Dashing downwind

Tony,

Congratulations on a fine winter flight! Will be interested in hearing the story ... and comparison between TopMeteo, DrJack and XCSkies forecasts if you get to it.

Walt Rogers WX

Walt,

TopeMeteo was showing the cu field (and higher PFD associated with that to be further east. In fact until I saw the cu develop at the airport I was planning to angle North of Tulsa towards Ft Smaith Arkansas based in that forecast.

The Dr. Jack RAP was also showing that I would be in dry air. The NAM however seems to have reflected the cu reality the best.

Forecasting is tricky as you know. I did not spend a lot of time looking at the forecast due to time constraints. I was pretty busy the day before the flight getting the little things in order like charging batteries and figuring out where I put the total energy tube! Due to the early start we had a really early departure time from home so I only spent 15 minutes or so scanning the forecasts in the morning. By that point I already had everything in place to make the flight so I would just fly whatever weather presented itself.