Region 9 Super region first day Hobbs 2017

Region 9 First day TAT of 3 hrs. Start B Tatum-5 miles, Littlefield-25 miles, Seagraves-20 miles, Lovington-1 mile Hobbs finish. Good weather major chance thunderstorms tonight, worst than we got around 11 pm last night. 

Thursday 06/22 0% / 0 in

Sunny. Near record high temperatures. High 104F. Winds S at 5 to 10 mph.

 DrJack (www.drjack.info/BLIP) miniBLIPSPOT
        Lat,Lon= 33.27,-102.73 (288,147)
 Jun 22 - NAM
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 VALID.TIME     18z    21z  VALID.TIME 
 ForecastPd      6h     9h  ForecastPd 
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         W*     494    656  W*         
Sfc.Heating     409    345  Sfc.Heating
      Hcrit    6482  12127  Hcrit      
   BL Depth    4020  11154  BL Depth   
     BL Top    7684  14818  BL Top     
Hgt.Variab.    1996   5026  Hgt.Variab.
  B/S Ratio       9     27  B/S Ratio  
    BL Wind      10      4  BL Wind    
  Direction     255    303  Direction  
 Wind Shear      13     19  Wind Shear 
Max.Converg       1      2  Max.Converg
      CUpot   -3652   1508  CUpot      
     CUbase   11337  13311  CUbase     
      ODpot   -6343  -1972  ODpot      
     ODbase   14027  16790  ODbase     
      maxRH      46     58  maxRH      
       CAPE     329    919  CAPE       
    Temp@2m    92.9  100.6  Temp@2m    

1st Contest Day USA Club Class Nationals 2017

A lot of talk at task committee meeting but Plan A called is AT of 226 miles. Start B, Crossroads, Andrews, Lovington,  Hobbs finish. Plan B knick off Lovington. Weather brief was 12,000 msl ish cloud bases, real good soaring Hobbs area within 50 or so ish miles Hobbs.  I didn't do pilots meeting.

Grid 12 noon, first launch 12:15. Day should last till 7 pm but weaker after 5:30 or so.

Tuesday 06/20 0% / 0 in

Some clouds this morning will give way to generally sunny skies for the afternoon. High 97F. Winds ESE at 5 to 10 mph.

DrJack (www.drjack.info/BLIP) miniBLIPSPOT
        Lat,Lon= 33.01,-102.94 (286,144)
 Jun 20 - NAM
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 VALID.TIME     18z    21z  VALID.TIME 
 ForecastPd      6h     9h  ForecastPd 
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         W*     608    631  W*         
Sfc.Heating     405    369  Sfc.Heating
      Hcrit    9308  10669  Hcrit      
   BL Depth    7580   9322  BL Depth   
     BL Top   11238  12980  BL Top     
Hgt.Variab.    1682   3719  Hgt.Variab.
  B/S Ratio      20     23  B/S Ratio  
    BL Wind       5      5  BL Wind    
  Direction     157    117  Direction  
 Wind Shear       6     18  Wind Shear 
Max.Converg      -2      3  Max.Converg
      CUpot    2258   1594  CUpot      
     CUbase    8981  11386  CUbase     
      ODpot   -2122  -1374  ODpot      
     ODbase   13360  14354  ODbase     
      maxRH      81     72  maxRH      
       CAPE    2253   1645  CAPE       
    Temp@2m    90.3     96  Temp@2m 

Best #711.

2017 USA Club Class 2nd practice day 6/19/17

 Task committee met at 9 am with a phone brief by the weatherman. Task called is on the SSA website thru remote scorer. 10 am pilots meeting with a slideshow which CD put together(stayed up till 4 am doing this) went well. 12-noon pilot meeting called when task sheets will be passed out.

Monday 06/19 0% / 0 in

Cloudy skies early, followed by partial clearing. High 89F. Winds E at 5 to 10 mph.

Center of task area.

DrJack (www.drjack.info/BLIP) miniBLIPSPOT
        Lat,Lon= 33.53,-102.98 (286,149)
 Jun 19 - NAM
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 VALID.TIME     18z    21z  VALID.TIME 
 ForecastPd      6h     9h  ForecastPd 
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         W*     311    532  W*         
Sfc.Heating     187    401  Sfc.Heating
      Hcrit    5067   7593  Hcrit      
   BL Depth    2200   5147  BL Depth   
     BL Top    6095   9043  BL Top     
Hgt.Variab.    1840    981  Hgt.Variab.
  B/S Ratio       6      9  B/S Ratio  
    BL Wind       9     10  BL Wind    
  Direction     084    099  Direction  
 Wind Shear       3      5  Wind Shear 
Max.Converg       3     -5  Max.Converg
      CUpot     598   2240  CUpot      
     CUbase    5497   6803  CUbase     
      ODpot   -1311     -8  ODpot      
     ODbase    7406   9051  ODbase     
      maxRH      98     88  maxRH      
       CAPE    1775   3428  CAPE       
    Temp@2m    76.5   84.7  Temp@2m    

Below are random pics from the morning meeting with the last several added weather from our briefing. 

 John Seaborn A8 and below added pics before launch. HA reported 6.5 kt climb right after release and CD started the launch at 13:15. Task opened 14:15 ish. Still a 3 hr. TAT. The task on SSA website or SSA tracker/Glideport.Aero.

Maybe more pics from the grid and day later toward evening. Enjoy.

Best. #711.

USA Club Class Nationals 1st Practice day 6/18/17

Cancelled. This happened because nothing was found at the party that had any entertainment value.

Mostly Cloudy			79°F Feels Like: 81°
Wind Chill:	79°		Ceiling:	2900
Heat Index:	81°		Visibility:	10mi
Dew Point:	60°		Wind:	19mph
Humidity:	52%		Direction:	20°NNE
Pressure:	29.79"		Gusts:	27mph
Raw METAR from closest station (KHOB):KHOB 181850Z 02018G24KT 10SM BKN029 27/16 A3000 DrJack (www.drjack.info/BLIP) miniBLIPSPOT Lat,Lon= 32.72,-103.17 (284,142) Jun 18 - NAM --------------------------------------- VALID.TIME 18z 21z VALID.TIME ForecastPd 6h 9h ForecastPd --------------------------------------- W* 282 288 W* Sfc.Heating 114 133 Sfc.Heating Hcrit 4974 4894 Hcrit BL Depth 2700 2457 BL Depth BL Top 6398 6155 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 624 418 Hgt.Variab. B/S Ratio 2 3 B/S Ratio BL Wind 25 20 BL Wind Direction 033 031 Direction Wind Shear 8 3 Wind Shear Max.Converg -2 -3 Max.Converg CUpot 1452 585 CUpot CUbase 4946 5571 CUbase ODpot 809 -7906 ODpot ODbase 5589 14061 ODbase maxRH 99 99 maxRH CAPE 629 4 CAPE Temp@2m 71.4 70.1 Temp@2m

Pilots meeting below was well attended. CD gave a good, well, very good briefing including weather. Day cancelled as most, well, everyone understood. Tomorrow, Monday, we most likely will fly. 

 

LS 1F " HA" going together as we are using the hanger for weighing today. 

In the above picture, left side on top of sheepskin,  new total energy probe covers have just come in to Wings and Wheels. Look really nice to keep your probe in.

All together so let's check the weight. Handicap will be adjusted according for all cub class gliders.

Not all are here yet.

Tomorrow afternoon, Lovington area  below.

DrJack (www.drjack.info/BLIP) miniBLIPSPOT
        Lat,Lon= 33.00,-103.40 (283,145)
 Jun 19 - NAM
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 VALID.TIME     18z    21z  VALID.TIME 
 ForecastPd     30h    33h  ForecastPd 
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         W*     492    506  W*         
Sfc.Heating     408    380  Sfc.Heating
      Hcrit    6781   7285  Hcrit      
   BL Depth    3978   4653  BL Depth   
     BL Top    7974   8649  BL Top     
Hgt.Variab.     393    520  Hgt.Variab.
  B/S Ratio      10     11  B/S Ratio  
    BL Wind       9      8  BL Wind    
  Direction     057    083  Direction  
 Wind Shear       2     11  Wind Shear 
Max.Converg       3      3  Max.Converg
      CUpot   -1384  -1263  CUpot      
     CUbase    9359   9912  CUbase     
      ODpot   -6284  -5564  ODpot      
     ODbase   14258  14213  ODbase     
      maxRH      72     67  maxRH      
       CAPE       0    238  CAPE       
    Temp@2m    81.6   85.5  Temp@2m    

Best. #711.

Pre Club Class Nationals and Region 9 Friday 6/16/17

After Region 5 Perry I headed back to Alamogordo. Weather has not been user friendly but have had several good flights. So a few days ago I decided to head over to Hobbs a few days early as am flying the Region 9 FAI class contest.  Was thinking that McAdams park might fill up(had only 3 campers here when I pulled in) and the ramp space  could be getting crowded. Hmmmm.........about that ramp space.........click the pic....make it big.

This is looking SE. That's Steve doing tow ropes. It's 3 pmish.

 The above is looking North West ish.

 Yes, my trailer and  Goldwing. Nice CU's looking North ish.

Build up looking South. Notice the ramp and grid, it's already been prepped and blown clean.

Sam and Penny Giltner, 5U, are here. Sam's helping Steve do tow ropes. A tow plane might show up from TSA around noon ish tomorrow. Hope so, it looks like a great day. 5U is a motor glider, so he is planning on flying. No bugs....nor  rain....maybe windy in a few days. Tomorrow is hotter than today. Today we have a heat alert only for 106...to...115. But it's dry heat...Yada Yada Doooo.

 Looks like we have 44 total between the Club Class and Regional. We have 4 tow planes and a chance for a fifth. I have become the O2 guy as the O2 tanks just were delivered and plumbing has been reinstalled.

Tomorrow's forecast below.....Hobbs is going BIG and  seriously me needs a tow!..........I'll post some more pictures and day's events as long as my friend "The Helium" can control that mad leprechaun.

DrJack (www.drjack.info/BLIP) miniBLIPSPOT
        Lat,Lon= 33.10,-103.41 (283,145)
 Jun 17 - NAM
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 VALID.TIME     18z    21z  VALID.TIME 
 ForecastPd     24h    27h  ForecastPd 
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         W*     730    729  W*         
Sfc.Heating     311    294  Sfc.Heating
      Hcrit   16777  17465  Hcrit      
   BL Depth   16480  17372  BL Depth   
     BL Top   20476  21368  BL Top     
Hgt.Variab.    1856   2006  Hgt.Variab.
  B/S Ratio      16     14  B/S Ratio  
    BL Wind       8      9  BL Wind    
  Direction     306    282  Direction  
 Wind Shear      10      2  Wind Shear 
Max.Converg      -5      3  Max.Converg
      CUpot     364   -351  CUpot      
     CUbase   20113  21720  CUbase     
      ODpot   -4790  -4828  ODpot      
     ODbase   25266  26196  ODbase     
      maxRH      48     45  maxRH      
       CAPE       0      0  CAPE       
    Temp@2m   102.3  105.1  Temp@2m    

Best. Tom #711.