Friday 16 March 2012

I was wrong about yesterday!

Thursday proved to be the best day of the week so far with cumulus base 12000 and decent thermals all the way up.

Bob launched first with Glyn in 775, took the low road up to Ordessa.

Clive and I with a camered up 431 initially didn't find anything over the firebreak but caught a decent climb up to 8000 before hopping up to 10000 to take the high road up beyond Francamp.




When we came back Stewart and Clive boarded the 431 express on another of their runs upto Ordessa and back down towards Yesa.

Steve a good flight but Roger spent a lot his time over stage two before coming back and finding that 775 can be a bit of a slippery customer when coming into land.

Interestingly, the viz has not been the normal Jaca clarity, but thus may be due to the forest fires in the south of France 70Km to the north west.  The Fins went and took a look at this in the Arcus, and reported goldfish bowl visibility at 9000ft using Oxygen so they could breath.  Certainly at times smoke has clearly been visible trapped in the inversion at dawn and dusk.

The low pressure is still encroaching from the south west, so today is expected to be less stable with a 15/20Kt south easterly wind.  Stage one may be a little tricky at times but the high mountains look on again.

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