SOARING FORECAST JANUARY 11-14, 2012

A big swoop of arctic air mass will be pushed across our area by a jetstream powered trough. This unusually low long sweep southward of the jetstream will keep this arctic airmass in place for the weekend. Since this weather cycle is jetstream influenced and not frontal, we will not have any wave associated with a frontal passage. Winds will be mostly Northwest and Northerly. Wind speed on the ground should be very moderate and will not affect our field usage. The passes and canyon areas near Los Angeles on the other hand will have massive winds up to 60+ mph or so.Look for ridge soaring conditions and bow wave occurring Saturday onwards. A warm up will happen this coming week as high pressure replaces the trough.  The National Weather Service is predicting the following local surface conditions for Friday through Monday: FRIDAY:Sunny, Temperature: 40 degreesWind: Northwest 10 mph.SATURDAY:Sunny, Temperature: 43 degreesWind: North 15 mph.SUNDAYSunny, Temperature: 40 degreesWind: Northeast 10 mph.MONDAY:Sunny, Temperature: 43 degreesWind: Northeast 10 mph.email weather comments to robert.settle@gmail.com