Today we have a prefrontal forecast with moderate SW winds, around 20km/hr at take off levels and rising to near 30km/hr at 3000m. It should mainly a blue day according to the Skew T, though with temperatures much higher than yesterday we will see some cumulus which will be quite deep in areas of convergence. […]
Classic day with more Cu than expected by not much higher than 2600m. I set a 100km goal for the comp, which was made by over 50 pilots I reckon. Ian flew a blinder but got a bit lost near the windmills after Avila and followed the motorway to the tunnel towards Madrid. […]
Deep instability with Storms from early this morning. Absolutely not a chance, even a tiny one. However, tomorrow looks good, so try to hold on for one more day. I imagine we will arrange something with the buses if you want a rainy day out in Avila.
General situation. Really rubbish for safe paragliding! We have cool air aloft and high instability which will lead to Cbs quite early in the afternoon. Perhaps on the plus side we have light winds from the NE which will allow us to take off at Pena Negra and spend some time in the air. […]
As mentioned in yesterdays briefing, our plan was to make you all so tired that todays poor forecast would not matter too you. So if you flew 160km and are still in bed and read this late this afternoon, well all the better. If you bombed out in the first 50km and hoped to make […]
Situation Another low pressure system is approaching the NW of of the Peninsula which will complicate things for the next few days. However, as is often the case, these prefrontal days often serve up the very best as for as big open distance cross country flying. Today we have a SW flow which should allow […]
Situation. After the passage of a cold front yesterday with a large amount of associated cloud, we now have a northern flow, much lighter and which should give us reasonable conditions for tasks. Because of the high humidity this morning we will have cloud condensing below take of level till around mid day. There should […]
Rubbish weather continues with strong SW and approaching cold front. After passage of front for tomorrow, Sunday, wind should go more N and lighten making for reasonable XC conditions for for the following days. That does not help much for today though!
Classic day for open distance from PN. However, the need to go early to avoid strong winds at launch may put some of us on the ground before the Pass. A bit inverted between 2600 and 3100m, which will slow things till around 3pm I imagine. Winds lightening and coming around to more NW in […]
A cold front with a bit of rain went through last night so humidity is a bit high this morning so some low clouds and making for a later start. An inversion of 2600m rising to over 3000m later in the day. Good quality thermals and an excellent xc day for flying towards Avila. Though […]