Round the Green Swamp in February

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Round the Green Swamp in February

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<div id="1614392857"><i>This global warming thing is working out</i><br><p>The morning update forecast for Friday</p><p>A Green Swamp Day</p><p>Larry Bunner writes:</p><p class="BN">Slight inversion at 11:00 that stops lift at 2400'. Inversion breaks by noon with TOL at 5300'. When we see clouds we should go even if it is at 11:30. The winds at noon per skew T are ESE at 4kts at the surface going to zero above 4000'.<br> 1:00 SE at 3kts going more south at 3 kts up high tol 5700'<br> 2:00 SE at 4kts southerly up high at 4kts tol 6000'<br> 3:00 SSE 4-6knts tol 6000'<br> 4:00 SSE 7-9knts 6200' so perhaps we go clockwise around the swamp<br> 5:00 SSE 7-11knts 5800'</p><p class="BN">NAM12 and RAP show convergence on the west side of the swamp slowly migrating east with good clouds over the entire area</p><p class="BN">Looks like swamp day to me.</p><p>NWS:</p><p class="BN">Today</p><p class="BN">Sunny, with a high near 85. Calm wind becoming south southeast around 5 mph in the afternoon.</p><p class="BN">Hourly in the afternoon: South southeast surface wind 5-6 mph here at Wilotree Park.</p><p>HRRR 3:</p><p class="BN">Southeast surface wind at 1 PM: 3 mph, 2000' southeast 4 mph, 4,000' 3 mph south southeast</p><p class="BN">TOL at 1 PM: 5,700'</p><p class="BN">Updraft Velocity at 1 PM: 620 fpm</p><p class="BN">TOL at noon: 5,100'</p><p class="BN">Updraft Velocity at noon: 540 fpm</p><p class="BN">4000' winds at 4 PM at Dade City: south 7 mph</p><p>Task:</p><p>Quest 3 km<br> T98471 3 km<br> T7598 7 km<br> Quest 400m</p><p>FAI triangle</p><p>94 km</p><p>This is our clockwise around the Swamp task back to Wilotree Park.</p><p><img border="0" src="../pub/images/22621flight.JPG" width="654" height="623" style="width:auto;height:auto;max-width:100%"></p><p>Larry Bunner was watching the cu's forming and had been looking forward to launching at noon, which he did when there were enough cu's forming nearby. Most pilots were waiting for stronger conditions and a later launch. I waited for 50 minutes and then had Jim Prahl haul me to the south to 2,900' where I connected with some cu's and climbed at 300 fpm to 4,700'.</p><p>The sky was not full of cu's but they were around. The wind was out of the southeast at 4 to 6 mph. I headed toward Larry who was just north of the Seminole Glider port. I got there at 1,600' while Larry was above me at 3,000' and climbing.</p><p>The lift was broken and it was a struggle at less than 200 fpm to get only up to 2,800'. Heading south southeast and down to 1,400' it was again a struggle to only get back to 2,800' again at 200 fpm. The lift was broken up. Larry was further south and doing much better. Everyone else was now launching after 1 PM.</p><p>Heading further south it was not going well. Down to 600' AGL I finally found some scraps of lift and held on looking for better landing areas. There was an 8 mph wind out of the east southeast.</p><p>I kept hanging on and searching for better nearby and going over the trees but with a landing field to the south. The lift kept improving and being more consistent. I drifted back a few kilometers but finally climbed to 4,500' and saw Pedro Garcia, John Simon, and Robin Hamilton to my west a couple of kilometers at my elevation.</p><p>Heading to the south side of the Green Swamp gliding into a 9 mph south head wind I hooked up with Pedro and John and we climbed to 4,900'. Pedro had to turn around and go back to Wilotree Park because he had tandems to do.</p><p>It was a short glide to the next cu and we climbed to 5,900'. Robin Hamilton had come in underneath us.</p><p>The next glide was 11 kilometers to the southeast corner of the Green Swamp, the last place where you need to get high before cross over the swamp to the first turnpoint. John found something just below and behind me and we were able to climb to 4,800' with a 6 mph southwest wind pushing us back a little.</p><p>Down to 2,100' just near the turnpoint I climbed back up as John found better lift to the north and topped out at 5,200' with a 7 mph south wind pushing us up the course line to the second turnpoint.</p><p>With that nice tail wind it was extremely easy to head north. I quickly caught back up with John and climbed to 6,000' at 400 fpm. Robin was just behind us.</p><p>There were some good looking clouds in the 7 kilometer radius turnpoint further north and I took them to 5,100'. We could hear from Larry that he had been struggling at the turnpoint and not getting up, but as we got close he finally was able to climb up. The wind was 8 mph out of the southwest, a tail wind to get us home.</p><p>We would normally head straight east across the Green Swamp toward Wilotree Park but we were at less than 4,000' on the western edge. With the wind direction and the cloud spacing we heading east northeast toward open landing fields and highway 50, as well as the inviting cu's. I was able to climb to 5,200' under them.</p><p>After that thermal the lift was weak along highway 50. The wind was out of the southwest at 9 mph, but I could continue to the east northeast. Coming over the huge nursery north of highway 50 and Mascotte, I just settled into ubiquitous 70 fpm and climbed to 3,900'which gave me an easy 9 km cross wind glide to Wilotree.</p><p>Larry, John, Robin, and I made it around. Others abandoned and returned to the flight park. Pedro had to go to work. A few landed out. A busy day at Paradise Airsports.</p><p>Tomorrow the winds are stronger out of the south southeast and we may have to fly a downwind task.</p></div>
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Given how many people have died in unprecedented Texas ice storms, I hope your glib "global warming" comment was sarcasm. If not, as Greta Thunberg said, HOW DARE YOU push your political agenda on the graves of the dead. Yeah, I know: you'll invent some pseudo-science that claims the US ice storms were a result of global warming - hot equals cold, right? And you guys say it's US who are conspiracy theorists.

No one is trying to prove there is no global warming: the planet has been warming for 22,000 years since the last Ice Age. The question is: Is global warming something to fear, as one side maintains, or is it beneficial? I'll bet the families of the dead in the pileup photo wish the Earth was a little warmer. At one time glaciers inhabited about half of what is now the United States, so obviously global warming has been BENEFICIAL to this point. Each year vastly more humans die from cold than from heat; clearly, as NASA Climatologist Roy Spencer says, "The Earth would benefit from being a little warmer yet." Yeah, I know: you can cite bogus web pages slandering Roy Spencer, despite his credentials and accomplishments. If you can't win the argument, attack the messenger, right?

So please Climate Change zealots, go visit the families of the dead in this pileup and the 30 others in recent weeks, and tell them how Climate Change should be their greatest worry.
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Wow.... that was a convoluted response if I ever saw one.
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Always enjoy reading your Wilotree Park aero-towing adventures. No dodgy radio malfunctions for a change, :D Happy to finally give $A 30.00 , especially to keep this Forum going.

Since most information media these days is increasingly about pushing their corporate masters agendas, many people worldwide need to break free from their " numb bubble".
If not for our shared flora and fauna in the biosphere, at least for our children's sake. Why are so many so easily sucked in?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPazn1XNDQI
We are all in the gutter,but some of us are looking at the stars. MT.

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