{"id":20837,"date":"2022-12-23T05:37:30","date_gmt":"2022-12-23T10:37:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/?p=20837"},"modified":"2022-12-23T05:37:49","modified_gmt":"2022-12-23T10:37:49","slug":"the-day-after-tomorrow-is-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/the-day-after-tomorrow-is-now\/","title":{"rendered":"The Day After Tomorrow is Now…"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pilots and operators are definitely not the ones hoping for a white Christmas because it means horrible weather, delays and disruption.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Unfortunately for all, weather news sites are calling a ‘storm of epic proportions’ is heading towards North America.<\/strong> It might already have reached you even…<\/p>\n

So here is the update on the weather forecast, and a hopefully handy refresher on some of the challenges this might mean for aviation. (So you know we care and are thinking about you while we sit cosy in our warm houses drinking Eggnog).<\/em><\/p>\n

The Forecast.<\/h4>\n

On a scale of 1 to bad<\/strong>, they are calling this a\u00a0‘once in a generation’\u00a0<\/em>weather event, a\u00a0‘looming winter storm of historic\u00a0proportions’. <\/i>Not quite\u00a0A Day After Tomorrow level weather phenomena, but not far off…<\/p>\n

The weather is being caused by a severe low pressure system<\/strong> known colloquially as a ‘bomb cyclone’ because of the rapid and significant pressure drop<\/strong> that occurs – around 24 millibars in 24 hours (and that right there is one thing to be cautious about).<\/p>\n

The arctic storm is expected to fully impact the east coast of the US and Canada<\/strong> later on December 23, and the following warnings are in place:<\/p>\n