Re: [RCSE] soaring weather question

2005-07-12 Thread eholt
> Michal is not flying in CA, he is flying in the Midwest where cumi's are a > readily available indicator most months out the year. Heck, I always > thought the air was always going up out in CA. > > See Ya, > > Pat Yep, it's good here, just no tell, tell cumis to judge by. We just use birds & d

Re: [RCSE] soaring weather question

2005-07-12 Thread D Hauch
Steve Meyer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Michal Sabala" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2005 4:20 PM Subject: Re: [RCSE] soaring weather question > Michael, Pat described it well. > > I as well have to be sure I pick the good days for soaring. With

Re: [RCSE] soaring weather question

2005-07-12 Thread eholt
> > A good indicator as mentioned by Pat are the cumulus > clouds. > > What about California where there is not any clouds for 6 -7 months > straight? > Sometimes only the smog coming over the hill from the Bay Area. > RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "

Re: [RCSE] soaring weather question

2005-07-12 Thread Steve Meyer
Michael, Pat described it well. I as well have to be sure I pick the good days for soaring. With a commute of over an hour I want to be sure the drive is worth it. In the Chicago area the weather can be quite different depending on where you are at. Closer to the lake there tends to be les

Re: [RCSE] soaring weather question

2005-07-12 Thread Jeff Steifel
I think Pat answered the question as well as can be answered. I would like to say that to advance as a pilot you need to go out on days where there aren't alot of thermals... and nights where it is changing to bouyant air. Why??? because you will learn more about your plane and how to just eak

Re: [RCSE] soaring weather question

2005-07-12 Thread Pat McCleave
PROTECTED]> > Date: 2005/07/12 Tue AM 11:20:28 EDT > To: soaring@airage.com > Subject: [RCSE] soaring weather question > > Hello, > > Thank you to those who replied about my subscribe questions. In the end > Lex added me to the list. > > I'm looking for article

[RCSE] soaring weather question

2005-07-12 Thread Michal Sabala
Hello, Thank you to those who replied about my subscribe questions. In the end Lex added me to the list. I'm looking for articles about determining or forecasting good soaring weather. I'm a beginning glider pilot (and experienced power) but I have a number of 30min+ flights under my belt. I liv