RAF Shawbury Gliding Club

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Forecast for Sat 7 May 22

A cold front passes through overnight and the early cloud will break up leaving a bright and sunny day.  In the light N wind it will feel warm with max temp reaching c17°C.  With no shade on the airfield sunscreen required!

If available, an on-the-day X-Section that provides a more up-to-date guide for will be published on the closed Messenger Ops Gp tomorrow morning.

Sunset is at 20:48.  General forecast from XCWeather https://www.xcweather.co.uk/forecast/Shawbury

To understand more about likely condition on the day follow this link http://rasp.stratus.org.uk/index.php/rasp-by-turn-point?tp=SHY and click on “Get Results”.

The Star Rating provides an indication of the quality of the soaring on the day. Anything over 0 is thermally active, and 3 Stars and above suggests good conditions for local soaring.

Given the upper wind strength and direction we may see some weak Wave set up over the area late in the day.

Head South for a 50km cross-country task.