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20.02.2019
Meandering about on a day with an incorrect weather forecast


http://www.paraglidingforum.com/leonardo/flight/2200841


https://www.xcontest.org/world/en/flights/detail:davisstraub/19.2.2019/19:52


The National Weather Service seemed to think that a front was coming through but
apparently the high pressure down here in the southeast made it back off.
Instead of the rain that was predicted to be 40%, we got a light east wind and
cumulus development that only went so high before stopping.


Given the forecast and numerous towering cu's we were wary at first, but as the
sky opened up again we took off just before 3 PM. I set a small task to Bay Lake
to the southeast and back just to have a goal in mind. John Simon was up just
before I took off.


I pinned off in light lift and then after a bit of a search found 200 fpm
southwest of Wilotree Park downwind of agriculture fields over the swamps. That
got me to 2,800' I was watching John climb at 300 fpm to my northwest, downwind
of the course line to 3,000'.


Heading out under a sky with widely spaced and diffuse cumulus clouds it was a 5
km glide down to 1,300' where I found light lift over a large swamp area with
some large landable fields downwind. John joined up from above and stayed until
he felt the lift was decreasing at 3,000' and headed further toward the Bay Lake
turnpoint. I was only at 2,000' so I hung in there as the lift improved greatly
and I was able to climb at 300 fpm to 3,900'.


John was low in 50 fpm after making the turnpoint as I came in high. He drifted
back to where we had climbed before and climbed quickly as we decided to head
further south instead of back to Wilotree on our out and return task. The
conditions were much better than we expected. We met up heading to the next cu.


The lift under this next cu was weak at 100 fpm and I climbed to 2,900'. John
headed further south as I drifted back in the 5 to 7 mph south southeast wind.
Given the weak lift and low top of lift I decided the better idea was to head
back north under a cloud street. John didn't find anything to the south.


Wilotree was to the north northeast but the street was to the north northwest.
My thinking was get under the street, get back up and then head east to
Wilotree. John was 3 kilometers south of me upwind climbing at 150 fpm.


The street took me almost due west of Wilotree and the lift was quite weak. I
was only able to get to 2,100', not enough to make it over the swamps back to
Wilotree. John decided to head into the blue hole to the northeast toward
Wilotree seeing as the cu's I was under were too ragged.


Searching further under them did me no good and I was soon down to 1,000'
working weak sink with a few buzzards over Bay Lake road. It never got strong
enough to actually lift me up but I was near huge fields so I was comfortable
working it closer and closer to the ground.



John found weak lift in the blue and was able to make it back home while I
landed in a familiar field.


All in all it was a very pleasant day in the air with accommodating lift and
gentle conditions.



https://OzReport.com/1550671545
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