Could be good! Check out the forecasts. If they don’t change (probably will), I’m going.
Ward
Pulpit, Wednesday 12/20
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Ward Odenwald
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Re: Pulpit, Wednesday 12/20
ETA->10. Predicted low 30s to high 20s temp at launch but the wind direction and speed are worth the discomfort.
Ward
Ward
Re: Pulpit, Wednesday 12/20
6000ft winds are forecast at 40k. So don't get too high or you are over the back. Wookstock maybe since forecast is a bit lighter. Have to decide in the next half hour if I will head out to Woodstock. total overcast here now.
Joe
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Ward Odenwald
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Re: Pulpit, Wednesday 12/20
Hey Joe,
If you went to WS, you made the right decision (hoping it was). RichB, Nick Brown (new to HG that came out to help) and I spent the day at the Pulpit waiting for the northerly cross in the valley and at launch (not part of any of the forecast models) to switch to a more NW flow and the wind speeds to drop from a mid to high-teen mph flow with gusts up to 25 to conditions that would allow safe launches with less than an ideal launch crew. Didn’t happen in time. Conditions became flyable about 30 min. before sunset.
Waiting for another day!
Ward
If you went to WS, you made the right decision (hoping it was). RichB, Nick Brown (new to HG that came out to help) and I spent the day at the Pulpit waiting for the northerly cross in the valley and at launch (not part of any of the forecast models) to switch to a more NW flow and the wind speeds to drop from a mid to high-teen mph flow with gusts up to 25 to conditions that would allow safe launches with less than an ideal launch crew. Didn’t happen in time. Conditions became flyable about 30 min. before sunset.
Waiting for another day!
Ward