Very low QNH

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Very low QNH

Postby Tracer » Tue Dec 23, 2008 5:59 pm

So I drive out to the airfield, after work this afternoon, so I can buzz around the patch and maybe head out to Harties... :lol:

I remove the hangar cover from my trike and check the QNH....... 1011 :shock: , obviously I replace the cover and drive home. :cry:

With the temperature this afternoon and the QNH that low, it equated to a Density altitude of 8300ft approx, definitely not fly-able (or safely so) with my little old 503.

aaawww well, let's see what it looks like tomorrow morning... (^^)
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Re: Very low QNH

Postby Stephan van Tonder » Tue Dec 23, 2008 10:39 pm

And that had brought a 'moer' of a storm that just passed over my house in kempton park. Eish!!!
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Re: Very low QNH

Postby Tracer » Wed Dec 24, 2008 6:32 am

It was the weirdest, wildest lightning show I have ever seen (^^)
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Re: Very low QNH

Postby MILO » Wed Dec 24, 2008 10:31 am

Same here in Mpumalanga - heres a QNH at 10 this morning so it looks like today there will be more sport.
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Re: Very low QNH

Postby coastwise » Wed Dec 24, 2008 10:37 am

Flying from Paradise beach to Port Alfred in the Eastern Cape Monday morning, had QNH 1004.
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