Monday 30th. The depression that had crossed the south of the UK on Sunday left the site in a light to moderate E'ly, this slowly veering into the SE and strengthening to light to moderate over the course of the day. The initial cap of cloud over the north end of runway 02 slowly lifted […] Read More...
Friday 27th. The cold, light to moderate, SE'ly flow continued around the high pressure, with the result it was another ice day at Sutton, the temperature never getting above zero. More importantly the airmass provided low and extensive cloud that shrouded the hill all day and prevented any flying. Saturday 28th. An Atlantic front eventually make […] Read More...
Sunday 22nd. The continuation of high pressure domination of the UK weather, or at least that part affecting Sutton Bank, meant another day of light to moderate winds, this time from the SE, and poor horizontal visibility. In the hope that conditions would improve, the two seaters were DI'ed and taken to the launch point […] Read More...
Saturday 21st. The clear skies of Friday evening had been replaced by the all too familiar overcast which the Falke, on a partially investigational flight, determined was a only 700' QFE, too low for glider operations. With the weather worsening around lunch time, a lowering cloud base and drizzle setting in, the optimism which […] Read More...
Wednesday 18th. With little change in the synoptic situation, although the wind had now become a light W'ly, Northern England continued to be under the influence of the weak weather front that locally immersed the site in low cloud, preventing any flying. Thursday 19th. The centre of the high pressure had moved nearer to […] Read More...
Friday 13th. A shallow, southward travelling depression over the North Sea brought strong winds and some snow to the site. The winds, initially fresh and gusting to 40kts, slowly moderated over the day but never sufficiently to allow flying to take place. The combination of a thin layer of snow and the gusty winds did, […] Read More...
Wednesday 11th. A vigorous depression centred to the N of Scotland brought strong and gusty winds to North Yorkshire, a gust of 62 mph being registered at RAF Leeming and 90+ gusts over the Pennines. Although similar wind speeds were not a feature at site, the fresh W'ly was sufficiently gusty to prevent any flying, […] Read More...
Sunday 8th. After the restricted flying on Saturday due to the encroachment of orographic stratus, hopes were high that Sunday would provide conditions for a whole flying day, as the weather situation looked to be benign. Indeed it was in the surrounding countryside, but the initially light S'ly that slowly veered and increased to become […] Read More...
Wednesday 4th. A moderate N'ly blew on a cold and sunny day at Sutton, generating a N'ly wave system that John Carter and Mr Hughes, a visitor from Bowland Forest, exploited in K21 KLW to climb to around 7,500' asl in their flight of 1:14. However, the wave was accompanied by very turbulent conditions on […] Read More...
Saturday 31st. An initially light to moderate W'ly greeted those at morning briefing, with the strength of the wind increasing around lunch time to become moderate, with gusts into the mid to high 20 kts. The change in conditions led to a change in launch method, with 4 ATs complimented by 21 ATs, as […] Read More...
