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Posted by Ray
on 6/1/2012, 5:37 pm, in reply to "05/31 Flying"
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Nice conditions report. Would have been a diamond day, except for the huge patches of overdevelopment. Trying to predict % cumulus cloud cover is even harder than predicting average thermal strength...the two are of course related, albeit in ways not completely understood.
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: Riz came down to give a checkride - instructor
: was not prepared. 3 flights with Ray. ZC
: had a couple good flights. I had a 2 hour
: flight to 5500 ft, took 30 minutes to go
: from 2600 MSL to 3000ft, stronger and wider
: above (2K avg), nothing out west to Nunda,
: great day at 5000ft to the south near
: Cohocton and Naples, cold air came in around
: 3PM and everything got weak (1K avg)- temp
: dropped 10F degs in 30 min. Jack, Bradley,
: Cline, Jake & Riz, all flew too. Thanks
: to Lafford for the tows! Kling came by on
: the bike with a smoke.
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