Severe Weather and FAAs Guidelines
Severe weather emanate from a combination of the basic or fundamental elements that make up the weather and these include temperature, stability, lifting action and water (Turner, 2007). A combination of these produces a dramatic weather pattern that is regarded as severe weather. The following are some of the considerations for severe weather that pilots must be aware of in order to safely navigate and land the plane.
Severe weather that is categorized as hazardous to aviation is often associated with thunderstorms. These are combinations of a number of the following elements that form the severe weather categories in aviation.
Tornadoes that are caused by violent thunderstorms draw into cloud vases with extreme force. This creates a concentrated vortex of up to 200 kts. Tornados cause violent turbulences and a plane may suffer structural damage if it enters a concentrated tornado vortex.
Icing is caused by updrafts in a thunderstorm due to the abundance of liquid water of large droplets. This may cause freezing of parts of the aircraft and, as such, cause damage to it or make landing impossible due to skidding. Lightning strikes may also be put under severe weather. A strike of lightning may puncture the skin of the plane or damage electronic and communication navigational equipment (Allen, 2013).
FAA’s guidelines on navigation in severe weather require that the pilot should not land or take off in the face of an approaching thunderstorm as this might lead to loss of control (Allen, 2013). The pilot should not assume that the ATC will offer radar navigation guidance around thunderstorms. Do not fly under a thunderstorm or fly without airborne radar in scattered thunderstorms.
References
Allen, J. M. (2013). Advisory Circular. Washington DC: US Department of Transportation.
Turner, T. P. (2007, March 1). Severe Weather Flying. Retrieved from Plane & Pilot: https://www.planeandpilotmag.com/article/severe-weather-flying/#.W-_k
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Severe Weather and FAAs Guidelines
Some subjects to consider are icing conditions (both runway and aircraft), thunderstorm activity, turbulence, high winds, snow, and other related items.
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