Recently in Aviation weather Category

Landing at London Stansted in the small hours of this morning on a Ryanair Boeing 737, I was almost tempted to join in the smattering of applause from the rear of the cabin. (Almost but not quite - I do have some dignity). I could barely see the runway edges  in the fog, and what I could see was large amounts of snow. Impressive stuff, and our flight was only one of umpteen still turning up. I trust Michael O'Leary's contemptuous attitude towards his staff is just for show and in reality he appreciates what they're achieving out there.

But then I saw this video below of an incident at Glasgow Prestwick this morning, and read this post here and started to wonder. (I'm still impressed though - my subsequent drive home through the ice and fog was horrible.) This is worth a read too if you're interested in the whole subject.

Great picture from AktiefBeeld of this Boeing 747. What I'd like to know is what kind of clouds those are and what weather you'd expect associated with them?

That's 27.7in for you mercurial Americans. Here's the BBC chart for the UK Monday lunchtime.