My logbook entry for Wednesday looks rather odd as it shows a flight from Juba to Juba which lasted over 3.5 hours. The picture below explains why. This is a picture of my weather radar screen as I was approaching Leer (the end of the purple line is my destination) and the red and purple areas represent heavy rain and thunderstorms.
I was booked to take a ton of freight to Leer for Medair and most of the 1.5 hour flight was spent dodging thunderstorms. I had been forced to divert nearly 70km off track to avoid them, and as I was nearing my destination the weather overhead Leer was deteriorating quickly.
I did arrive in the vicinity of the airstrip but was unable to land due to the heavy rain and severely reduced visibility. It was rather a long way to go for nothing but I guess that is just part of flying in the rainy season...
