the Captain can't even find his way to his computer to contribute to The Never Ending Story:cool:. Say what you like at the moment Captain, Ians away and Slarti's busy (hopefully):thumb_up::thumb_up::thumb_up: Rgds Planey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross Posted October 4, 2008 Share Posted October 4, 2008 Bagdad weather A fairly common sight some weeks ago in Bagdad [ATTACH]6648.vB[/ATTACH] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merk Posted October 6, 2008 Share Posted October 6, 2008 It was very thick,from another from Wagga. Car washes were busy for a few days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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