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Corporate pilot reported that taf's and metar's used were inaccurate and could use improvement.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1439658 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201704 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | AEX.Airport |
| State Reference | LA |
| Environment | |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Medium Transport Low Wing 2 Turbojet Eng |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Descent |
| Route In Use | Direct |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Not Flying First Officer |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 100 Flight Crew Total 6100 Flight Crew Type 785 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Procedural FAR Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence |
Narrative:
The reason I am writing this report; is to see if it is possible to improve on taf; and metar information.we left ZZZ airport at night at around XA00; going to aex.forecast is understandable that it varies; and changes; but the metar should provide additional information. Basically when the weather is really bad.metar showing from XB50 to XE09. The only thing mentioned is +tsra (heavy thunder showers; and rain); ltg (lightning) alqds (all quadrants). Also on the taf it mentioned gust of 40KT tempo [during a four hour time period].the ceiling and visibility on the metar were within limits to shoot the approach; but when we arrived in the area; around 50 miles from the destination we could see the lightning show from above; and the clouds looked very violent; we knew it was a bad idea to proceed to the destination; or our 1st alternate airport; so center said ZZZ1 was clear. We proceeded there; landed and waited for a good 2 hours on the ground; until we weather moved to the east. We then departed ZZZ1 and proceeded to our initial intended destination aex.the weather had moved to the east; and the landing was uneventful. Once we landed; i was told there were big sized hail on the airport; and tornadoes surrounding the area. We were taken to the hotel by line service personnel; on the way to the hotel there were flooded and obstructed roads by falling objects; we got to the hotel by taking the highway.the reason of my report is to see if there is a chance to improve on metar information available. If we had gone to the airport aex; we would have most probably flown throw hail damaging the aircraft. No hail was mentioned anywhere?
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Corporate pilot reported that TAF's and METAR's used were inaccurate and could use improvement.
Narrative: The reason I am writing this report; is to see if it is possible to improve on TAF; and METAR information.We left ZZZ airport at night at around XA00; going to AEX.Forecast is understandable that it varies; and changes; but the METAR should provide additional information. Basically when the weather is really bad.METAR showing from XB50 to XE09. The only thing mentioned is +TSRA (heavy thunder showers; and rain); LTG (lightning) ALQDS (All quadrants). Also on the TAF it mentioned Gust of 40KT tempo [during a four hour time period].The ceiling and visibility on the METAR were within limits to shoot the approach; but when we arrived in the area; around 50 miles from the destination we could see the lightning show from above; and the clouds looked very violent; we knew it was a bad idea to proceed to the destination; or our 1st alternate airport; so center said ZZZ1 was clear. We proceeded there; landed and waited for a good 2 hours on the ground; until we weather moved to the east. We then departed ZZZ1 and proceeded to our initial intended destination AEX.The weather had moved to the east; and the landing was uneventful. Once we landed; i was told there were big sized hail on the airport; and tornadoes surrounding the area. We were taken to the hotel by line service personnel; on the way to the hotel there were flooded and obstructed roads by falling objects; we got to the hotel by taking the highway.The reason of my report is to see if there is a chance to improve on METAR information available. If we had gone to the airport AEX; we would have most probably flown throw hail damaging the aircraft. No hail was mentioned anywhere?
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.