'Fortunately these storms are visible both to the naked eye and show up very well on weather radars. Steve Landells added: 'Turbulence is often associated with weather systems and thunderstorms. 'The problem is, just like a fast-flowing river swirling against the riverbank, where the edge of the jetstream interacts with slower moving air, there can be some mixing of the air causing turbulence.' 'Depending on the direction of travel, our flight planners either avoid or use these jetstreams to reduce fuel burn as they can flow up to 250 mph (400 kmph). 'A jetstream can sometimes be thousands of miles long but is usually only a few miles wide and deep. CAT is an abbreviation for Clear Air Turbulence – the most common form of turbulence you are likely to experience, and is totally normal. 'Different aspects of the weather cause different types of turbulence. The majority of the time, it is caused by weather conditions such as thunderstorms or jet streams caused by larger aircraft - it is particularly obvious when flying over mountains.īritish Airways pilot and Flying with Confidence course instructor, Captain Steve Allright, said: 'Turbulence is uncomfortable but not dangerous. Turbulence is caused when a mass of air moving at a particular speed meets another mass of air that's moving at a different speed, like an aeroplane. There are different kinds of turbulence ranging from 'clear-air' - which is the kind most people experience on a flight, to 'wake turbulence'- which is slightly rarer.

The plane approaches a terrifying-looking water spout which would have caused some severe turbulence to those on board It's likely the passengers would have experienced some severe turbulence while coming in to land, but it is understood it made it to the ground safely. Today the weather returned to a mild 69 Fahrenheit but by the weekend temperatures will soar to 87 Fahrenheit. The city, famed for hosting the now-controversial Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics amid the Russian doping scandal, returned to normal today.Īlthough it hosted the world's biggest winter sporting spectacle, in the summer it is seen as a beach resort. They were forced to land in nearby Anapa and Krasnodar airports. Seaplane smashes into a boat packed with tourists while attempting to take off to fight forest fires in France.Cabin of fear: Terrifying footage from inside a room on a cruise ship with 2,550 passengers on board off Sydney as 12 METRE swell batters the vessel.Researchers reveal the 'death zone' inside a tornado: Study finds plummeting temperatures and a lack of oxygen.It's not known where the plane had come from, but at least nine other flights were diverted from the airport as a result of the menacing weather, according to the Sochi Express. It is not known whether or not this is the same plane as the one in the video The menacing water spouts can be seen formed over the Black Sea off the coast of Sochi where a boat can be seen in the water With one water spout behind the plane, the pilot advances as it looks to navigate through the next two on its way to the airport The sun loungers lined up on the beach in Sochi were made redundant as the foul weather rolled in over the Black Sea on Tuesday Scroll down for video The plane is filmed by people on the ground in Sochi weaving its way through the intimidating water spouts over the Black Sea A picture taken from a passenger on a plane shows the scary water spouts looming in the distance.

They have a cool tale to tell.The incident happened on Tuesday when 12 spouts were raging in the Black Sea off the coast of the southwestern city.

That is cool! It looks like it passed right over a couple of people. Fortunately, waterspouts are typically weaker than land tornados. The only real difference between a tornado and a waterspout is ocean vs land. Dust devils are formed by whirlwinds at the surface. Waterspouts are formed by clouds, like a tornado. No damage, but the wind was much cooler than regular ocean breeze It didn’t look like it was approaching land until right before it did. A post shared by ABC News video of a waterspout moving onshore at Fort Myers Beach! Getting reports of minor damage to the Lani Kai resort.

Scary water spout