I fly just a few miles from Lake Michigan and I get cool stable that I have to fly in 90% of the time, not much for lift.
I can look just a couple miles further inland from me a see the sky piled up with cumulus clouds. Dave Hauch www.git-r-built.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Meyer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Michal Sabala" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <soaring@airage.com> 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 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 less lift due to lake > cooling effect. A good indicator as mentioned by Pat are the cumulus > clouds. Watch how they break up as they get closer to the lake. Sometimes > many miles west. But that does not necessarily mean lift is not present. > > SOAR flies at mainly at two locations Plainfield and Hampshire. A good > distance from Chicago, the lake does not have any effect there. I have > left the field with 90+ degree weather to arrive home with mid 70's > temp. And rain is a whole different story... > > One of the private weather stations I look at that is close to Hampshire, > <http://weather.lindsay.com/> > > I looked at your website, nice link for the satellite view of the old SOD > farm location in Plainfield. > For others who don't want to > surf, > <http://maps.google.com/maps?q=plainfield,+il.&ll=41.609827,-88.350602&spn=0 .007843,0.010825&t=k&hl=en> > <http://www.saahbs.net/rc.shtml> > > Make sure you go to the new location, posted on the SOAR website. > > > Steven Meyer > SOAR > LSF IV > http://www.SOARchicago.com > > > > At 10:20 AM 7/12/2005, Michal Sabala wrote: > >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 live in a city and can't verify that there are good thermal conditions > >based on hawks (there aren't any), wind shifts (tall buildings), etc. > >How can one tell that there is an inversion? Are certain air pressure > >trends and day/night temperature or humidity patterns indicative of an > >inversion? > > > >I would like to be able with fair certainty to determine if sufficient > >soaring conditions exist before driving out of the city. I'm in Chicago > >BTW. > > > >Thanks, > > > >Michal > > > >-- > >Michal Sabala - rc aircraft builder and pilot > > sailplanes, airplanes and helis > > RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format > > RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format
