One of our members has set up the automated report as shown below This means that I can sit in my office mid-week and be reminded that I'm missing out on good ridge flying!
Still - it's very accurate. At the time this message was sent, I was sitting partway through my 2.5 hour flight in the Ventus which included several trips across the gap to the North ridge and a trip along a cloud street to Bute (only 8 km from the airfield but into wind). I landed to give someone else a turn but unfortunately we had lots of rain come though so all gliders had to land for 1/2 hour or so until the rain cleared. I launched again in the Bergfalke with another pilot and we had a very pleasant 20 mins or so at the end of the day soaring the cloud cap over the ridge that the new moist air had brought in. The day was rounded that off with a really nice meal at the local pub with friends from the club. Winter can be fun if it's westerly at Lochiel! -Cath -----Original Message----- Subject: [augc-people] RIDGE REPORT This is an automated message. The current observations at http://www.bom.gov.au claim the following: Snowtown: Wind speed: 19.4 knots, gusting to 26.7 knots from the W at 14:30 06/07/2002 See http://slash.dotat.org/atmos/snowtown-wind.png for regular updates -- -- * You are subscribed to the aus-soaring mailing list. * To Unsubscribe: send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] * with "unsubscribe aus-soaring" in the body of the message * or with "help" in the body of the message for more information.
