Monday 8 July - optimistic

The front is finally through our location; some rain last night. If we reach 24 degrees, we should get lift along the Ottawa River to about 3,000' AGL, 1-2 kts after deducting sink rate of the gliders.  It's overcast right now but we hope that will burn off shortly. They're gridded on Runway 08; Handicapped Club Class is first, then the Handicapped FAI Class.  Club has no official days, FAI has one so far.

We expect lift to start when the temperature hits 24C.  There is a slight risk of thunderstorms, but that is likely to be east of the task area today.

When the "sniffer" launches, the task committee and line crew are very interested in his/her progress... Photo by Dan Duclos, 6 July.

Grid pic from Saturday just before the Cu started.  Looked like a nice soaring day... Runway 26 Pendleton.  Photo by Dan Duclos.

 

Here are the tasks; we are keeping them along an east - west line, with circles as large as we can make them to increase their ability to use the best lift they can find.  Grid time is 12:30.

 

The safety meeting was on the subject of the perils of contest finishes, based on an incident at the Canadian National Soaring Contest in 2009, given by Dan Daly.