Sunday 6th Feb - Fly-in Walmer

[ekim]

Fly-in Sunday 6th February - Walmer. Depending on the weather we will be flying on the beach to the rear of 'The Borrowpit' car park Kingsdown Rd, Walmer. what3words tilts.coolest.breakfast will get you close.
Currently the weather is forecasting no rain 10 degrees with Westerly winds 20 - 34 mph!!! So watch this space I will check during the week and hope it changes for the better. A local update on Sunday morning would be welcome

Mike

[lighthouseleprechaun]

Aye,aye, sir !

[Gareth Williams]

Expecting to be there, subject to positive reports from the local weather station

[lighthouseleprechaun]

Here is the weather report from coastal station Deal.

Morning, everyone! There's not much good about it. Currently occasional spots of rain, and it's blowing a hooley - audible gusts.

Met office forecast says:
Rain until midday, then 10% chance. Afternoon wind 21-26 mph (force 5) gusting 34-40 (force 7-8).

Shipping forecast says:
Force 7 to severe gale 9, decreasing 6 to gale 8, force 4-6 later (after 6pm). Rain then showers.

BBC says:
Rain until 3 or 4pm. Gusts to 45mph.

Weather station on Deal pier at 9.30am showed wind at 23 knots, gusts 33 knots. I think that translate to a little more in mph.


It doesn't look as if the wind will drop enough for me to fly anything, so I'm going to chicken out and watch the Winter Olympics. I'll leave it to one of the experts to make the final decision for the club.

This concludes the weather report from coastal station Deal.

[Gareth Williams]

Thanks for the update. I think I will crawl back under the covers. Can I arrange an alarm call for 9am in the summer please

[ekim]

We will be hibernating as well. Hope this weather will clear up and let us fly soon