Classic conditions for convegence and big open xc beyond Avila. Drier airmass, but still with Cu, though hopefully less build up than yesterday. What Happened An excellent day. A climb to 3400m at the Pass then decision time. Biggish congestus at Avila so Chris, Joaquin and I went quite N to avoid the Avila […]
Light winds and likely wary on to be from the N. This should make launching at PN easier. The section shows to Segovia, but some risk of large congestus. An out and return towards Barco or the NE may be a better option. What Happened A nice day but with very powerful conditions by […]
Most of the upper level instability has moved more north . According to the skew T we should have mainly blue thermal, though some build up in the convergence is likely. Wind from SW will give us the classic convergence for flights towards Segovia. What Happened It did not come onto PN until […]
Relatively light SW winds so it should come onto PN reasonably early. Forecast for storms is mainly for more to our NE however, we should expect congestus build up from quite early. this of course is going to restrict our flying today (and tomorrow). We must stay out of the Ambles valley and […]
After yesterdays epic day we have something similar regarding winds, but perhaps greater risk of storms. South wind which is again quite light and probably will come on to PN. However, we may want to get going early like yesterday so may go once again to Lastra. The track below is the same as Nigel’s […]
Forecast and Plan Still under the influence of the heat low with a trough to the N of the Peninsula. The Skew T looks less threatening today with a little more stability from around 3000m which reduced the threat of Cbs. The wind is SW and because of the relative stability of […]
Early congestus build up with those making it up heading North to the other side of the valley (Ian, Beat, Nigel and Dave). the others, including myself, had an inglorious bomb out in the very gentle early conditions. Full Cbs by 15-30.
Website up and running this morning so here is the weather blog! Yesterday was a bit windy and rough and only Felix flew. A better situation this morning with less wind and less chance of big cloud build ups. Generally W to SW so a big Open distance could be possible. Once again the trigger […]
A heat low forming over Spain with generally high temperatures. Winds qutie light from NNW probably turning more NE at the end of day. A day for an out and return to the Avila Valley, or conceivably over the back to the Valley of Tietar. What Happened. Pleaseant soaring conditions and all our pilots except […]
Lighter SE winds but some risk of congestus. A good reason to follow yesterdays flight direction . Wind is also more favourable for that. it should come onto PN with this windspeed, but we could change launch to Chia. What Happened A very nice day with climbs to around 3600 and convergence out in front. […]