Day 7

Good Morning Canada!

Wx: A cold front passed through the task area over night. A moist and unstable airmass is flowing into the task area behind the front. This morning, when we biked to the airfield, the sky was clear. However, it didn't take long for big cu to fill the sky around the time of the pilots' briefing (10:00). Just as our met-man announced the possibility of rain showers, the prattle of rain on the roof of the briefing hangar could be heard. The met man carried on, saying any showers should be short lived and the rain stopped as suddenly as it had started. That earned him a major round of applause.

In the meantime (13:40) it has dried up a bit but there is still rapid cycling with large areas turning dark and temporarily going dead after overdevelopment. Strong and gusty winds (SW 20 kts, gusting 25 on the surface) are making matters even more difficult. Winds at altitude will be SW 30kts. Click here for the soaring forecast.

The tasks for both classes are to the SE, which should be the area with the best weather according to the forecast. 15m is on task A, a 294 km assigned speed task. The 18m task is also A, a 313 km assigned speed task. The grid order was Open, 15m, 18m. Both Dave and Jerzy were in the last row of their respective classes.

The launch started at 11:30. Today it took less than 70 minutes to launch the entire grid.

There were a few re-lights in the 15m and 18m classes but fortunately none of our guys was affected.

Dave started at 12:53, Jerzy started at 13:32. The sky is still changing from minute to minute and the wind is whistling in the guy wires of the to antenna masts. Keep your fingers crossed and stay tuned...