Western Sydney Airport (WSI) Discussion

[markis10]

Storms cells are fairly localised and weather is often completely different 30 miles away.

Indeed winds can be radically different at both, with katabatic winds in effect at WSI overnight while Sydney has anabatic winds.

 

[AuSammy]

How can you divert to WSI when it's also storming there?

Because it may not have been effecting WSI in the same/any way.

Yesterday in our suburb about 10 mins from BNE by road we had no heavy rain wind thunder or lightning just a light drizzle. However BNE was in the thick of big storms and had to close.