RAF Shawbury Gliding Club

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Forecast for Sat 30 Apr 22

A bright but cold start to the day.  Sunny skies with broken cloud in the morning but becoming cloudier during the afternoon with, perhaps, an isolated shower arriving later. The light S wind will veer SW during the afternoon with max temp c14 °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 20:36.  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.

May see weak Wave late in the afternoon

Conditions for a 50km Silver distance task look excellent.