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16th December 2015, 10:08 AM
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Sydney weather
Massive storms hitting YSSY right now causing chaos for aircraft trying to arrive and depart.
At 1030 there was a tornado reported near Kurnell, with wind gust up to 200km/h confirmed by the BOM. Moderate funnel clouds are in the TTF... TEMPO 2338/0045 VRB45G80KT 2000 THUNDERSTORMS WITH MODERATE RAIN AND SMALL HAIL, MODERATE FUNNEL CLOUDS BKN005 SCT020CB I imagine Grahame is watching racetracks being flown all over the place, and there have been many diversions due fuel limits being reached.
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16th December 2015, 10:15 AM
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Storm Front Hits Sydney
A strong storm front with high winds, lightening and hail, hit Sydney around 1045-AEDT. We had hail on the balcony up to 2cm dia, saw lightening appear to hit a crane at Port Botany, and visibility reduced to less than 200 metres (only 4km from the airport). Even VOZ702 VH-VUV from Brisbane to Hobart tracked well out to sea, and is now heading back in towards Eden.
Live ADS-B Map ATIS YSSY R 160010 APCH: EXP ILS OR GLS APCH RWY: 16L AND R FOR ARRS AND DEPS SFC COND: WET OPR INFO: HIGH INTENSITY LIGHTING ON. SYDNEY DME NOT AVBL START APPROVAL RQ, WHEN READY FOR PUSH BACK OR ENGINE START, CTC SYDNEY COORDINATOR ON FREQ 127.6, FOR START TIME + WIND: 100/20-30 XW MN 22 MAX 25 KTS VIS: RED TO 3000M IN HVY RA WX: CB AND LIGHTNING IN AREA CLD: SCT007, BKN018 + TMP: 19 + QNH: 1015 1050-AEDT - Aircraft are holding to the North, East and Southeast.  1131-AEDT - Looks like ATC will have some sorting out to do - ACDC are holding off the coast in 9H-AVK, and FJI911 has also gone into a hold. 
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16th December 2015, 11:42 AM
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70 minutes on and ATC are still working hard to clear the backlog - only a few minutes ago, there were six aircraft queued on Taxiway Tango up to the Runway 34R Holding Point, and waiting for departure.
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16th December 2015, 01:23 PM
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This is what my southerly panorama looked like after the first storm cleared, and the second storm started to form to the south (minutes later things got very dark again). The poor guys in ATC were just starting to clear things up when the second storm hit. The rain was much heavier, just minor hail here, but very strong winds. Visibility was reduced to almost zero at the height of the second storm.
Airport Runways are to the right and Maroubra to the left. A lone VA B737 at Tango 6 Runway 34R and three holding at Alpha 6 Runway 34L  1432-AEDT Aircraft are still going into holding patterns on approach into Sydney 
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