KAUS on a December Morning...

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Our chief CFI flew this into Austin before later flying a client up to Fort Worth yesterday morning. He made it in a little after 0700 with RVR 1800. A half hour later, we were back down to 1/8 mile and VV001.

As he turns off at Kilo, you can see the two bright white lights over the top of Atlantic FBO. Our hangar is just left of that. The yellowish lights are on each end of the hangars. When I walked out of the FBO at 0900, I couldn't see more than two hangars down.

It lifted back up just enough later for him to depart for Meacham and return later that day. Much of the 121 traffic diverted.

Off and on through the day, traffic lulled due to conditions waivering up and down. The 17L Cat III was most likely the approach of the day.


It never got very high througout the day:
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[FONT=Courier New]KAUS 182253Z 18004KT 1/4SM R17L/P6000FT BR OVC001 18/17 A3000 RMK AO2 SFC VIS 1 SLP159 T01780172[/FONT]
[FONT=Courier New]KAUS 182240Z 23003KT 1/4SM BR OVC001 18/17 A3000 RMK AO2 SFC VIS 1 1/2[/FONT]
[FONT=Monospace,Courier]KAUS 182223Z 21003KT 1/2SM BR OVC001 17/16 A3000 RMK AO2 SFC VIS 3[/FONT]
[FONT=Monospace,Courier]KAUS 182210Z 19005KT 3/4SM BR OVC003 17/16 A3000 RMK AO2 SFC VIS 3[/FONT]
[FONT=Monospace,Courier]KAUS 182203Z 17005KT 1 1/4SM BR OVC003 17/16 A2999 RMK AO2 SFC VIS 4[/FONT]
[FONT=Monospace,Courier]KAUS 182153Z 16003KT 2 1/2SM BR OVC003 17/16 A3000 RMK AO2 SFC VIS 4 RAB08E14 SLP156 P0000 T01720156[/FONT]
[FONT=Monospace,Courier]KAUS 182111Z 18003KT 2 1/2SM -RA BR OVC003 16/15 A3001 RMK AO2 SFC VIS 5 RAB08 P0000[/FONT]
[FONT=Monospace,Courier]KAUS 182053Z 00000KT 1 1/4SM BR OVC003 16/15 A3001 RMK AO2 SFC VIS 3 RAB01E14 CIG 001V006 SLP162 P0000 60005 T01610150 56038[/FONT]
[FONT=Monospace,Courier]KAUS 182043Z 00000KT 1 1/4SM BR OVC003 16/15 A3001 RMK AO2 SFC VIS 3 RAB01E14 CIG 001V007 P0000[/FONT]
[FONT=Monospace,Courier]KAUS 182027Z 00000KT 1 1/4SM BR BKN001 OVC006 16/14 A3002 RMK AO2 SFC VIS 2 1/2 RAB01E14 P0000[/FONT]
[FONT=Monospace,Courier]KAUS 182003Z 00000KT 3/4SM -RA BR BKN001 OVC008 15/14 A3003 RMK AO2 SFC VIS 1 1/4 RAB01 P0000[/FONT]
[FONT=Monospace,Courier]KAUS 181953Z 00000KT 3/4SM R17L/2000V2200FT BR BKN001 OVC008 15/14 A3004 RMK AO2 SFC VIS 1 1/4 RAE52 SLP171 P0005 T01500139[/FONT]
[FONT=Monospace,Courier]KAUS 181853Z 00000KT 1/4SM R17L/2000V2200FT -RA FG OVC001 14/13 A3007 RMK AO2 RAB47 SLP184 P0000 T01440133[/FONT]
[FONT=Monospace,Courier]KAUS 181814Z 00000KT 1/4SM R17L/2000V2200FT FG OVC001 14/13 A3010 RMK AO2 SFC VIS 1/2[/FONT]
[FONT=Monospace,Courier]KAUS 181753Z 00000KT 1/4SM R17L/2200V3500FT FG OVC001 14/13 A3012 RMK AO2 SFC VIS 1/2 SLP201 60000 T01390128 10139 20106 58010[/FONT]
[FONT=Monospace,Courier]KAUS 181741Z 00000KT 1/4SM R17L/2200V2800FT FG OVC001 14/13 A3013 RMK AO2 SFC VIS 1/2[/FONT]
[FONT=Monospace,Courier]KAUS 181734Z 00000KT 1/4SM R17L/2000V2200FT FG OVC001 14/13 A3013 RMK AO2 SFC VIS 1/2[/FONT]
[FONT=Monospace,Courier]KAUS 181653Z 00000KT 1/4SM R17L/3000V4500FT FG OVC001 13/12 A3014 RMK AO2 SFC VIS 1/2 DZE19 SLP209 P0000 T01330122 $[/FONT]
[FONT=Monospace,Courier]KAUS 181619Z 00000KT 1/4SM R17L/1600V2600FT FG VV001 13/12 A3015 RMK AO2 DZE19 P0000[/FONT]
[FONT=Monospace,Courier]KAUS 181553Z 00000KT 1/8SM R17L/0800V1200FT -DZ FG VV001 12/12 A3016 RMK AO2 TWR VIS 1/4 SLP213 P0000 T01220117[/FONT]
[FONT=Monospace,Courier]KAUS 181453Z 00000KT 1/8SM R17L/0800V1200FT -DZ FG VV001 11/11 A3015 RMK AO2 TWR VIS 1/4 SLP213 P0000 60000 T01110106 53007[/FONT]
[FONT=Monospace,Courier]KAUS 181353Z 00000KT 1/8SM R17L/0800V1000FT -DZ FG BKN001 OVC006 11/10 A3013 RMK AO2 TWR VIS 1/4 SLP204 P0000 T01060100[/FONT]
[FONT=Monospace,Courier]KAUS 181322Z 00000KT 1/8SM R17L/1400V1600FT -DZ FG BKN001 OVC006 11/10 A3013 RMK AO2 TWR VIS 1/4 P0000[/FONT]
[FONT=Monospace,Courier]KAUS 181303Z 02003KT 1/4SM R17L/2000V2200FT -DZ FG SCT001 OVC006 11/09 A3013 RMK AO2 TWR VIS 1/2 P0000[/FONT]
[FONT=Monospace,Courier]KAUS 181253Z 36003KT 1/4SM R17L/2200V2400FT -DZ FG SCT001 OVC006 11/09 A3013 RMK AO2 TWR VIS 1/2 SLP206 P0000 T01060094[/FONT]
[FONT=Monospace,Courier]KAUS 181153Z 00000KT 1/4SM R17L/3000V5500FT -DZ FG OVC001 11/09 A3013 RMK AO2 DZE12B38 SLP206 P0000 60001 70001 T01060094 10106 20094 53000[/FONT]
[FONT=Monospace,Courier]KAUS 181138Z 00000KT 3/4SM R17L/6000VP6000FT -DZ BR OVC001 11/09 A3013 RMK AO2 DZE12B38 P0000[/FONT]
[FONT=Monospace,Courier]KAUS 181053Z 00000KT 1 1/4SM -DZ BR OVC001 10/09 A3013 RMK AO2 RAE49DZB49 SLP204 P0001 T01000089[/FONT]
[FONT=Monospace,Courier]KAUS 181046Z 00000KT 3/4SM R17L/5500VP6000FT -RA BR OVC001 10/09 A3013 RMK AO2 P0001[/FONT]
[FONT=Monospace,Courier]KAUS 181014Z 00000KT 1/4SM R17L/4000V5500FT -RA FG BKN001 OVC009 10/09 A3012 RMK AO2 P0000[/FONT]
[FONT=Monospace,Courier]KAUS 180953Z 00000KT 1/8SM R17L/3000V3500FT -RA FG VV001 10/09 A3012 RMK AO2 DZE48RAB48 SLP202 P0000 T01000089[/FONT]
[FONT=Monospace,Courier]KAUS 180927Z 00000KT 1/8SM R17L/2400V2800FT -DZ FG BKN001 OVC006 09/09 A3012 RMK AO2 P0000[/FONT]
 
I spent the day at Lakeway. Couldn't see across the runway.
 
I love stratus IMC.. It's like diving a submarine going down into the layer. Entirely too cool. Markers were a nice help too!
 
Thanks, I'll give you a heads-up next time. We were keeping grandkids while the older one and his mom were doing college prep stuff. As it turned out, I needed to be at Lakeway to work on the acquisition of a CJ1 for a client on the west coast. This market it amazing. Jet prices are heading south like never before, down ~30% since August. Heck of a good market if you don't need financing.

KennyFlys said:
Whatcha doing there?

Come over to AUS and I'll steal ya a cup of coffee from Atlantic. :)
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KennyFlys said:
Our chief CFI flew this into Austin before later flying a client up to Fort Worth yesterday morning. He made it in a little after 0700 with RVR 1800. A half hour later, we were back down to 1/8 mile and VV001.

As he turns off at Kilo, you can see the two bright white lights over the top of Atlantic FBO. Our hangar is just left of that. The yellowish lights are on each end of the hangars. When I walked out of the FBO at 0900, I couldn't see more than two hangars down.

It lifted back up just enough later for him to depart for Meacham and return later that day. Much of the 121 traffic diverted.

Off and on through the day, traffic lulled due to conditions waivering up and down. The 17L Cat III was most likely the approach of the day.

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Bah, that's nothing! I could see the cowl the entire time! :D :rofl:

I love shooting approaches in the muck like that. It's just a bit tough to get the right conditions often enough for my liking. But, on mucky days - Where's the crappiest weather? Let's go! :yes:
 
This was truly to minimums on the ILS. Many carriers diverted. "Our side" was much busier than usual because only 17L has a Cat III. A cemetery on the right side cuts into space available so it only has a SSALF. The left side has a full ALSF-2 for a Cat III.

The lowest I've shot was down to 800 feet but it might as well been to 200 as the descent was through a layer about 3,000 feet. The funny thing was, just before I intercepted the localizer the ceiling was another three or four thousand up.
 
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