Fri: Maybe good

July 25th, 2008Mark Dowsett
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Jul 25 2008 - 08:24

Forecast

Forecast Period: 
13:00
Surface Wind Direction: 
SW
Surface Wind Speed: 
13km/h
Wind Direction at Top of Usable Lift: 
SW
Wind Speed at Top of Usable Lift: 
26km/h
Climb rate (fpm): 
400fpm
Top of Useable Lift (ASL): 
4000'
Thermal Tops: 
6800' ASL
Buoyancy / Sheer Ratio: 
4
Rating of Local Soaring: 
6

A tiny bit breezy for local soaring but certainly doable. The B/S ratio is 4-5 so it should be somewhat easy to stay up (theoretically). Good direction for going XC but the B/S ratio drops to 2-3 by 4PM.

DR Jack says it's a solid 5 earlier and going to an 8.