Blue thermals of good quality to 2600m with a 20km/hr W wind around take off height as the day develops. A reasonable XC day with good potential for flights beyond Avila. Blue convergence likely in the Ambles Valley.
Cirrus present for much of the day but which may slow things down.

Skew T

data

Temp profile along expected track

17:00hrs

Well, we had a reasonable flight for an hour or so with scratchy thermals slowly improving – but also as it improved the wnd increased with the mixing. I landed on purpose with Jaques and Tim near Villafranca as the wind was to strong to cross the pass and Lenticular clouds were starting to form. The others were more sensible flying W or the big spine.

Week Round Up

Here a are some photos to round off the weeks blogging. You´ll need to click on the smaller ones to spot the other gliders (mainly Tim, who was the hero of the week).

Tandem

Avila with Tim

Tim

Epic Ambles Valley

Week 23 Group

Bitel and his bone