Flight cancellations across San Diego, Los Angeles & Palm Springs’ airports have begun due to the effects of Hurricane Hilary.
Data shows that more than a third of flights in and out of San Diego have been cancelled, following around 40% from Palm Springs thus far.
Los Angeles hasn’t been as affected yet, with only five per cent of flights cancelled so far.
Whilst the hurricane has weakened in condition, mass flooding and heavy rain is still expected to cause significant disruption moving forward.
What We Know So Far…
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Yesterday, the FAA announced the issuance of the first ever tropical storm watch for Southern California by the National Weather Service.
As of yesterday, Hurricane Hilary was producing winds of up to 145 miles per hour, and was currently moving northwest at 10mph, in the area of San Diego, Palm Springs & Los Angeles.
The FAA has already put out warnings on social media, which explains that there could be heavy rainfall in the San Diego and Los Angeles area because of Hurricane Hilary.
More notably, this is the first time in over 80 years that a tropical storm will hit the state of California.
Local government bodies have been preparing for the worst case scenarios in case that they do happen, with damage to the affected areas unknown until it passes.
AviationSource will be providing live updates throughout the rest of today on Hurricane Hilary, and how exactly it will affect the areas of San Diego, Palm Springs and Los Angeles.
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Updates from Hurricane Hilary Expecting to Affect Los Angeles, Palm Springs & San Diego’s Airports…
This is a developing story. Updates are below.
UPDATE #1 @ 1754 UK time – Courtesy of the weather radar provided by @RadarBoxCom, you can see the areas affected by heavy rainfall as Hurricane Hilary progresses on through the West Coast.
UPDATE #2 @ 1806 UK time – Scenes from Palm Springs Airport currently. Part of this storm will be heading directly overhead over the next few hours, as the worst of that chunk is currently over Mexicali at present.
UPDATE #3 @ 1810 UK time – And here is how the area of Los Angeles is currently looking, with the international airport looking very wet at the moment.
UPDATE #4 @ 1821 UK time – Los Angeles International Airport is currently using the Westerlies as the wet weather continues over there.
UPDATE #5 @ 1827 UK time – In the last few moments, Alaska Airlines flight 1290 between Seattle and Burbank diverted to Los Angeles.
The above image shows the flight circling over the Burbank area before making the decision to head into Los Angeles, where the weather is slightly better.
UPDATE #6 @ 1833 UK time – Two private jets are on parallel approach into Los Angeles. Both of these aircraft are diversions, with N159WW and N600GA originally aiming for Van Nuys as their destination fields.
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