Boston terminal forecast for tomorrow’s Nor’easter

by philg

Thoughts and prayers for my American Airlines flight back to Boston from Dallas tomorrow evening. Here’s the terminal forecast for Logan Airport (“KBOS”):

KBOS 012331Z 0200/0306 10006KT P6SM BKN140
FM020300 04010KT P6SM OVC050
FM020700 04015G24KT 4SM -RA BR OVC012
FM021000 04020G30KT 2SM -RA BR OVC008 WS020/05055KT
FM021400 03026G40KT 2SM +RA BR OVC008 WS020/04065KT
FM021800 03028G54KT 2SM +RA BR OVC008 WS020/04075KT
FM022300 03030G58KT 1 1/2SM -RA BR OVC020 WS020/04060KT
FM030400 01025G49KT 1SM -RASN BR OVC020 WS020/03055KT

For non-pilots… tomorrow at 6 pm wind will be from the Northeast at 30 knots gusting 58 knots (03030G58KT). Visibility will be 1.5 statute miles with light rain and mist. The sky will be overcast with clouds starting at 2000′ above the ground. The rarely seen “WS020/04060KT” means that at 2000′ above the ground the wind will be from magnetic 040 (compared to 030 on the ground) at 60 knots and thus there will be up to 30 knots of wind shear (WS). It calms down at 11 pm… to 25 knots gusting 49. A normal day in Patagonia!

[Friday morning update: American canceled this flight. The forecast had improved to “01024G43KT P6SM OVC015 ” so it is unclear why. The company rebooked me to fly on Sunday morning at 9:15 with a long layover at LGA. I would get into Boston at 7:30 pm. I tried contacting them by phone, but was put on hold for an hour.]

9 thoughts on “Boston terminal forecast for tomorrow’s Nor’easter”

  1. If it is two white male USAF veterans in the front, I’m going to guess that nobody in the back of the plane complains about the lack of gender or racial diversity…

  3. @phil: but Obama just said in a speech (at a MIT sports conference? kept secret from public?) that “in today’s culture if you are not deliberately [hiring for diversity] you are going to fall behind, and someone is going to beat you”. Do you think he favors diversity over merit (ie: privilege!) when hiring pilots on his private jet?

  4. Mark: take off or landing probably about 35 knots max. I am not a hero! Max crosswind that I have done in the Cirrus was about 20 knots gusting 28 (long-ish runway and half flaps!).

  6. Mememe,
    If you ever want to feel smooth, take a spin in a helicopter with freshly balanced main rotor blades on a dead calm late afternoon flying at about 400 feet AGL. You’ll feel like you’re on a magic carpet.
    My then early-eighties mother went up on a day like that for her first flight of any kind, ever, and she said the smoothness was unbelievable.

  7. Phil,
    I recall your post from years ago where you were required to land your R44 on a dolly at an NYC pier with a tail wind. I still get sweaty palms when I consider that maneuver.

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