johnpeace
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[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]I am looking at weather information, looking ahead to a longish XC I am planning for Saturday, from KGVL to [/font][font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]KBKL. We'll leave GVL in the morning to get to BKL for lunch, then return to GVL in the afternoon.[/font]
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We've been having typical August weather here (Georgia): hot, lots of moisture, enough instability to produce scattered CB in the afternoons, nice evenings.
Some days the tstorms are right on top of us, other days it really nice with big towering storms off in the distance..that may or may not move in later. In other words, some days have been flyable, with big gaps between the storms, others the tstorms have just been too many/too close together.
Now, on the prog charts, they're showing this low pressure/cold front
http://adds.aviationweather.gov/dat...hpc_48_fcst.gif
moving toward Cleveleand on Saturday. It stretches right across my route of flight.
After all the study for my written and oral and everything, I understand that this will/should produce thunderstorms in a band along that line, right? With clouds stretching out behind the frontal line. The faster moving it is, the more clouds nad more severe the storms.
Any of you seasoned weather pilots care to take a look at the progs and help me interpret them? I'm trying to learn here...as well as avoid launching on a trip that's going to put me in a big mess of storms after being in the plane for 3 hours. Tired, low-ish on fuel and having to fly an approach at an unfamiliar airport in crappy weather...as a newly minted instrument pilot. That sounds like a really bad way to get my ticket wet.
Then again, maybe that front isn't that severe and there'll just be isolated CB (like we've had here for a month) along the frontal line, and it's easy to get through and into Cleveland.
Like I said, I'd love to hear more from some of you guys that have a lot of experience with this stuff. It'll give the prog charts good context if I'm able to talk to a briefer and look at radar on Saturday and see what was forecast vs. what is actually out there...whether I go or don't go, I'll learn something.
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We've been having typical August weather here (Georgia): hot, lots of moisture, enough instability to produce scattered CB in the afternoons, nice evenings.
Some days the tstorms are right on top of us, other days it really nice with big towering storms off in the distance..that may or may not move in later. In other words, some days have been flyable, with big gaps between the storms, others the tstorms have just been too many/too close together.
Now, on the prog charts, they're showing this low pressure/cold front
http://adds.aviationweather.gov/dat...hpc_48_fcst.gif
moving toward Cleveleand on Saturday. It stretches right across my route of flight.
After all the study for my written and oral and everything, I understand that this will/should produce thunderstorms in a band along that line, right? With clouds stretching out behind the frontal line. The faster moving it is, the more clouds nad more severe the storms.
Any of you seasoned weather pilots care to take a look at the progs and help me interpret them? I'm trying to learn here...as well as avoid launching on a trip that's going to put me in a big mess of storms after being in the plane for 3 hours. Tired, low-ish on fuel and having to fly an approach at an unfamiliar airport in crappy weather...as a newly minted instrument pilot. That sounds like a really bad way to get my ticket wet.
Then again, maybe that front isn't that severe and there'll just be isolated CB (like we've had here for a month) along the frontal line, and it's easy to get through and into Cleveland.
Like I said, I'd love to hear more from some of you guys that have a lot of experience with this stuff. It'll give the prog charts good context if I'm able to talk to a briefer and look at radar on Saturday and see what was forecast vs. what is actually out there...whether I go or don't go, I'll learn something.
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