Friday 11 December 2009

The first 3 days

An update for the Worcester Week
Briefing - clubhouse 9am sharp
Grid before 10am
First launch 10h15

Saturday
Surface wind - SWS 20, 5000ft SW 10, 10000ft WNW 20, 15000ft NW 30, 20000ft W 80
Shear is light at 10ms/4km and NO cat
Wave from 14500ft upwards at 2ms
Cloud BLEU
Max 31.6 Dewpoint 11.4 Trigger 29.5
Expect 1.5 ms - 1.9 ms to 7 000 ft
T-2 to 4300ft
boundary layer energy 85J/kg

Sunday
Anabatic cold front 142 km to the NNW moving 11kts to the NNW vertical motion 193m/hr (rain in 14 hours ie early MOnday morning,behind the surface front)
Surface wind - SE 40, 5000ft ESE 50, 10000ft SW 10, 15000ft WSW 30, 20000ft WSW 60
SEVERE SURFACE CAT and moderate from 6500 - 8500ft
Shear is moderate at 15ms/4km
Wave from 14500ft upwards
Cloud 3/8 from 3000ft - 5000ft
Max 20.9 Dewpoint 11.7 Trigger 20.4
Expect 0.7 ms - 1.1 ms to 5 000ft
We don't get to T-2
Boundary layer energy 36J/kg

Monday
Surface wind - ESE 20, 5000ft ENE 20, 10000ft NW 20, 15000ft WNW 30, 20000ft W 60
LIGHT CAT surface, 5 000 - 10 000ft
Shear is moderate at 12ms/4km
Wave from 12 000ft 1.8ms
Cloud BLEU
Max 28.8 Dewpoint 6.5 Trigger 26.3
Expect 1.2 ms - 1.6 ms to 6 200ft
T-2 to 5000ft
Boundary layer energy 88 j/kg

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