Tuesday 22nd. After overnight rain, a low overcast persisted until the early afternoon as a light to moderate NNW'ly slowly backed into the WNW, the clearance coming too late to allow flying. Wednesday 23rd. An active weather front brought heavy rain and low cloud in the morning, the moderate, to at times moderate to fresh […] Read More...
Saturday 19th. A light WNW'ly strengthened and backed to become a moderate ESE'ly on a day with a low overcast and occasional rain as a weak occluded front stalled over the east of the UK preventing any flying. Sunday 20th. An Atlantic front crossed the UK overnight, its cloud clearing the site in the morning […] Read More...
Wednesday 16th. Another non-flying day due to low cloud as a moderate ESE'ly blew. Thursday 17th. An active depression slowly moving north over the UK brought copious amounts of rain, some 21 mm falling over the day and shrouded the site in cloud, so there was no flying. Friday 18th. A break in the weather […] Read More...
Sunday 13th. A light to moderate SE/ESE'ly blew all day, but did little to disperse the fog and low cloud that shrouded the North Yorkshire Moors and reduced visibility in the surrounding countryside, so there was no flying. Monday 14th. A virtual repeat of Sunday with fog and low cloud again ruling out any flying. […] Read More...
Friday 11th. Thursday's fresh to strong SW'lys had declined to fresh, but the wind strength and its gusty nature still meant another non-flying day. Saturday 12th. Early cloudiness gave way to sunny skies around 1300 hrs, by which time 8 of the day's 12 ATs had been flown off runway 20 as a light to […] Read More...
Sunday 6th. A moderate, mild and moist S'ly that slowly veered into the SW was accompanied by a low overcast and the occasional shower, resulting in a non-flying day. Monday 7th. The moist and mild flow from the SSW continued to bring in a low overcast, the wind strength, moderate to fresh to occasionally fresh […] Read More...
Friday 4th. A sunny day with a moderate to moderate WNW'ly wind that slowly veered into the W resulted in 18 launches off runway 24, with 9 lasting more than 30 minutes of which 4 were longer than an hour. Lift was available from the hill, mainly in the main bowl, while some thermal activity […] Read More...
Tuesday 1st. Overnight rain left a legacy of low cloud but this quickly cleared to allow flying to commence around 1115 hrs, the moderate to fresh SW'ly slowly declining to become light to moderate as it veered into the WSW. The first 7 of the day's 10 launches resulted in flights of 30 minutes of […] Read More...
