Friday 4 December 2009

le (non legalese) weekend

Saturday - no flying due to FIFA 2010
Surface wind - SW 10, 5000ft WNW 10, 10000ft NW 40, 15000ft NW 70, 20000ft WNW 90
Windshear is high at 18ms/4km, but only light CAT from 8000ft upwards
Light wave from 6000ft upwards (and as always, should be contactable lower down in the Breede River valley)
Cloud Bleu
Max 31.2 Dewpoint 8.5 Trigger 28.7
T-2 at 6700ft!!!
Expect 2.3ms - 2.8ms to 9500 ft
Boundary layer energy a respectable 146 j/kg
Sunday - some flying for those with personal clearances.
Surface wind - Sw10, 5000ft NW 10, 10000ft NNW 30, 15000ft NW 80, 20000ft NW 90
Light CAT from 5000ft up, shear is higher at 20ms/4km
Wave from 8500ft upwards at 2m/s (but we should be able to get into, especially later in the day as the front moves in, or the cut-off low deepens)
Cloud 3/8 at 16 - 18ft; 5/8 from 28000ft upwards
Max 30.3 Dewpoint 11.5 Trigger 29.5
(we don't get to T-2)
Expect 1.0 ms - 1.3 ms to 5000 ft
Boundary layer energy (low) 30 J/kg
EY
PS the subsequent sounding for Sunday looked markedly better, and Volker and I will be in a Janus courtesy of Rudi - thanks Rudi)

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