Terrified: supposed to fly on Thursday morning in Yellow weather warning

[Sandrine1982]

Just that really. Anyone else in a similar situation? Supposed to fly on Thursday morning 10am and that's when the rain / wind is likely to be at its worst. Absolutely terrified. I hate flying :(

They won't fly if it's not safe. You'll be fine.

Yellow weather warnings are a farce nowadays imo.

They seem to be an almost daily occurrence in all seasons now.

I'd try not to stress about it.

It'll be fine, a yellow warning is really not a big deal.

Windy days are normal in the UK at this time of year. Yellow weather warnings happen all the time. Modern aircraft are designed to take off, fly & land safely in high winds. Pilots are trained to fly safely in high winds. Above a certain point, which will depend on aircraft type, wind speed & direction, runway length etc the pilots may decide to delay & wait for better conditions. Your flight may be a bit bumpy, but that’s fine. It’s just the same as a ship rolling in choppy seas. Uncomfortable, but not dangerous. You will be fine, so try not to worry.

If it's not safe they don't fly. Don't worry

Thank you. I'm still hoping the forecast might change.

You will be ok if you are flying super early and whilst you will feel there is a wind I don’t think it’ll be much worse than turbulence you have felt- it’s the fact you’re on an incline that will make you ‘think’ it’s worse.

if it’s late morning or afternoon you may not fly, I’ve just seen the weather warnings.

Where are you going to?

We were twice supposed to fly in yellow weather warning. The first time - our flight was delayed, the second time - it was actually ok on the day at the time of our flight.
I wouldn’t worry too much now.

I live near a major London airport. In the really bad storms a few years back (I want to say Feb 2022?) I watched pilots landing planes in winds that uprooted trees. They won't fly or they'll divert if it's not safe. It might not be smooth but you'll be fine.

It’s one of those things out of your control. If it is not safe they won’t fly which may cause you other problems but I would try not to stress about the flight bit. I don’t know if it is any more than other places but Sydney airport is often blanketed by fog in the mornings and at certain times of the year it can get very windy in the afternoons, flights often get delayed but I know if they decide to fly it is safe.

The pilot doesn’t want to die or be responsible for dozens of deaths. If it’s not safe you won’t be going. Nothing to worry about.

I would be very apprehensive in your situation too OP, but my DS and his partner flew to Budapest when we had bad winds a few weeks ago and they were fine.

I know a lot of pilots they are super scrupulous about this kind of thing…obviously. I’m flying Thursday morning too, two flights, I’m not sure if the second one will go so the most I’m worried about is an unexpected premier inn stopover at Gatwick.

I dont see it any more dangerous for you than the pilot or the rest of the passengers on the same plane

This.

Also, will be fine for take off. It's worse for landing, which you should be fine for.

Had the same fear earlier this year and honestly it turned out to be nothing! Take-offs are much faster than landings so you don't feel the weather as much. It was on a day with 40+ mph winds but they will only allow departures on runways without cross-winds. So you're flying the same direction as the wind and I genuinely couldn't tell the difference between that takeoff vs a normal one.

You’ll be fine or the airline will cancel. They do have policies in place you know.

It's only a yellow warning. To be honest, there's very little I would change for a yellow. I might bring the bins in, that's it. I certainly wouldn't worry about a flight.

My best advice would be to make sure your hand baggage has enough to entertain you in case of delay and also anything that will make you comfortable. We had 70 mile an hour winds earlier this year which resulted in lots of cancelled flights , ours went but only after a 6 hour delay . Once we were flying it wasn’t too bad .

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That was storm Hannah. I landed at Heathrow. It was very turbulent. Folk were throwing up everywhere. I was praying the pilot wouldn’t turn the screens off as I was binge watching Handmaid’s Tale that I’d missed in the UK.

At a quick glance looking at the aviation forecasts for SE UK Airports Thursday AM so far at least there's no sign of winds strong enough and from a direction that would stop operations at places like LHR and LGW (east-west runways) but there might be a healthy crosswind at Stansted, though even there not strong enough to stop ops.

Sometimes crosswind limits for take-off can be more restrictive than for landing but whether you are going up or down, nobody will be indulging in anythig risky.

If I had to summarise I'd say it's bound to bumpy and there's a chance of delays.

All will become a bit clearer as time goes on and forecasts get refined.