Hi Scott, here are the details:
Hi GQ Members, To facilitate the ongoing development of soaring skills of glider pilots in Queensland, GQ has initiated a lecture series that will be ongoing over the coming months. The next lecture will be conducted on Tuesday the 2nd of November. If you have any specific topics relating to Meteorology, please email Robert on [email protected] if you wish him to cover any specific areas. Where: The 2 Wing AAFC building on Bonanza Avenue, Archerfield Airport. When: Tuesday 2nd of November starting at 18:30 to 21:00. Light refreshments will be provided on the night; sandwiches, tea, coffee, biscuits, cakes etc. What: The topic being presented is: Lecture Topic Presenter # 1 and 2 Meteorology for glider pilots Robert Hart RSVP: Please RSVP to [email protected] so we can get an idea of numbers for catering etc. ________________________________ From: Scott Penrose <[email protected]> To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia. <[email protected]> Sent: Wed, 20 October, 2010 8:21:35 AM Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] GQ Lecture on 2 November 2010 Where is it going to be on? and what time ? Scott On 20/10/2010, at 9:10 AM, erich wittstock wrote: Robert, >this would be one of those lectures that should be recorded via video and put >up >on the GFA website or other suitable area/s. I am sure that there are a lot of >people interested in this subject. >Is there someone that could help you setting it up - so you only have to >concentrate on the subject of meteorology instead of IT issues? >..always enjoy reading your forecasts on-line as well as the forecasts during >comps. >Keep up the good work! >.. >Erich > > >On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 23:20, Robert Hart <[email protected]> wrote: > >Hi >> >>On the evening of Tuesday 2 November I am giving a GQ lecture entitled >>"Meteorology for Glider Pilots". This is a huge subject and I would like to >>get >>some idea from people the sorts of thing they want to hear about. I have the >>whole evening (2 hours with a break in the middle) (which is a bit daunting >>both >>as a speaker and quite probably for the audience too) and there will >>definitely >>be Q&A in both sessions. >> >>So far, this is the list of topics I have pulled together from my own >>observation of the things I am asked about and also from "requests" I have >>already received. >> >>Understanding Queensland weather systems >> >> * The summer & winter patterns >> >> * An introduction to the Southern Oscillation Index (SOI) and Indian >> Ocean >>Dipole (IOD) >> >> * Maritime influence and local geographyReading surface and altitude >> charts >>from BoM >> >> * Isobars, fronts and troughs and their weather >> >> * Wind direction >> * Jet streams and their importance >>Getting and reading a forecast atmospheric sounding (SkewT/LogP) >> >> * The NOAA site >> >> * Average temperature variation (lapse rates) >> >> * Thermals as adiabatic (unmixed) processes >> * Calculating dry convection, cloud base, temperature for first cloud >> >> * Over development >> * high cloudUnderstanding and using RASP >> >> * How RASP works - and its limitations >> >> * The basic parameters >> >> * Cloud and over development >>Thunderstorms >> >> * Predictor cloud >> * The SkewT/LogP diagram >> * Convective Available Potential Energy (CAPE) Index >> * Standard Lifted Index (SLI) >> * MicroburstsPlanning a task using weather information >> >> * When to plan >> >> * When to start >> * Where to go >> * When to finish >> Suggestions for additions (and removal) most welcome! >> >>-- Robert Hart [email protected] +61 >>(0)438 385 533 http://www.hart.wattle.id.au >> >>_______________________________________________ >>Aus-soaring mailing list >>[email protected] >>To check or change subscription details, visit: >>http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring >> >_______________________________________________ >Aus-soaring mailing list >[email protected] >To check or change subscription details, visit: >http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
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