Poor Vis..

For the past few days the weather here has been awful; an indication of the week to come, came when I received a text from my IR Instructor on Sunday afternoon, it read

"I have just seen the weather for tomorrow and it looks like there will be heavy fog for some time, we definitely won't be flying..."

And so yesterday arrived with a heavy fog from before sunrise. Most of the day saw the crew room filled with some cadets with faces pressed up against the windows watching the fog remain over the runway, whilst others watched as red crosses slowly removed name after name from the flight schedule. This was not a day for aviating..!

TAF for the area forecast BKN 000; hhmm, broken clouds at ground level..??! As the day progressed it looked like there might be enough of a silver lining to get airbourne, but alas, this was not the case. The fog became denser and denser as the sun began to set.

It became clear that the following few days would be the same; the high pressure system, low temperatures and light winds would mean this weather would be here for a while.

Today was much the same with with airport remaining closed for most of the day, the fields surrounding were much the same with roads being a danger to be on. From the crew room it was barely even possible to see the aircraft parked on the ramp.

Let's hope this doesn't continue for too long, otherwise my flying will be limited to sitting in a very expensive room, pretending to fly..