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
SOARABLE DAYS:   54  .......      CUMULATIVE   SCORE :
 68
MARCH
SOARABLE  DAYS:      8       ..........         MONTHLY CUMULATIVE SCORE:  
  11
  2008
WHAT  KIND(S)  OF  LIFT     ...........     HOW  STRONG,   HOW  HIGH,   HOW  LATE
DAILY
Mar 10
ditto
 +1
Mar  9
lite easterly with 2-4kt thermals (real softies) to 8K
 +1
Mar  8
WNW wind: some therms, some ridge - & bow wave to above 13K
 +2
Mar  7
ditto again:  4kt therms over 2nd ridge, to above 8K
 +1
Mar  6
ditto, but then strangely cloudy, PM
   0
Mar  5
ditto
 +1
Mar  4
would have been thermals, + probable ridge lift & bow wave
 +1
Mar  3
ditto, but weaker.
 +1
Mar  2
strong NE wind, ridge lift to 10K & tremendous bow wave to 13K
 +3
Mar  1
strong west wind, very good ridge lift early, but then clouded down...
   0

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