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WOODSTOCK — Shenandoah County fire and rescue authorities spent about three hours rescuing a Maryland man who crashed his hang glider off Massanutten Mountain late Tuesday afternoon. County Fire Chief Gary Yew found Laslow Lovei , 52, of Bethesda, at the bottom of a ridge after the man failed to get...

Dan T wrote:Afterall what did the mere mortals do today?

Dan T

Went to the pool with my grand-daughters. Bottled a fresh batch of 'Brown Nut Ale' home brew after dinner.

Either way, sure beats a poke in the eye with a sharp stick.

Many NWS / FAA automated wx observing stations can be polled by phone...so you can check on current conditions while enroute to launch.

ASOS by Phone

Click on a state to get a map of ASOS locations and their phone numbers.

Mesonet Wind Data

Plots of hi-resolution temperature and wind data from airports...DOT sensors...and home wx stations.

The link displays station plots for northern VA...central MD...and south-central PA. Use the OVERVIEW button to move the map to different areas.

The forecast is for Dulles and vicinity only b/c that/s where the rawindsonde balloon is launched. In most cases...the forecast will be representative at launches within ~50 miles. Upper air conditions don/t vary that much within short distances which is why the rawindsonde sites are spaced several ...

Sorry if this has already been posted. Didn/t see it in the archives.

Soaring forecast issued before 10 AM daily based on 12z sounding...

Height of -3 TI
Top of Lift
Max temp
Trigger temp (first usable lift)
Max lift ('/")

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I was looking to buy one. Does anyone have an idea where to look? I was just looking for a basic one... , Thanks, Shawn. Kestrel meters are very nice, esp. Models 4000 and 4100, which have many nice features for soaring pilots. They're not cheap. I found the best prices on eBay. http://www.kestrelm...

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Stills from the movie @

Full link...
http://www.cloudappreciationsociety.org ... lory1.html

Tiny...
http://tinyurl.com/bq6py

More morning glory movies...
http://www.cloudappreciationsociety.org ... einfo.html

Tiny...
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mcelrah wrote:Please e-mail the links. Thanks - Hugh

DONE!

mcelrah wrote:For some reason, I'm not seeing the links. Is it me or you? - Hugh

I see them. Want me to email them to you?

Second try...

Here's the 5 PM model sounding for the 10/29/05 wave event...


http://users.adelphia.net/~toweringqs/wave_102905.gif


Note the strong inversion capping the deep, unstable boundary layer and the strong winds aloft.

So Mike and the others, which season will we got those conditions and how do you recognize them in VA looking at the weather report. You understand that also I want to fly once in that magic lift. In Belgium it never happened as far as I now. By the way the Craigel Maurer report is awsom. cheers He...

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The default LaunchCode forecast comes straight from the 'model output statistics' (MOS) product. It takes raw output from the 'Aviation' numerical weather prediction (NWP) model and adjusts its values by statistical methods in an objective attempt to improve the forecast. LaunchCode can also display...

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'North' could take you all the way to the Bay Bridge Tunnel. -----Original Message----- From: markc [mailto:markc@chgpa.org] Sent: Friday, September 02, 2005 10:06 p.m. To: hg_forum@chgpa.org Subject: Ridgely Saturday Tough call.... Could do the Pulpit, although it will be cross and a bit stronger u...

Best AGL as in 'max gains' AGL, which is usually the case. What I was trying to get across was, while it would be soarable before 3 PM, gains would be rather meager, as in one misstep away from an early landing. Later in the day, as the temp rises, the boundary layer deepens and gain would be respec...

FWIW-Wx Today's forecast models suggest an unstable day on the e-Shore Saturday, albeit a tad strong for flite park fliting. There's a weakening sfc H over Lake Superior and an exiting jet-level wind max. Sfc pressure gradient weak but dynamic and thermo instability expected to keep soaring zone wel...