KLGA 021435Z 35019G27KT 1/4SM +SN BLSN BKN004 OVC010 M06/M09 A2987

[DemoTex]

Conditions at: KLGA (NYC/LA GUARDIA, NY, US) observed 1435 UTC 02 March 2009
Temperature: -6.0°C (21°F)
Dewpoint: -9.0°C (16°F)
Pressure (altimeter): 29.87 inches Hg (1011.6 mb)
Winds: from the N (350 degrees) at 22 MPH (19 knots; 9.9 m/s)
gusting to 31 MPH (27 knots; 14.0 m/s)
Visibility: 0.25 miles (0.40 km)
Ceiling: 400 feet AGL
Clouds: broken clouds at 400 feet AGL
overcast cloud deck at 1000 feet AGL
Weather: BLSN +SN (blowing snow, heavy snow)

Translation: New York City's weather sux this morning. Glad I'm not flying the Shuttle today. It's 21°F with heavy snow and blowing snow with winds gusting to 31. I think that qualifies as a blizzard.


"A blizzard is a severe winter storm condition characterized by low temperatures, strong winds, and heavy blowing snow. Blizzards are formed when a high pressure system, also known as a ridge, interacts with a low pressure system; this results in the advection of air from the high pressure zone into the low pressure area."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blizzard

[geckosfeet]

1. Welcome to winter in the northeast. It's mostly over with in Boston metro now.

[DemoTex]

4. I don't miss CAT-3 landings at Logan in the snow one bit!

But I'd rather land in a blizzard in Boston than at NY La Guardia any day.

[geckosfeet]

5. Oh dear - you have to FLY in that crap!

[DemoTex]

7. If you only knew!!

CAT-3 AUTOLAND. Autopilot lands the airplane in extreme low-visibility conditions. Special aircraft and aircrew qualifications apply.

[babylonsister]

2. And here I thought you were typing w/o looking and screwed

up your fingering. :P

I imagine pilots aren't going anywhere in a hurry. I'm glad I'm not sitting at an airport waiting for anything.

[Warpy]

3. The winds aren't quite strong enough

but it qualifies as an "OK, this sucks," kind of day.

It's the kind of weather that had me trudging home on foot from Mass. General to Jamaica Plain at midnight more than once when the T shut down.

It sucks. It's why I left Boston, together with insane real estate prices that would have had me remaining a renter forever on an RN's wages.

[ddeclue]

6. Re: KLGA 021435Z 35019G27KT 1/4SM +SN BLSN BKN004 OVC010 M06/M09 A2987

KLGA=LaGuardia's airport designator
021435Z= March 2nd 1435 Zulu time

35019G27KT= Windws from 350 @ 19 gusting to 27 knots
1/4 statute mle visibility in snow/blowing snow

broken layer at 400 feet
overcast layer at 1000 feet

M06/M09=???

A2987=altimeter 29.87mmHg

:)
Doug D.
Sitting at JFK right now waiting for my return flight to Orlando at 830 local time.

[DemoTex]

8. Good luck getting home!

I'd get a hotel room near the airport.