A lot of aircraft in holding patterns - out over the ocean, to the south west, and north of Sydney.

Directly under flight path at school. Today the wild weather brought down trees and it look like a few planes almost did to. Definite wind shere and bad cross winds saw a qantas 767 get hit this morning as the nose alarmingly drop :eek:
fun spotting

kind regards callum

Still a little challenging today ...

ATIS ATIS YSSY H 110138
APCH: EXP ILS APCH THEN INDEPENDENT VISUAL APCH WHEN VISUAL
RWY: 16L AND R FOR ARRS AND DEPS
OPR INFO: PARL RWY OPS IN PROG.
INDEPENDENT DEPARTURES IN PROG
+ WIND: 190/20-35
XW MN 17 MAX 20 KTS
VIS: GT 10KM
WX: SH IN AREA
CLD: FEW028 FEW040
TMP: 14
+ QNH: 1020
SIGWX: REPORTED LIGHT TO MOD TURB IN CIRCUIT AREA

It just gets better ...

ATIS ATIS YSSY J 110334
APCH: EXP ILS APCH THEN INDEPENDENT VISUAL APCH WHEN VISUAL
RWY: 16L AND R FOR ARRS AND DEPS
OPR INFO: PARL RWY OPS IN PROG.
INDEPENDENT DEPARTURES IN PROG
WIND: 190/20-40
XW MAX 22 KTS
VIS: GT 10KM
WX: SH IN AREA
CLD: SCT030 SCT040
TMP: 14
QNH: 1020
+ SIGWX: EXP TURB IN CIRCUIT AREA.
WIND SHEAR WARNING,
B747 REPORTED WIND SHEAR PLUS 20 KTS AND
MINUS 10 KTS AT 500 FT ON FINAL
RWY 16R AT TIME 0 3 3 0

Only a little better this morning ...

ATIS ATIS YSSY B 112328
APCH: EXP ILS APCH THEN INDEPENDENT VISUAL APCH WHEN VISUAL
RWY: 16L AND R FOR ARRS AND DEPS
+ SFC COND:
OPR INFO: PARL RWY OPS IN PROG.
INDEPENDENT DEPARTURES IN PROG
WIND: 190/15-30.
XW MN 14 MAX 17 KTS
VIS: 10 KM, REDUCED TO 6 KM IN PASSING SH
+ CLD: FEW015 SCT040
TMP: 13
QNH: 1025
+ SIGWX: EXP TURB IN CIRCUIT AREA