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    • #13888
      Don GrilloDon Grillo
      Keymaster

        Not a good day for training flights or general flying. Visibility due to Canadian wildfire smoke and gusty winds will make of poor flying today.

        For your lesson today, find in the club Policy and Procedures manual wind and visibility limits.

        Don
        Flight Chairman

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        From the National Weather Service:

         Issued at 634 AM CDT Sun Jul 16 2023 For the 12Z TAFs...
            
            Main Forecast Concerns:
            
            * 2-5SM VSBY due to FU today
            
            * Chance for gusty SHRA with isolated embedded TS this evening
            
            Canadian wildfire smoke will envelop the region through Monday
            morning. Based off 11z hour observations of 2-5SM VSBY across the
            region, deeper mixing this afternoon should translate to a further
            reduction in VSBY, down to 2-3SM at the TAF sites, and as low as
            1SM at some airports. Westerly winds will gust up to 20-25 kt this
            afternoon, with a few gusts up to 25-30 kt possible.
            
            Mid-late this afternoon into the early evening, SHRA/TS chances
            will increase well south of the terminals. A cold front will
            approach from Wisconsin tonight. Out ahead of the front, scattered
            SHRA and isolated TS may develop southeastward this evening, with
            uncertainty regarding how much lightning the activity can
            generate. Some of the high resolution model guidance indicates an
            organized cluster or two of SHRA with a gusty outflow wind shift
            to northwest on the leading edge. For the 12z issuance, indicated
            a PROB30 for this scenario, though withheld TS mention in the PROB
            groups for now. Following any wind variability if an outflow
            driven wind shift does occur, winds will become light westerly
            overnight and then 290-310 deg near 10 kt on Monday morning.
      • #13889
        Timothy GaitherTimothy Gaither
        Participant

          Thanks Don!

          Tim

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        • #13890
          John DeRosaJohn DeRosa
          Participant
            The latest Policies and Procedures manual can be found at https://skysoaring.com/policy-and-procedures-manual-6-14-2023-pdf/ (member login is required).
            – John DeRosa

            On Sunday, July 16, 2023 at 07:12:39 AM CDT, SSI <webmaster@skysoaring.com> wrote:

            New topic posted by Don Grillo. Sunday July 16 Wx, In General Discussion forum.

            Not a good day for training flights or general flying. Visibility due to Canadian wildfire smoke and gusty winds will make of poor flying today.

            For your lesson today, find in the club Policy and Procedures manual wind and visibility limits.

            Don
            Flight Chairman

            ——————————————————–

            From the National Weather Service:

             Issued at 634 AM CDT Sun Jul 16 2023 For the 12Z TAFs...
                
                Main Forecast Concerns:
                
                * 2-5SM VSBY due to FU today
                
                * Chance for gusty SHRA with isolated embedded TS this evening
                
                Canadian wildfire smoke will envelop the region through Monday
                morning. Based off 11z hour observations of 2-5SM VSBY across the
                region, deeper mixing this afternoon should translate to a further
                reduction in VSBY, down to 2-3SM at the TAF sites, and as low as
                1SM at some airports. Westerly winds will gust up to 20-25 kt this
                afternoon, with a few gusts up to 25-30 kt possible.
                
                Mid-late this afternoon into the early evening, SHRA/TS chances
                will increase well south of the terminals. A cold front will
                approach from Wisconsin tonight. Out ahead of the front, scattered
                SHRA and isolated TS may develop southeastward this evening, with
                uncertainty regarding how much lightning the activity can
                generate. Some of the high resolution model guidance indicates an
                organized cluster or two of SHRA with a gusty outflow wind shift
                to northwest on the leading edge. For the 12z issuance, indicated
                a PROB30 for this scenario, though withheld TS mention in the PROB
                groups for now. Following any wind variability if an outflow
                driven wind shift does occur, winds will become light westerly
                overnight and then 290-310 deg near 10 kt on Monday morning.

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          • #13897
            ANDRZEJ CHICEWICZANDRZEJ CHICEWICZ
            Participant

              tomorrow flying day any volunteers?

              On Sunday, July 16, 2023 at 07:12:26 AM CDT, SSI <webmaster@skysoaring.com> wrote:

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            • #13898
              Mark MallamoMark Mallamo
              Participant

                The Palmers are interested in flying tomorrow afternoon (Tues) and Nick has agreed to tow. I’ll be out around noon.

                Mark

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              • #13899
                Petr FolwarcznyPetr Folwarczny
                Participant

                  Wish to be there too. I’m kind of busy in few first days of this week… what about Thursday or Friday? Petr

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                • #13900
                  John LincolnJohn Lincoln
                  Participant

                    I would also like to fly. Weather look ok. I’ll be out around 11:30 to clean up around the east hangar. John Lincoln

                  • #13901
                    Mike HurdMike Hurd
                    Participant

                      I’m coming out on Tuesday also. Thanks.Mike—————–

                      Reply To: Sunday July 16 Wx From Mark Mallamo, [General Discussion Forum]

                      The Palmers are interested in flying tomorrow afternoon (Tues) and Nick has agreed to tow. I’ll be out around noon.

                      Mark

                    • #13903
                      John LincolnJohn Lincoln
                      Participant

                        What a great day it turned out to be. Even though the forecast looked fairly weak Jimbob Slocum had up to 8 knots on his averager. The clouds were fairly honest. It didn’t go real high up to 6300 msl but usually lower, 5600 to 5900 msl. Mark Mallamo was out giving instruction to the Palmers. Jimbob was first up and had no trouble sticking. Our message forum made it fairly easy to get the operation going. I had a great tow from Nick. He took Jim and myself to fairly good thermals and when I asked him to speed up a bit he was right on it. Thank You Nick. I flew for a bit over 3 hours and covered 156 miles. If I remember correctly there were 8 or 9 flights. All y’all out there need to watch the weather, make a few calls and get up in the air. Summer is passing and you don’t want to be looking back on it wishing you had flown more. NOW is the time. John Lincoln

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