A remarkable day yesterday with a perfect Cu filled sky stressing along the convergence to the North. Best of the day for Pete, with also Sonya and Dave going well to the NNE. Matias, on his second flight from Peña Negra (first flights from Chia made a good distance to near Salamanca.
Looks like a day with a lot of potential for an interesting XC. A convergence of winds running North with potential thermal tops around 300om. Winds light for the SE so will probably come onto Peña Negra. However, if at 11.30 they are significant from the SE we may go to the Chia take off.
A very pleasant day yesterday with good climbs to 2600m and a light NE drift. to the Tornavacas Pass at 30km for the first XC and an evening goal flight down to Barco .
A reasonable soaring forecast for XC. A lighter N NE flow with upslopes of our mountain obviously working well later in the day. No useful convergence effects and climbs to around 2700m later in the afternoon. Good for a flight to Barco or Tornavacas Pass and possible return. I will be around at 10.30, probable […]
A reasonable day with good thermal climbs to around 2600m later in the day. Winds around 20km from the NNE which will make crossing the Pass to Avila not a good idea. Good for flights to Barco and to the Tornavacas Pass, and possibly towards Plasencia, though I would prefer a higher base for that. […]
Certainly an improvement. Lighter winds and good thermal development. At them moment the depth of cloud is a worry. Risks of storms and rain are more likely to the East of us. So, we may be lucky!
A reasonably quick caricature sketch of Anton. Mr Punch!
As can be expected it is not good, with more instability rain and possible storms…not forgetting the high winds. However, the trough shown near us mid day moves away by the end of the day and there is a lightening of the winds and less stability. So, might be ok for an evening flight at […]
I have not done one of these for a while, but as I didn’t go horse riding I thought I would have a go. At least it shows there was some sunshine that day! Here is a link for a full size 300dpi printable pdf https://www.dropbox.com/s/qu6ke3gh31fa0po/DirkFlat.pdf?dl=0
Once again we have strong winds to deal with and safe flying is unlikely