Bad weather played spoilsport at the Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) here on Thursday. While many flights were delayed by one to three hours, three flights had to be diverted due to the inclement weather.
The bad weather due to rain and the presence of rain-bearing cumulonimbus (CB) clouds resulted in flight schedules being disrupted from Thursday afternoon and through the evening. Many arrivals and departures were delayed by more than an hour, including some that were delayed by up to four hours. Three arrivals were diverted to Jaipur and Lucknow airports.
Dr. R.K. Jenamani, director incharge of the IGIA MeT unit said that both the Safdarjung and Palam observatories had been receiving rains since the last few days with thunderstorms and 17.7 and 27.2 mm rainfall recorded on Tuesday and Wednesday.
“At IGIA Palam, on July 12, there were two occasions of cloud development leading to CB-type clouds extending up to 12 km, accompanied by thunderstorm,” Dr. Jenamani said.
“It was bad weather during the afternoon as very tall CB clouds developed. This resulted in 11 mm rain, reducing visibility to 1100 metres, with not much wind on the runway,” he said.
Dr. Jenamani said that the clouds have been generating stronger turbulence at lower altitudes, which may be causing the flight disruptions, apart from thunderstorms.
15/07/16 The Hindu
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The bad weather due to rain and the presence of rain-bearing cumulonimbus (CB) clouds resulted in flight schedules being disrupted from Thursday afternoon and through the evening. Many arrivals and departures were delayed by more than an hour, including some that were delayed by up to four hours. Three arrivals were diverted to Jaipur and Lucknow airports.
Dr. R.K. Jenamani, director incharge of the IGIA MeT unit said that both the Safdarjung and Palam observatories had been receiving rains since the last few days with thunderstorms and 17.7 and 27.2 mm rainfall recorded on Tuesday and Wednesday.
“At IGIA Palam, on July 12, there were two occasions of cloud development leading to CB-type clouds extending up to 12 km, accompanied by thunderstorm,” Dr. Jenamani said.
“It was bad weather during the afternoon as very tall CB clouds developed. This resulted in 11 mm rain, reducing visibility to 1100 metres, with not much wind on the runway,” he said.
Dr. Jenamani said that the clouds have been generating stronger turbulence at lower altitudes, which may be causing the flight disruptions, apart from thunderstorms.
15/07/16 The Hindu
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