RAF Shawbury Gliding Club

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Forecast for Sat 12 Mar 22

Overnight showers should clear leaving a breezy day with sunshine and cloud.  Winds SSW swinging through S to SSE by the end of the day, 10-15kts gusting to 25kts+ but remaining relatively mild with minimum temperature c9°C.  The on-the-day X-Section that provides a more up-to-date guide for SHY will be published on the closed Messenger Ops Gp tomorrow morning.

Sunset is at 18:09.  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 increasing wind strength later in the day, likely to see Wave conditions set up all day and increasing in strength later.