Situation the heat low with a trough near us leading to high instability and risk of storms and rain. The winds this morning are quite strong and gusty from the SW which rules out a quick flight before it gets too stormy. Winds moving more west towards late afternoon which gives a small chance […]
Situation Heat Low still predominates with high pressure above. However, the trough to the NW of Spain will start to enter. This will give us some cirrus cover as the afternoon progresses which may calm things and finish the thermal day a little earlier. In general another excellent XC day. The winds will end up […]
Situation Similar to yesterday with the Azores high and heat low. Winds variable but perhaps more westerly at 2000 to 3500m, which will be our main flying level. We could go for the Pass and Avila today and perhaps a return for those with stamina. High quality day with good thermals and perfect for a […]
Another excellent thermal soaring day (Yesterday the airport day was also very good with reported climbs to 3300m). An Azores Hight set up with a heat low forming over Spain giving us settled weather for the early part of the week. Very light winds forcast, though probably locally breezy in Barco due to valley wind […]
Situation Anticyclone well installed giving us nice weather through to Tuesday with a bit of a heat low forming over the Peninsula. Generally light NE today. A bit more stable with a lower inversion to start with at around 2600m, with blue thermal tops reaching 3000m later in the afternoon. What Happened Super condiitons, but […]
The trough moves further to the Med and a ridge of high pressure setting up over Cantabria. Blue thermal tops over 3000m. Should be a good day! What Happened Once again excellent conditions and a flight to the Tornavacas Pass (30km) and back (part way for some). Just love these end of August and […]
Situation Thankfully the greater instability aloft remains to our south so we may get away with another day without large build ups in our flying area. The protagonist maybe the Easterly wind. There is a SE blowing since early this morning, though it should come on to the main site. We can consider going to […]
An upper level cold front moved through overnight and has bought marked instability aloft which is going to cause us a few problems for decent XC paragliding. This morning we have extended Cirrus which is cutting out the heating of the Valley and hillside, giving us a gentle SE catabatic at Peña Negra. Trigger temperature […]
Situation High pressure to our West with a heat low centralised further south. A ridge of high pressure over the NW of the Peninsula. Slow arrival of upper level instability. There is an inversion around 3000m in the flatlands so that should keep the build up down. Generally a day similar to yesterday with the […]
Situation High pressure to the west and low pressure to our south. Over the next few days we will have low pressure in altitude moving in which will make things more unstable aloft and could lead to some bigger cloud build ups. Today looks pretty good with a thermal top well above 3000m, though the […]