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I will second the brown lenses.
Frank Owain Walters wrote: To echo what John said, they are very common in the UK. I think the biggest aid to help you see them will be the type of sunglasses you have. I use Oakley Eye Jackets with brown lenses and they are excellent for Haze Caps and cloud definition. Owain At 12:42 24 June 2005, Hl Falbaum wrote: They are common here in Georgia, USA (Southeastern USA) in the summer. We too have haze on high pressure summer days, with dewpoints in the 55-65 F days. Haze 'domes' are best seen when near the inversion level but when you need a thermal, you are not there! They can be seen at all heights, but are best described as 'haze clumps (or clusters)' and only when 'backlighted' by the sun. They can be seen without sunglasses, and moderate blue blocking helps. Polarization is OK if your canopy is perfect. Otherwise, the tress areas in the plastic can be confusing. It is not unusual to see a haze clump become a small Cu if there is enough moisture. -- Hartley Falbaum 'John Galloway' wrote in message ... Haze domes are very commonly visible in the hazy UK on high pressure days. They can be seen from the ground if the inversion is low early in the day. In the air they are easily seen from within a couple of thousand feet of the inversion. You need some haze and a thermal to form a dome and to be looking in the right direction more or less into sun for them to be clearly visible. On an XC course about 12 ago Andy Davis told us that when he was flying on a difficult blue day in the wrong direction for the haze domes to be visible he spent a lot of time looking back over his shoulder for the thermals behind him to line them up or, if necessary, to turn back to one. John Galloway At 17:42 23 June 2005, Roger Kelly wrote: Any 'haze dome' experts out there? Last weekend we had two blue days and having read Bob Wander's 'The Art of Thermaling .. Made Easy' in which he states that haze domes can be seen from the ground, I spent a lot of my time both on the ground and in flight looking for them. No doubt conditions have to be just right for them to be seen, but I have yet to see one, or recognize one. Can anyone describe what a haze dome looks like. From the air ... from the ground? Are they more visable in dry or humid conditions? Are they a rare phenomenon or relatively frequent? Would they only be visable if there was a low inversion level? -- Roger Kelly to reply replace the IP address above with ceressenior.com |
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