John Simon and Greg Dinauer went for it in light conditions with a
5 - 10 mph south southeast winds on December 16th.

XCSkies HRRR- 3km model forecasted a 7 mph surface tail wind (10
mph at 2000') and lift conditions at 400 - 500 fpm (climb rates of 200 - 300
fpm, with cloud base at 3,000' - 4,000' at 2 PM. The forecasted cloud base
(cumulus clouds) would rise to 4.000' to 5,000' by 4 PM (sunset was 5:30 PM).

John and Greg were flying in a sky full of cu's that guided them from Wilotree
Park to the Leeward private air field (not landing at the field itself), 40
miles. They followed the clouds on the east side of highway 301 west of the
Villages. They were quite a bit west of the direct line show below (we always go
west of that line to stay out of Leesburg airspace).