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Eye on Sky, Air Traffic Delays
Aired June 02, 2003 - 06:44 ET
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CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: Are you heading out of town this Monday? Don't leave just yet, because Rally Caparas is here with his "Eye on the Sky."
RALLY CAPARAS, TRAVELOCITY.COM: Hi, Carol.
COSTELLO: Hi, Rally.
CAPARAS: "Eye on the Sky," yes, this morning. If I can keep moping, the weekend was a sopping one, a great, great weekend for most of here in the South. And I know that you all in the Northeast saw some pretty dreary weather conditions.
Today, everything looks really smooth up in the Northeast today, a lot of sunshine. There will be some windy conditions. The strong gusting winds are going to make for a bumpy ride into Boston and the New York City metropolitan airports. Fasten your seat belts, folks. It will be real bumpy at the lower altitudes, but you should see delay-free schedules at those major airports, so good news.
That goes for most of the East until you get down into Florida. Orlando, Miami and Fort Lauderdale airports, they'll be delay-free for most of the day. Then right around 4:00 or 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time, you can expect to see some thunderstorm activity pop up, limiting flight routes into and out those major airports, 30 to 45 minute arrival and departure delays once the thunderstorms start down there.
Saint Louis and Memphis, airports in the Central U.S. today delay-free right now, but afternoon and evening thunderstorm activity is going to create 45 minute arrival and departure delays. You'll likely see longer delays at some locations because of very limited flight routes. Chad told you there is a possibility of severe weather. If that happens, you could see hour-long delays into and out of those two airports in the Central U.S.
Dallas/Fort Worth, a little further south won't get so much bad weather, but those storms to the Northeast of them around St. Louis and Memphis, it will create a severe weather avoidance program situation for the FAA. Air traffic controllers will have to deviate around those storms. It will create some extra time in the air, and both on the ground for taking off into that direction.
And then finally on the West Coast, LAX and San Diego, they're going to see some of that marine layer fog, as Chad alluded to earlier, 30 minute arrival delays until around 10:00 a.m. Pacific Time. It should burn off nicely. On-time schedules thereafter.
I'll be back on the couch talking to you tomorrow morning with the latest from Travelocity's "Eye on the Sky" -- Carol.
COSTELLO: I get it. On the couch.
CAPARAS: Yes.
COSTELLO: That means you're going to be doing it from home.
CAPARAS: Yes.
COSTELLO: OK, thank you, Rally.
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Aired June 2, 2003 - 06:44 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: Are you heading out of town this Monday? Don't leave just yet, because Rally Caparas is here with his "Eye on the Sky."
RALLY CAPARAS, TRAVELOCITY.COM: Hi, Carol.
COSTELLO: Hi, Rally.
CAPARAS: "Eye on the Sky," yes, this morning. If I can keep moping, the weekend was a sopping one, a great, great weekend for most of here in the South. And I know that you all in the Northeast saw some pretty dreary weather conditions.
Today, everything looks really smooth up in the Northeast today, a lot of sunshine. There will be some windy conditions. The strong gusting winds are going to make for a bumpy ride into Boston and the New York City metropolitan airports. Fasten your seat belts, folks. It will be real bumpy at the lower altitudes, but you should see delay-free schedules at those major airports, so good news.
That goes for most of the East until you get down into Florida. Orlando, Miami and Fort Lauderdale airports, they'll be delay-free for most of the day. Then right around 4:00 or 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time, you can expect to see some thunderstorm activity pop up, limiting flight routes into and out those major airports, 30 to 45 minute arrival and departure delays once the thunderstorms start down there.
Saint Louis and Memphis, airports in the Central U.S. today delay-free right now, but afternoon and evening thunderstorm activity is going to create 45 minute arrival and departure delays. You'll likely see longer delays at some locations because of very limited flight routes. Chad told you there is a possibility of severe weather. If that happens, you could see hour-long delays into and out of those two airports in the Central U.S.
Dallas/Fort Worth, a little further south won't get so much bad weather, but those storms to the Northeast of them around St. Louis and Memphis, it will create a severe weather avoidance program situation for the FAA. Air traffic controllers will have to deviate around those storms. It will create some extra time in the air, and both on the ground for taking off into that direction.
And then finally on the West Coast, LAX and San Diego, they're going to see some of that marine layer fog, as Chad alluded to earlier, 30 minute arrival delays until around 10:00 a.m. Pacific Time. It should burn off nicely. On-time schedules thereafter.
I'll be back on the couch talking to you tomorrow morning with the latest from Travelocity's "Eye on the Sky" -- Carol.
COSTELLO: I get it. On the couch.
CAPARAS: Yes.
COSTELLO: That means you're going to be doing it from home.
CAPARAS: Yes.
COSTELLO: OK, thank you, Rally.
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