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| December 31 Happy New Year! | Sumas or stay home | raining until later, locally windy | 100% POP | 130° at 16 knots | -1.0°/1000 feet (inverted) |
No flying, low cloudbase and rain in town all day :-(
| December 30 | Sumas
| clear, locally windy
| 0% POP
| 120° at 16 knots
| -1.0°/1000 feet (inverted)
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It was blown out at Sumas after noon. Site of the Day page was not updated, because we were at Hemlock with no computer.
| December 29 | Sumas
| clear, locally windy
| 0% POP
| 120° at 12 knots
| -1.0°/1000 feet (inverted)
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Sumas was at its best! Carl launched first and had about 1:30 of sweet soaring, followed by Colleen, Ian J, Duncan, Rob S and myself. Everyone soared well above launch and as it got stronger later, we all headed out to land. The LZ was quite calm at about 500 feet - Jim
| December 28 | Sumas
| showers early, tapering later, cloudbase calculator shows only 2000 foot ceiling which could be a problem
| 60% POP
| 140° at 12 knots
| -1.0°/1000 feet (inverted)
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no pireps
| December 27 | Sumas
| Clear, showers possible later
| 30% POP
| 140° at 23 knots
| -1.0°/1000 feet (inverted)
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Colleen and I drove by Sumas LZ at around 1:00 pm and it was windy in the valley. No other pilots were there so we didn't bother driving up. It was definitely soarable based on the birds!
| December 26 | Sumas
| Clear
| 0% POP
| 130° at 18 knots
| -1.0°/1000 feet (inverted)
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Sumas Report - Ian J, Kevin A, Amir and Trevor flew Sumas, with Kevin getting 30 minutes of soaring. Trevor got trashed over the LZ but otherwise it was okay. | Grouse Report - Colleen and I weren't up to the drive to Sumas so we went to Grouse. It was bumpy leeside conditions with small trashy thermals but we survived - Jim December 25 | Merry Christmas! Sumas
| Clear
| 0% POP
| 130° at 16 knots
| -1.0°/1000 feet (inverted)
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Take tire chains. Ihor and Ian couldn't make it to the top and bailed on flying, although Ian said the winds were favourable.
| December 24
| Grouse
| Clear
| 0% POP
| 150° at 20 knots
| -1.0°/1000 feet (very stable)
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No flight reports but it looked good in the afternoon!
| December 23
| Sumas
| Clear and locally windy
| 0% POP
| 130° at 16 knots
| -1.5°/1000 feet (very stable)
|
Sumas Report - Colleen, Kelly and Ian J flew Sumas in no wind for sled rides, forecasted upper level winds were wrong yet again! We made it to the parking area but required chains because it is very icy. On the way down there were many stuck vehicles. Launch has 20 cms of hard snow. | December 22
| Stay Home or go kiting
| Clear and locally windy
| 20% POP
| 150° at 28 knots
| -1.5°/1000 feet (very stable)
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It wasn't windy in town, but Hope was howling for most of the day 090°@15Knots/Gusting 25Knots.
| December 21
| Woodside
| Flurries
| 60% POP
| 170° at 8 knots
| -1.5°/1000 feet (very stable)
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A bit of snow, otherwise it looked flyable - Jim
| December 20
| Sumas
| Clear
| 0% POP
| 130° at 8 knots
| -1.5°/1000 feet (very stable)
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Went paramotoring in Surrey, light wind at altitude. Colleen flew in from Victoria and the pilot said there was SW flow over the water so Grouse might have been good - Jim
| Grouse Report - It was beautiful up on Grouse this afternoon. Thomas and I got to the top of Grouse at 2:30 where it was bright, sunny, and no wind. The view of the Capilano valley, especially the Lions, are really pretty at this time of year when they are all covered in snow. When we got to the peak it was blowing up lightly, and the snow was packed just enough to make running easy... Perfect. Thomas flew first and then myself. Very light thermals out in front of the mountain, gave us nice flights. I find the Bagheera feels every little movement in the air, and lets you interpret it easily. Makes me feel like I'm kind of cheating when I fly it. Awesome glider, good flight. - Justin December 19
| Woodside
| Clearing by noon
| 20% POP
| light and variable to 6000 feet!
| -2.5°/1000 feet (unstable)
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Woodside Report - when we arrived at launch at 3:00 pm, it was blowing strong over the back so we went paramotoring instead - Jim | Nova Scotia Report - Well after finally getting my glider back after it was lost in transit, ready to get some flying in. But one of those famous Nor'easters blew through yesterday so too windy to even think about it right now. Hope the flying is better on the Wet Coast! - Nicole December 18
| Stay Home!
| Rain developing this morning. Wind southeast 40 to 60 km/h
becoming westerly 30 to 50 km/h in the afternoon. High 6.
| 100% POP
| 220° at 22 knots
| -2.0°/1000 feet (stable)
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Rain all day
| December 17
| Still more Christmas Shopping!
| rain
| 60% POP
| 220° at 22 knots
| -3.0°/1000 feet (very UN-stable)
|
Rain all day, some snow
| December 16
| Go Christmas Shoppng
| rain & snow
| 100% POP
| 200° at 26 knots
| -1.0°/1000 feet (very stable)
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It was ugly out! Time get housework and Christmas stuff done, I don't know how people get ready for Christmas at flying sites that are flyable 360 days a year - Jim
| December 15
| Go Christmas Present Hunting
| rain & snow
| 100% POP
| 170° at 26 knots
| -1.5°/1000 feet (very stable)
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| Woodside (on a long shot) or Stay Home
| Wind Warnings to 66 kms/hr
| 0% POP
| 310° at 18 knots
| -2.5°/1000 feet (un-stable)
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Woodside Report - it calmed down on the ground at Woodside around 3:00 pm, but no one flew. Lots of new snow reported to below 3000 feet.
| December 13
| Stay Home
| rain
| 100% POP
| 210° at 21 knots
| -2.0°/1000 feet (stable)
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Snorkel weather all day
| December 12
| Woodside or Stay Home
| snow
| 50% POP
| 180° at 12 knots
| -2.5°/1000 feet (a bit unstable)
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Bad call yesterday, I hope no one wasted a trip to the Valley!
| December 11
| Stay Home | (or go to Sumas if you are desperate) light rain
| 60% POP
| 090° at 10 knots
| -1.5°/1000 feet (stable)
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It looked marvellous out there yesterday afternoon, did anyone fly?? Sumas might have been good!
| December 10
| Stay Home
| rain
| 100% POP
| 310° at 28 knots
| -2.0°/1000 feet (standard lapse rate)
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| See what happened this time last year December 2000 Site of the Day archives (great month for airtime!) Check the FlyBC Used Page for fall sale specials! We have many new gliders in stock.APCO Presta (all new DHV 1-2 glider) - with closed valve system new for 2002! New Pictures on the used page every day. December 9
| Woodside
| sunny
| 0% POP =
| 270° at 10 knots
| -2.5°/1000 feet (unstable, good lapse rate)
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Woodside Report - Yeahh Baby! 9 PGers and 2 HGers braved the cold to soar Woodside. I was the first wind dummy, launching at 12:00 noon, to find little penetration as I headed out, so I headed over the back and landed to the east, followed by Rob S who made it to the Crash Pad but had little penetration until 1000 feet AGL. About 2 hours later the remaining pilots launched and soared for 60-90 minutes, some personal best filghts were had! Where was Justin K?? You missed all the fun - Jim
| December 8
| Stay Home
| rain heavy at times inland
| 100% POP later
| windy
| -2.0°/1000 feet
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rain all day
| December 7
| Blanchard
| rain heavy at times inland, towering CU observed at Hope Airport
| 60% POP later
| 190° at 19 knots
| -1.5°/1000 feet (very stable)
|
No pireps - light wind on the coast - Jim
| December 6
| Stay Home
| flurries, becoming windy
| 90% POP
| 270° at 33 knots
| 2°/1000 feet (standard)
|
Saw some blue sky in Vancouver, but the mountains were socked in - Jim
| December 5
| Woodside
| low cloud and fog until after noon
| 20% POP
| 190° at 10 knots
| -2°/1000 feet (standard)
|
Allan and Ian were keen to go fly Woodside until 11:00 am when the valley OD'ed and cloudbase dropped to 600 feet AGL.
| December 4
| Stay Home
| rain and snow later this afternoon, locally windy
| 40% POP
| 270° at 10 knots
| -2°/1000 feet (standard)
|
| Rain, snow and low cloud base all day. When the mountains appeared they looked very pretty. Hemlock Resort opens this weekend for skiing/boarding and flying fun - stay tuned - Jim December 3
| Woodside
| rain and snow later this afternoon, be prepared to hike the last 500 feet.
| 30% POP
| 270° at 10 knots
| -2°/1000 feet (standard)
|
Woodside Report - only Allan D flew, it was quite strong and weird according to Ian J. They were able to drive to the parking area, but there is probably a lot of new snow overnight so be get ready to hike.
| December 2
| Sumas
| Clearing, locally windy
| 10% POP
| 090° at 11-19 knots
| -2°/1000 feet (standard)
|
Sumas Report - lots of snow and stuck trucks on the way up according to Ian and Nicole. They gave up trying to get up because it looked too windy. Three HGers were soaring the mountain however, no reports of any PGers flying.
| December 1
| Stay Home one more day!
| windy with rain
| 90% POP
| 170° at 45 knots
| -2°/1000 feet (standard)
|
Rain all day, very windy. Got started on our retaining wall finally after 3 years, not too much progress so got to keep working on it Sunday! - Jim
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November 2001 Site of the Day archives pretty stable locally, had some good days at Woodside +2 hours, lots of rain later in the month.
