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How the pilots react to that turbulence that is to critical 37 with this satellite imagery it's so clear some of these thunderstorm cloud tops were towering well over 40,000 feet, and with some of the latest statements coming from airasia that the plane or the pilot asked to divert and ascend to 38,000 it is clear that the thunderstorms that they did encounter they were not able to make their way over the tops of the thunderstorm clouds and this causes significant concerns. let's teal look here at the latest as it took off from surabaya and head north toward singapore singapore. this was the t...

Region. and when that gets blocked with ice, serious problems with happen. the auto pilot turns off. and ultimately the pilot has to navigate that airplane just ascend to get over the thunderstorm cloud tops or go below it. and that is obviously the concern for the pilots. this is the anatomy of a thunderstorm. we're talking about temperatures below freeding at 20,000 feet and above. when airplanes fly at these altitudes, they're obviously impacting and encountering ietce particles that could impact that pitot tube i just described. this is no stranger rough weather to this part of the world. ...

Though one of the tracks shows it going into mexico. all that could change. >> that's right. of course we're looking at some unpredictability because we're looking at the possibility of not one but two landfalls. right now, tropical storm alex is to the east of belize city. you can see belize right here. the purple color is the highest thunderstorm cloud tops. possibly 4 to 8 inches of rain with this system as it works across the yucatan peninsula. tropical storm force winds extend outward of 115 miles an hour. alex is shaping up to be a fairly large storm. but the question is, where is it goi...