RAF Shawbury Gliding Club

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Forecast for Sat 24 Jun 23

A cloudy start perhaps with some patchy rain and drizzle. Becoming drier in the afternoon with cloud breaking up leaving sunny spells. It will feel warm and humid in the light SSW winds with max temp c26C but it will feel hotter on the airfield.  UV factor 6.   If available, an on-the-day X-Section or SkySight image that provides a more up-to-date guide will be published on the closed Messenger Ops Gp tomorrow morning.

Sunset is at 21:39.  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.  It will be thermic with a max forecast strength of 415fpm