Glidemet

It’s grim out there. Really grim. Tomorrow is going to be quite a contrast!

Wednesday, from the Wash to Isle of Wight east, pretty nice cumulus going to 5,000 ft though it may take some time to form with areas of blue thermals at first, and some areas, around the coasts and parts of Kent, will stay blue in sea air. West of this area (including all of the north), cumulus to 3,500 ft tending to spreadout but prone to cycling, so progress with patience should be possible. Light northeasterly winds.

Thursday blue across much of the east and south, but (hopefully) north and west of the Chilterns, shallow cumulus to 4,500-5,000 ft. Rather windy at height though, 10-15 knots for much of the country but 20 knots in the southwest. Should result in blue streets though.

Friday sees a front tickling the west and quite a breeze ahead of it, but a fair hope of cumulus in the southeast. Saturday currently shows the front sliding off the north and decent day across most of the country, while Sunday looks damper.

Vague review of the weekend
Well, just a note to say sorry that Monday turned out to be rubbish, just like the forecast (rubbish, that is), with sun in the southwest and overcast elsewhere. Sunday looked alright though, as roughly hinted at on Friday. Interclub wasn’t Interscrub, so it must have been good.

Friday wasn’t bad though was it? Some interesting comments along the lines of “better than expected”, “better than forecast” and the like. This makes me think two things: 1. Not everyone reads/heeds this forecast. That’s up to them; 2. More importantly, is a comment such as “Really go for it if you can” enough to emphasise a really good day? The furthest I’ve flown is 85 km downwind in a Ka8, so I’m not in a position to say “it’s a 750 day” or whatever. I only do the weather, not task setting. What I will say is that if you see me write something like “don’t under-set” or similar, it’s because I know that people will be commenting that they under-set later.

Flight of the Day from Friday: Andrew Clusky, for setting a task where one of the TP trigraphs is my name (ooo, but which one?!). There, said I’d be more original. Honourable mentions go to 700 km from Challock (even if they didn’t actually get back), and to Rhod Turner, for an excellent reason for setting a particular task. Someone did 960 km too.

Flight of the Day from Saturday, Paul Fritche, for going really fast in a straight line. One hundred miles an hour for sixty straight miles. Sweet.

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