Friday, April 21, 2017

Flying this weekend - Forecast 22-23 April

Sorry for the late post. I wasn't near a computer today.

This weekend weather doesn't look that stellar for flying in the Blue Mountains. At first glance the BOM forecast paints a wet weekend. Looking at the Airgram on Windity, the rain is forecast to only happen early in the mornings or overnight, but the low cloud will hang around nearly on the ground most of the Morning. So back to the Blipmap animation and the wind is forecast to be suitable on Saturday afternoon. This is also when the cloud is lightest. Sunday has the wind swinging to the east early on in the day so no good.

So If we are lucky with the rain forecast, then Saturday afternoon may give us a window for some nice ridge soaring. But, this forecast is pretty difficult, so really needs a human observation from takeoff.

Good luck.

Alex.

P.S. If anyone is around, can they message me with the conditions so I can write a follow up with how the weekend was and gauge the accuracy of the forecast.