Mustang on Monday,Sept. 28 afternoon

lewsmith · Post by **lewsmith** » Sun Sep 27, 2009 9:24 am

Monday might be a good day at Mustang. Anyone interested?
Lew

morey · Post by **morey** » Sun Sep 27, 2009 7:47 pm

Wow. looks like a 200mi day tomorrow!
I'm a slim possibility.

Fred · Post by **Fred** » Sun Sep 27, 2009 8:15 pm

My schedule is pretty full tomorrow, but I'll recheck the updated forecast in the morning.

morey · Post by **morey** » Mon Sep 28, 2009 7:34 am

ADDS is light SW.
Soundings model predictions are decidedly SE not SW.
Surface winds point forcast is east and south.

I can't tell.

lewsmith · Post by **lewsmith** » Mon Sep 28, 2009 8:07 am

Yes, the latest predictions don't look as good as they did a day ago. --- Tomorrow might be a better day--- I will probably go to Mustang today AND tomorrow. I will make a decision around noon. I will take my cell phone 549- 8250 as I do errands this morning.
Lew

Fred · Post by **Fred** » Mon Sep 28, 2009 9:51 am

The mid morning update shows SE going to light SW about 4PM. Given a triple digit day and lots to do I think I'll recheck tomorrow afternoon after I get back from UMC.

lewsmith · Post by **lewsmith** » Mon Sep 28, 2009 11:17 am

I am leaving for Mustang.
Lew

lewsmith · Post by **lewsmith** » Tue Sep 29, 2009 8:18 am

I had a nice glassoff flight at Mustang yesterday, Monday, Sept 28. The wind on launch was SW 8 to 16 mph at 4 PM, and 10 to 15 SW at 5 PM. The air was very smooth between 5 and 6 PM. There was not as much lift as I had expected, and I only got 200 feet over the mountain. Around 6 pm the wind aloft picked up to about 20 mph so I went to the LZ and landed in a 6 or 7 mph SW breeze.
I won't be able to fly today --- and it looks too windy anyway.
Lew

morey · Post by **morey** » Tue Sep 29, 2009 10:03 am

I checke the soundings prediction around 3 in the afteroon, and it described exactly the conditions you found. Strange that lately, the Soundings FSL model has been so wacko. It offers a lot of precision, but not much in the way of accuracy. At least not recently.

Mustang on Monday,Sept. 28 afternoon

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