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The SCORE goes like this:
+3 = GREAT soaring
+2 = GOOD soaring
+1 = weak soaring
0 = unsoarable
-1 = unflyable
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Daily Log of Soarability
2008
On the days we don't fly our informed guesses appear in BLUE.
This log reads from bottom to top, so we can see recent days first.
Scroll to bottom of page for graphic representations of the entire year.
2008
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SOARABLE DAYS: 54 ....... CUMULATIVE SCORE :
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68
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MARCH
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SOARABLE DAYS: 8 .......... MONTHLY CUMULATIVE SCORE:
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11
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2008
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WHAT KIND(S) OF LIFT ........... HOW STRONG, HOW HIGH, HOW LATE
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DAILY
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Mar 10
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ditto
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+1
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Mar 9
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lite easterly with 2-4kt thermals (real softies) to 8K
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+1
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Mar 8
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WNW wind: some therms, some ridge - & bow wave to above 13K
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+2
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Mar 7
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ditto again: 4kt therms over 2nd ridge, to above 8K
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+1
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Mar 6
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ditto, but then strangely cloudy, PM
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0
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Mar 5
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ditto
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+1
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Mar 4
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would have been thermals, + probable ridge lift & bow wave
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+1
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Mar 3
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ditto, but weaker.
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+1
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Mar 2
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strong NE wind, ridge lift to 10K & tremendous bow wave to 13K
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+3
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Mar 1
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strong west wind, very good ridge lift early, but then clouded down...
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0
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FEBRUARY
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SOARABLE DAYS: 20 .......... MONTHLY CUMULATIVE SCORE:
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28
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2008
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WHAT KIND(S) OF LIFT ........... HOW STRONG, HOW HIGH, HOW LATE
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DAILY
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Feb 29
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ditto, but better thermals: 2-4kts to 9,500
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+2
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Feb 28
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ditto WX - weak convergence thermals to 8K
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+1
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Feb 27
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very fine weather, but cicling birds climbed slowly, & not very high
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0
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Feb 26
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lite east breeze, maybe some nibbly thermals, but nothing much
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0
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Feb 25
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(we did have a couple thermals climbs, but) not really 'soarable'
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0
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Feb 24
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huge wave, 13kts @ 14K - but we'll downgrade it for turbulence
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+2
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Feb 23
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more wave: odd stuff with occasional very strong turbulence
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+1
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Feb 22
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ditto, with lines of wind-blown thermals, 6+kts to above 7,500 ft.
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+1
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Feb 21
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wave, again, all day, improving late (nobody flew...)
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+1
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Feb 20
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wave, dying all day, then low thermals, & a storm late in the day
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+1
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Feb 19
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wave all day
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+2
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Feb 18
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ditto again, good to 8K, & until 4:00 p.m.
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+1
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Feb 17
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ditto, but a smidge better
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+1
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Feb 16
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calm & balmy, minimal slope thermals, to 8K
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+1
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Feb 15
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no therms, but great bow wave: strong & steady with # harmonix
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+2
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Feb 14
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best soaring day of this winter: ridge, bow wave therms to 11K!
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+3
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Feb 13
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strong west wind, probly some good junk in the mts, but we'll be modest:
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0
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Feb 12
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NE wind: maybe some ridge lift, but nobody flew, so...
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0
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Feb 11
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ditto again
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+1
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Feb 10
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ditto, but weaker
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+1
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Feb 9
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ditto, but better
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+1
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Feb 8
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ditto, but with thermals south of the 2nd ridge to above 7,500 feet
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+1
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Feb 7
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calm, warm, & quiet
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0
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Feb 6
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WNW wind (probably good like Feb 1), but no one flew, so...
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0
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Feb 5
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sunny & calm
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0
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Feb 4
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thermals, 2-6kts to 7,500' - and lots of it
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+2
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Feb 3
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huge wave & mostly sunny, but it was a full-on blow-out.
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-1
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Feb 2
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ditto - good to 12,500
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+2
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Feb 1
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marginal ridge lift into wave, 2+kts to above 11K
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+2
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JANUARY
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SOARABLE DAYS: 19 .......... MONTHLY CUMULATIVE SCORE:
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27
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2008
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WHAT KIND(S) OF LIFT ........... HOW STRONG, HOW HIGH, HOW LATE
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DAILY
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Jan 31
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sunny, calm and warm for January, but no lift
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0
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Jan 30
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west wind: clouds showed signs of ridge lift & 'micro' wave
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+1
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Jan 29
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nice day, calm, no lift
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0
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Jan 28
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great wave all day - but too windy till late PM (could have flown then...)
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0
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Jan 27
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sunny till 1PM, then clouding down with showers - huge crosswind all day
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-1
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Jan 26
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wave, dying, then scraps of junk (convergence & weak thermals)
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+1
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Jan 25
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low clouds all day - clearing in desert PM, but wave was unreachable
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0
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Jan 24
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ditto. Occasionally obscured by snow squalls, but flyable all day
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+1
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Jan 23
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classic wave, not big & strong, + thermals: for this time of year, a
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+2
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Jan 22
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mostly cloudy, no wind
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0
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Jan 21
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ridge, wave (improving), and thermals up to 8K late in the PM
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+2
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Jan 20
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wave, improving all day, 6kts @ 14K
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+2
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Jan 19
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weak thermals over south-facing slopes - barely soarable, but...
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0
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Jan 18
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ditto (not quite as good, because of interference from bow wave)
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+1
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Jan 17
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more northerly winds aloft & ridge lift to above 9K
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+1
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Jan 16
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ditto but surely strong & high (lenticulars above & north of mts)
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+1
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Jan 15
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probly ditto
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+1
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Jan 14
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ditto, but better: ridge lift to 9K & bow wave above that
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+1
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Jan 13
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northerly aloft: ridge lift & bow wave early, gradually decreasing
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0
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Jan 12
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ditto
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+1
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Jan 11
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thermals on south-facing slopes, weak to about 8,000 feet
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+1
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Jan 10
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ratty thermals up into ridge lift up into bow wave, to 10K
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+1
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Jan 9
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ditto
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0
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Jan 8
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no one around - probably not much
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0
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Jan 7
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ditto ditto
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+2
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Jan 6
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ditto again, should/could have flown, but...
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+2
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Jan 5
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ditto wave - opened up, even though 'they' predicted it wouldn't
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+3
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Jan 4
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more classic wave (10 kts), gradually clouding down late
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+2
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Jan 3
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big wave - high to get into, but unlimited
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+2
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Jan 2
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sunny & sweet, but calm & flat
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0
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Jan 1
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Lite breeze & cloudy w/ a flat temperature gradient, so probly nothing much
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0
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The first bar graph below is the same information as above.
Remember: blue represents the days we did not fly.
Bottom graph shows how many days of each category in each month.
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