2 July, from the crew dude

Hi all!

Well, yesterday the forecast for today looked very ordinary, from what I could see, although the one presented at briefing looked better.  Perhaps I was looking at the wrong one, because today has indeed turned out better than I thought, and in fact we have some sunshine at the moment!  Forecast is for occasional rain, but also for conditions that might be slightly soarable, and the grid is open, with briefing at the usual time of 1000.  So we'll go there and see what happens, and then await developments (such as launch delays and so on, you know how it goes).

Once yesterday had been cancelled, we ended up doing not very much until a team barbecue that evening.

Plan for today, if it gets cancelled, might be to visit a sports centre which includes a skydiving wind tunnel amongst other things (Eric says it has a standing surfing wave which he might try too).

Stand by!

Update 1010 - task A is 257 km racing, task B is AAT 2.5h version of same. First launch is 1200. Weather looked a bit iffy early on but is forecast to improve, as long as it doesn't over-develop.

Update 1116 - first launch 1230.  Some showers around the place.

Update 1206 - first launch 1250.

Update 1214 - task A is scrapped, task B is active.

Update 1229 - first launch 1315.

Update 1243 - first launch 1330.

Update 1303 - first launch 1345.

Update 1323 - first launch 1400.

Update 1330 - any holes that form in the clouds now result in quick over-development. One huge patch of over-development has just cleared the airfield - to be replaced by the next big patch coming in quickly from the west.

Update 1337 - first launch 1415.

Update 1357 - day cancelled. Surprise, surprise. Too late to go to the sports place. Oh well, another day maybe.

Cheers