- Site
- Lasham
- Usual forecaster
- David Masson
- Notes
- Depending on workload, will try to maintain the outlook and soaring foreacasts for most XC-able days
THIS IS A TEMPORARY FORMAT FOR NOW
Last update: 10:45 7/08/2022 (16 hours ago)
High pressure in charge over most of England. Another extended period of good soaring - possibly as far ahead as the nationals and WWGC...
(GFS cycle 7/8/2022 00Z)
| Day | Wind Dir / kts |
Tmax / °C |
Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun: | NNW / 7 | 27 |
A nice airmass, but needs some heating. A temperature driven day: 22C might give blue to 4000ft by 11am. 24C gives blue to 5000ft by midday. 25-26C gives good blue to 6000ft+ by 2pm. A likely max of 27C gives blue to 6500-7000ft+ with a chance of some cumulus base 7000ft+. Elsewhere predominately blue, but good blue to 6000-7000ft+, over a big area of southern England, Midlands and E.Anglia. There is the chance of cumulus base 6500-7000ft+ if dewpoints >5C and the likelihood of some cumulus if dewpoints >=7C. Good for a reasonable speed 400-600km+ (if you don't mind the blue). |
Another extended period with some good soaring. Don't take these too literally - but it gives you a feel for what might be going to happen:
- Mon 8th wind N/5, max temp 29C, mix of blue to 7000-8000ft with some cumulus base 7000-8000ft+ in the afternoon
- Tue 9th wind NE/8, max temp 29C, blue to 6000-7000ft+
- Wed 10th wind ENE/10, max temp 30C, blue to 6000-7000ft+
- Thu 11th wind ENE/13, getting hotter, max temp 33C, blue to 6000-7000ft+
- Fri 12th wind E/10, max temp 35, blue to 8,000-10,00ft+
- Sat 13th wind E/13, max temp 35C, blue to 8000-10,000ft+ in the south and W.Midlands, BUT not so good in the east
- Sun 14th wind ENE/14, max temp 35C, blue to 8000-10,000ft+ with the chance of cumulus base 10,000ft+ in the south , BUT not so good away from the south (or downwind of The Wash!)
Shades of '76 ? The old men will be going weepy of the eye 🥲...
I am hoping to fly on the good/big days so I don't know how much I will be update the forecast or when - it might be odd times...
While the weather is good I will try to do an update every day, otherwise every couple of days