Saturday 6th June 2026
Saturday 6th. A moderate to fresh SE'ly slowly declined to light over the course of the day as a weak front brought patchy light rain and low cloud, the clearance coming to late to allow any flying. Read More...
Archive for June, 2026
Friday 5th June 2026
Friday 5th. A moderate WSW'ly that later backed into the SW and declined to light to moderate, provided a soaring day, mainly thermal based but with hill soaring as a back up. A cloud base rising to over 5,000' asl and average peak climb rates of around 5 kts were tempered by generally cloudy skies, […] Read More...
Thursday 4th June 2026
Thursday 4th. With low pressure situated just to the NW of Scotland, a fresh SW'ly flow brought frequent showers to the W of the Pennines but only the occasional light one to N Yorkshire as the wind veered into the W over the course of the day and declined to moderate. This change came to […] Read More...
Wednesday 3rd June 2026
Wednesday 3rd. The skies gradually clouded over as an Atlantic front made eastwards progress over the UK, the moderate SSE'ly becoming a moderate to fresh/fresh SSW'ly following the passage of the front which brought rain in the afternoon, so there was no flying. Read More...
Tuesday 2nd June 2026.
Tuesday 2nd. Fronts associated with a shallow low brought patchy rain from 02-09 hrs, the clearing skies allowing flying to get underway around 1300 hrs. The afternoon brought heavy showers, all of which missed the club, allowing 13 ATs and 4 Falke flights off runway 24 to be completed, with all 4 Falke flights by […] Read More...
Monday 1st June 2026
Monday 1st. A cloudy and damp airstream covered the local area, with light rain at times in the morning and afternoon as a moderate S'ly blew, so there was no flying. Read More...
Sunday 31st May 2026
Sunday 31st. A moderate W'ly blew all day which was generally cloudy with some sunny intervals and thermal activity, although the conditions didn't tempt many people to fly XC, only 5 of the 11 private owners who flew leaving the local area. Cloud base eventually rose to around 3,500' asl and with average peak climb […] Read More...