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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Lifestyle
Ted Thornhill

New website forecasts turbulence risk for nervous flyers

  • Turbli.com is a website that offers passengers information about potential turbulence levels for their flights, similar to what pilots use.
  • The site uses data from NOAA and the Met Office to monitor and forecast turbulence, presenting it in an hour-by-hour graph indicating light, moderate, or strong turbulence.
  • Turbli.com also provides interactive turbulence maps, tailwind/headwind predictions, crosswind data, and thunderstorm forecasts.
  • In North America, Denver, Colorado, is identified as the most turbulent airport for approaches and descents, while Albuquerque to Denver is the most turbulent route.
  • Turbulence is caused by warm air rising, mountains disrupting airflow, and pockets of air moving in different directions, but modern aircraft are designed to withstand it, and serious injuries are rare, according to FAA data.

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