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Boeing 737-800 (N8606C) - Southwest's N8606C is just off 35R and on the climb through a steady downpour in this breakfast hour snap.br /It had been raining all night and was supposed to continue raining all day BUT ... two hours after I got this shot the temperature dropped below freezing and the rain changed to snow. Initially, I was rather pleased that the precipitation had gone from rain to snow because my goal had been to get inclement weather photos (we don't get much rain OR snow at RNO so getting both in one visit was sort of a double dividend). However, the change in precip backfired on me. The snow became a blizzard rather quickly and by the 11 AM hour inbound flights were diverting and other scheduled flights were being cancelled due to visibility dropping below minimums. [In fact, a scheduled return visit in the afternoon by the above SW B738 (N8606C) was one of the many cancellations caused by the snowstorm.] By noon, with no commercial air traffic arriving anymore, there was little reason for me to stick around so I called it a day. But I did get what I went for -- inclement WX pictures.
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Boeing 737-800 (N8606C)

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Southwest's N8606C is just off 35R and on the climb through a steady downpour in this breakfast hour snap.
It had been raining all night and was supposed to continue raining all day BUT ... two hours after I got this shot the temperature dropped below freezing and the rain changed to snow. Initially, I was rather pleased that the precipitation had gone from rain to snow because my goal had been to get inclement weather photos (we don't get much rain OR snow at RNO so getting both in one visit was sort of a double dividend). However, the change in precip backfired on me. The snow became a blizzard rather quickly and by the 11 AM hour inbound flights were diverting and other scheduled flights were being cancelled due to visibility dropping below minimums. [In fact, a scheduled return visit in the afternoon by the above SW B738 (N8606C) was one of the many cancellations caused by the snowstorm.] By noon, with no commercial air traffic arriving anymore, there was little reason for me to stick around so I called it a day. But I did get what I went for -- inclement WX pictures.

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Greg Byington
Very nice shot, Gary! At least you got a couple of "keepers" before you had to pull the plug. ;-)
Darryl Sarno
Nice one Gary!
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28-Jul-2025 B738Chicago Midway Intl ()Eppley Airfield () 07:53 CDT 09:05 CDT Scheduled
28-Jul-2025 B738Nashville Intl ()Chicago Midway Intl () 05:27 CDT 06:38 CDT Scheduled
27-Jul-2025 B738Harry Reid Intl ()Nashville Intl () 20:10 PDT 01:27 CDT (+1) Scheduled
27-Jul-2025 B738Colorado Sprgs Muni ()Harry Reid Intl () 18:09 MDT 18:43 PDT Scheduled
27-Jul-2025 B738Denver Intl ()Colorado Sprgs Muni () 16:30 MDT 16:59 MDT Scheduled
27-Jul-2025 B738Harry Reid Intl ()Denver Intl () 12:45 PDT 15:16 MDT Scheduled
27-Jul-2025 B738Denver Intl ()Harry Reid Intl () 10:50 MDT 11:23 PDT Scheduled
27-Jul-2025 B738Phoenix Sky Harbor Intl ()Denver Intl () 07:11 MST 09:36 MDT Scheduled
26-Jul-2025 B738Salt Lake City Intl ()Phoenix Sky Harbor Intl () 20:31 MDT 20:45 MST 1:13
26-Jul-2025 B738Phoenix Sky Harbor Intl ()Salt Lake City Intl () 17:20 MST 19:30 MDT 1:09
26-Jul-2025 B738Baltimore/Washington Intl ()Phoenix Sky Harbor Intl () 14:59 EDT 16:13 MST 4:14
26-Jul-2025 B738Pittsburgh Intl ()Baltimore/Washington Intl () 13:04 EDT 13:45 EDT 0:40
26-Jul-2025 B738Chicago Midway Intl ()Pittsburgh Intl () 09:59 CDT 11:58 EDT 0:58
26-Jul-2025 B738Chicago Midway Intl ()Muhammad Ali Intl () 09:37 CDT 11:34 EDT Cancelled
26-Jul-2025 B738Manchester Boston Rgnl ()Chicago Midway Intl () 07:14 EDT 08:12 CDT 1:57
25-Jul-2025 B738Chicago Midway Intl ()Manchester Boston Rgnl () 20:41 CDT 23:41 EDT Cancelled
25-Jul-2025 B738Bradley Intl ()Chicago Midway Intl () 18:48 EDT 19:51 CDT Cancelled
25-Jul-2025 B738Bradley Intl ()Manchester Boston Rgnl () 18:34 EDT 18:59 EDT 0:25
25-Jul-2025 B738Baltimore/Washington Intl ()Bradley Intl () 16:23 EDT 17:10 EDT 0:46
25-Jul-2025 B738Portland Intl Jetport ()Baltimore/Washington Intl () 14:08 EDT 15:21 EDT 1:13
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25-Jul-2025 B738New Orleans Intl ()Chicago Midway Intl () 06:24 CDT 08:24 CDT 1:59
24-Jul-2025 B738Tampa Intl ()New Orleans Intl () 21:50 EDT 22:00 CDT 1:09
24-Jul-2025 B738Raleigh-Durham Intl ()Tampa Intl () 19:00 EDT 20:38 EDT 1:38
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23-Jul-2025 B738San Francisco Bay Oakland Intl ()Phoenix Sky Harbor Intl () 16:45 PDT 18:22 MST 1:37
23-Jul-2025 B738Seattle-Tacoma Intl ()San Francisco Bay Oakland Intl () 13:57 PDT 15:37 PDT 1:40
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20-Jul-2025 B738Reagan National ()Harry Reid Intl () 17:29 EDT 18:56 PDT 4:27
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19-Jul-2025 B738Orlando Intl ()San Antonio Intl () 16:43 EDT 17:55 CDT 2:11
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19-Jul-2025 B738William P Hobby ()Albuquerque Intl Sunport () 07:53 CDT 08:33 MDT 1:39
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