Cure For Variable Tailwinds on Final

[Colonel]

[Colonel]

Watching this video, clearly he was
suffering from variable tailwinds on final,
which caused him to sink abnormally low
on final before overshooting:

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The surface analysis chart at the time
tells the story.

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[Liquid Charlie]

There were obviously tornadoes in the area as well - I can actually see them following the aeroplane --

[Nark1]

False.
This is the cure for tailwinds on final:

[pdw]

I remember the many weather briefings as a kid before heading out. You'd get the details alright, yes you would.


Heading into town would often see the Mike (wx- specialist)  biking to work. Was found unresponsive beside his bike one day at the side of the road somewhere south of the border (USA) doing that which he enjoyed the most. 

[Big Ears Teddy]

[quote author=Colonel Sanders link=topic=3650.msg9955#msg9955 date=1468717305]The surface analysis chart at the time tells the story.[/quote]

That chart looks like a bit of a cock-up to me. I think someone is pulling your leg.

[pdw]

Lots of places get [b]screwed[/b] with wx. Many an airshow has had a damper put on it by weather.


Usually we're lucky, no drought or flooding. This year we haven't had a decent rain here in our/NE corner of the Niagara penninsula ... since last year actually. Some crappy weather would be welcome about now. So cool/dry in Spring ... now hot / no chance-of .. everything yellow for weeks already.


(Be careful what you wish for, as long as there's no adverse storms/tornados when we get some moisture eventually.)

[Gravel Digger]

I remember some summers, we'd get rain, then other summers, we wouldn't get rain. It was a very exciting time to be alive.