RAF Shawbury Gliding Club

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Forecast for Sat 14 May 22

The dominating High continues its slow movement to the E.  Dry and sunny and feeling hot in the sunshine with a light W wind of 4-5kts and max temp c20°C but with no shade on the airfield it will feel hotter and and is sunscreen required!  Good conditions for soaring, particularly in the afternoon.

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 20:59.  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.

The forecast is good for a 50km cross-country task.