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 ('/")
http://www.srh.noaa.gov/productview.php ... IAD&max=61
Daily Soaring Forecast from NWS @ Sterling...VA
Moderator: CHGPA BOD
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 hundred miles apart.
The soaring forecast requires balloon data and unless the NWS starts flying balloons from Highland / Blue Sky...there won/t be a bulletin for those places.
There/s data from an upper air station on Wallops Island that could be used. The bulletin would have to come from the Wakefield (AKQ) office. Since AKQ is not currently producing a soaring forecast...a request would have to be made for them to start doing it. It wouldn/t be a big deal for them b/c the program needed to run it is intrinsic to their computer system (AWIPS).
Any itch to fly is worse when the sky is filled with crispy Q. Otherwise...I stay busy these days being Grand-pop.
The soaring forecast requires balloon data and unless the NWS starts flying balloons from Highland / Blue Sky...there won/t be a bulletin for those places.
There/s data from an upper air station on Wallops Island that could be used. The bulletin would have to come from the Wakefield (AKQ) office. Since AKQ is not currently producing a soaring forecast...a request would have to be made for them to start doing it. It wouldn/t be a big deal for them b/c the program needed to run it is intrinsic to their computer system (AWIPS).
Any itch to fly is worse when the sky is filled with crispy Q. Otherwise...I stay busy these days being Grand-pop.
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