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[Moneybox]

My brother and Sister-in-law own the Cape Palmerston Holiday Village. I guess they'll be getting a good damping down at the moment. The difference between there and here is like chalk and cheese. You'll get a few inches in a good downpour. Here it can bucket down for an hour or so and we might see 10mm in the rain gauge.

[BrendAn]

No flying down here this weekend because of bushfires, total fireban and strong winds.

[facthunter]

I've Landed in Cairns and Port Moresby In Rain so Heavy you would NOT believe any Plane could FLY in it and the engines keep going. Heavy rain also causes a Downburst effect, Particularly if it is Localised. Expect to need a LOT More Power and don't get Below slope..  Nev

[BrendAn]

Had a pleasant 90 minute flight yesterday. Very calm but low cloud base.

Today was a different story. Wind was 9 knts almost straight down the runway, so I thought I would do a circuit or two, takeoff was fine got to 300 ft and the turbulence off the trees and buildings was throwing me all over the place, turned downwind and was doing 75 knts across the ground with half throttle. I started thinking how much fun RC models are.  It was the roughest ride I have had so far. Got down safely, I was tempted to go around again but thought better of it. 

Just because it looks ok on the ground the wind can be a hell of a lot stronger a few hundred feet up.

[Thruster88]

Windy, the app, is very good at showing what the wind is lickly to be at various altitudes. 

[BrendAn]

4 hours ago, Thruster88 said:

Windy, the app, is very good at showing what the wind is lickly to be at various altitudes. 

I will download the app.

I need to renew my naips too.

That has wind charts too doesn't it.

 

Edited 13 hours ago by BrendAn