Latest news, May 28, 2026: BumpySkies had an outage between 3 and 9:40 AM Eastern time this morning, which affected its ability to provide some forecasts. I have found the cause, and fixed it so it won't happen again. I apologize if this affected your flight!
SWA3996: 2 legs
SWA3996, AUS to DCA, departing 12:12 PM CDT, May 28
(Forecast data last collected at 1:00 PM CDT on May 28, 2026.)
- Takeoff from AUS at 12:12 PM CDT, May 28.
- 12:13 PM CDT: Light turbulence likely for the next 2 minutes.
- 12:15 PM CDT: Calm skies for the next 17 minutes.
- 12:32 PM CDT: Light turbulence likely for the next 1 minute.
- 12:33 PM CDT: Calm skies for the next 13 minutes.
- 12:46 PM CDT: Light turbulence likely for the next 24 minutes.
- 1:10 PM CDT: Calm skies for the next 56 minutes.
- 2:06 PM CDT: Light turbulence likely until you land.
- Landing at DCA at 2:49 PM CDT.
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SWA3996, SAN to AUS: no forecast yet
It's too early to give you a forecast. I don't yet know the flight plan for this leg of SWA3996, so I can't give you an accurate forecast right now. Come check again closer to departure time. (Note that sometimes I don't know the flight plan until minutes before boarding!)
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