Sunday 22nd. The continuation of high pressure domination of the UK weather, or at least that part affecting Sutton Bank, meant another day of light to moderate winds, this time from the SE, and poor horizontal visibility. In the hope that conditions would improve, the two seaters were DI'ed and taken to the launch point […] Read More...
Saturday 21st. The clear skies of Friday evening had been replaced by the all too familiar overcast which the Falke, on a partially investigational flight, determined was a only 700' QFE, too low for glider operations. With the weather worsening around lunch time, a lowering cloud base and drizzle setting in, the optimism which […] Read More...
Wednesday 18th. With little change in the synoptic situation, although the wind had now become a light W'ly, Northern England continued to be under the influence of the weak weather front that locally immersed the site in low cloud, preventing any flying. Thursday 19th. The centre of the high pressure had moved nearer to […] Read More...
Friday 13th. A shallow, southward travelling depression over the North Sea brought strong winds and some snow to the site. The winds, initially fresh and gusting to 40kts, slowly moderated over the day but never sufficiently to allow flying to take place. The combination of a thin layer of snow and the gusty winds did, […] Read More...
Wednesday 11th. A vigorous depression centred to the N of Scotland brought strong and gusty winds to North Yorkshire, a gust of 62 mph being registered at RAF Leeming and 90+ gusts over the Pennines. Although similar wind speeds were not a feature at site, the fresh W'ly was sufficiently gusty to prevent any flying, […] Read More...
Sunday 8th. After the restricted flying on Saturday due to the encroachment of orographic stratus, hopes were high that Sunday would provide conditions for a whole flying day, as the weather situation looked to be benign. Indeed it was in the surrounding countryside, but the initially light S'ly that slowly veered and increased to become […] Read More...
Wednesday 4th. A moderate N'ly blew on a cold and sunny day at Sutton, generating a N'ly wave system that John Carter and Mr Hughes, a visitor from Bowland Forest, exploited in K21 KLW to climb to around 7,500' asl in their flight of 1:14. However, the wave was accompanied by very turbulent conditions on […] Read More...
Saturday 31st. An initially light to moderate W'ly greeted those at morning briefing, with the strength of the wind increasing around lunch time to become moderate, with gusts into the mid to high 20 kts. The change in conditions led to a change in launch method, with 4 ATs complimented by 21 ATs, as […] Read More...
Wednesday 28th. With a strong area of high pressure centred over southern England, it was a frosty and misty morning in North Yorkshire but the mist in the Vales of York and Pickering left sufficiently clear conditions close to the club to allow flying to get under way after briefing, the wind being a light […] Read More...
Friday 23rd. An active cold front associated with storm Barbara crossed the area around 1330 hrs bringing a temperature drop of 3.4C and a short period of intense rainfall and gusty winds, these peaking in the low 40 kts. With the average winds being moderate to fresh S'lys, becoming fresh W'lys after the passage of […] Read More...
