Looks like another great day. Perhaps better than yesterday. Clouds with cloudbase around 5,000 or higher. Brief Forecast from www.wunderground.com Today Patchy fog early in the morning…then partly cloudy. Highs in the lower 80s. South winds around 5 mph becoming west 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon. Tonight Mostly clear. Lows in the mid…
Day 3 here at the 2011 Seniors was a boomer in every sense of the word. Clouds to die for in all quadrants. Cloud bases at about 4500’ at the start, rising to above 6000’ in the last turn area. Cloud streets and 5-6kt climbs were common. There was an early concern about a…
Looks like an improvement for today. XC Skies is calling for the Top of the Lift to be higher and is calling for some Cu. Good luck out there. A QUIET WEATHER PATTERN WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. THE PERIOD BEGINS TODAY WITH HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE SOUTHWEST ATLANTIC…DISPLACED…
2011 Senior Contest – Monday, March 14, 2011 Senior Class Contest Day 2 Unofficial Turn Area Task Min Distance 107.09 Distance 175.95 Max Distance 273.29 Min Time 02:45 Task Open Time 13:26 Turnpoints # ID Name Radius Start 51 Start A 5.0 – 22 MyakkaHead 15.0 – 13 FrostProof 20.0 – 4 Blackwater 20.0 Finish…
Day 2 of the 2011 Seniors is in the bag, and we all had a pretty good time of it. Weather seemed to be better to the south, so the CD called a 3-turn TAT; south to Myakka Head with a 15 mile radius, then ENE to Frostproof with a 20 mile radius, then NW…
We are all aware that there are many things to handle at a contest but just a quick note that the task map on the SPOT tracking was not updated for the Monday task. Looks like the first finishers started arriving 16:45 EST
I’m writing this report after stuffing myself silly at the superb Welcome dinner hosted by Andreea and Florin Alexandrescu in the ‘back hangar’ (which, according to rumor, is also where many of the Bass Pro Shop commercials are shot). You know Mike Fuller the owner is a real fishing nut because one hanger wall has…
Brief Forecast from www.wunderground.com Today Mostly sunny. Highs around 80. Southeast winds around 5 mph. Tonight Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph. Hourly Forecast from www.weather.com Surface Analysis Chart from www.aviationweather.gov/adds Skew-T from NOAA through XC-Skies Top of Lift from XC Skies AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA…
