35000 feet up?

[GalvestonDuck]

Is that high enough to fly OVER this mess of storms or will they experience turbulence? I'm sure planes fly through and over storms all the time, but it seems rough, especially when there are severe storm warnings issued.



Delta Air Lines flight number 8841 (DL8841)

Departure Arrival
Airport: MBJ Atlanta, GA
Scheduled Time: 2:30 PM, Jun 04 6:15 PM, Jun 04
Actual Time: 2:36 PM, Jun 04 5:46 PM, Jun 04 (Estimated)
Status: In air at an altitude of 35000 feet and ground speed of 454 KTS
Equipment: A320

Thanks!

[vbhoutex]

Normally at 35,000 feet a plane can divert around a storm enough to avoid the worst of it. That does look like a pretty solid line of storms there, so they may have some trouble just flying around it.

[GalvestonDuck]

I just checked again and now it's at 37000 feet.

(I'm amazed the picture that I linked on here updated automatically...when I first posted, the plane was at the tip of the peninsula; now it's over Daytona.)

Thanks though, David! My honeymoonin' buddies are on their way back from Jamaica and I'm just checking the progress of their flights.

[chadtm80]

There through The rough stuff now

[GalvestonDuck]

Cool! And back on course!

Thanks, gang!

[snoopj]

Either way, most pilots will know to a way to get around it. Coming back into the Midwest (KC International Airport) all the time during the summer, I've been diverted around countless thunderheads. As long as they are somewhat isolated, it's easy to get around. If not, find a good gap (there generally are in most cases) and hit through it while the opportunity exists.

You've seen at the bottom of the watches from the SPC about how they expect the turbulance factor to be. We aren't the only one's paying attention to those.

--snoopj