Tuesday 9th. An unstable, moderate WSW'ly airstream brought frequent and at times heavy showers to North Yorkshire, but in between, 5 ATs and 3 winch launches were flown off runway 24, with all but one of ther day's flights lasting over 30 minutes, with one of these over an hour, as hill and thermal lift […] Read More...
Sunday 6th. A moderate to fresh SSW'ly blew all day under mainly cloudy skies, the conditions providing some early wave and later hill and thermal lift. The ready availability of lift meant that 15 of the day's 19 launches, 6 early ATs and 13 later via the winch, exceeded 30 minutes with 10 over an […] Read More...
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...
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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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...
Saturday 30th. A light to moderate SSE'ly blew all day, accompanied by sunny intervals that provided some patchy thermal soaring conditions for those attempting XC's and even those staying closer to home, as initially cloud base was around 2-3,000' asl with moderate strength lift. The day's 18 ATs and 1 Self Launch off runway 20 […] Read More...
