Good Soaring WX on Friday May 17

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    • Thursday, May 16th, 2024 at 2:46 pm #14826
      John DeRosaJohn DeRosa
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      An update…

      Saturday is starting to look better than first reported with good lift and CUs. Friday is similar but with a longer window of soar-able weather from noon to around 5PM.

      I will be out tomorrow and see you shows up.

      John DeRosa

    • Friday, May 17th, 2024 at 7:59 am #14829
      John DeRosaJohn DeRosa
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      As sometimes happens with Chicago weather, the SkySite forecast has changed with Saturday looking better than Friday.  But who knows.

       

      > Friday May 17 – Looks good for training but not necessarily cross country.

      Lift to 5500 MSL, very few if any CUs, winds 300 at 5kts gusting to 7kts, temp 76

       

      > Saturday May 18 – Looks good for training and cross country.

      Lift to 6000 MSL, CUs starting at 1100h lasting all day, winds 192 at 7kts gusting to 11kts, temp 81

       

      > Sunday May 19 – Looks good for training but not necessarily cross country.

      Lift to 4000 MSL, very few if any CUs, winds 90 (lake breeze) at 5kts gusting to 7kts, temp 79

    • Friday, May 17th, 2024 at 8:16 am #14830
      John DeRosaJohn DeRosa
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      I did review the FREE soaring weather tool at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/univiewer.html which gave a similar forecast for Friday through Sunday.

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