Bob and I have looked at the weather for Tuesday July 24, and have cancelled once again. Planned departure is now Wednesday July 25. This rainy weather is really turning out to be something of Biblical proportions. Noah is still down at the end of block loading the Ark with animals.
The GFA for today (Monday) is shown in the figure.
The NavCanada TAF's for Vancouver and Abbotsford are for Tuesday morning were;
CYVR FM1200Z 10010KT P6SM SCT015 BKN030 TEMPO 1216 3SM -DZ BR BKN015
CYXX FM1200Z VRB03KT P6SM SCT005 BKN030 TEMPO 1216 2SM -DZ BR BKN005
To non pilots, these basically mean ceilings of 1500 feet in Vancouver and 500 feet in Abbottsford between 7AM and 11 AM on Tuesday, with light drizzle and mist, and visibilities from 2 to 3 statute miles. In a nutshell, these conditions are definitely not suitable for flying even from Boundary Bay to Abbotsford.
The ASEP for Tuesday is predicting low cloud enroute between 1000 and 10,000 feet, and the potential for Moderate to Severe turbulence between Revelstoke and Springbank. There also some very significant upper winds between 18 and 52 knots predicted. Throw all of this into the Pilot Decision Making equation, and the result is delay another day (Until Wednesday) and smell the coffee until then.
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