Re: [Aus-soaring] SkySight and Wave

2016-07-13 Thread John Gwyther
Yep, very nice looking but, down here in Gippsland NW of Sale, we've had cu-nims and snow showers all day. Previous attempts to fly in these conditions resulted in getting cut-off horizontally and vertically from a safe return. Also, whilst the wave is there, the winds aloft (70-80 knots at

[Aus-soaring] SkySight and Wave

2016-07-12 Thread Paul Mander
Take a look at the wave display for today on Matthew Scutter's new forecasting package, SkySight. It shows the possibility of a flight in wave from Bunyan to Bairnsdale to Kempsey; 1020 km, if one could address the airspace issues. That possibility is exciting, but it also demonstrates the