Fire weather forecasters indicate a sea breeze will return abruptly this afternoon causing switching and gusty winds. Luckily I'm off work and what is bad for firefighting could be good for soaring. A possibility of convergence at Mount Diablo takes impeccable timing and of a lot of luck. I arrive early in the afternoon, hoping to get off the Tower ahead of a sea breeze, although I arrive just as the wind starts to blow West. Oh well, I quickly set up at Juniper, note a couple of dust devils, strong gusts and building wind. I cross my fingers and get off launch.
Once airborne I realize two things. One, I picked the right launch as it is certainly West and two, I am in sink. Before I know it I'm circling down over The Thousand Footer.
A gusty landing and an unintentional shoe ski to a stop atop the hill. Almost sweet convergence, just a little behind the curve.
1 comment:
Oh man, I know that feeling! I've missed the convergence train plenty of times. There's also times when the convergence just doesn't happen - the marine air just comes in and undercuts the thermal action, making everything stable. It could've been one of those days.
RM
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