Soaring Weather Forecast March 26 - 29

SOARING WEATHER FORECAST FOR SCSA (CRYSTALAIRE - 46CN) MARCH 26 — 29, 2010

FRIDAY:A Northwest flow in place Thursday through Friday will turn to an offshore flow on Saturday. SATURDAY:A ridge will move into the area as surface high pressure builds into Nevada. Temperatures will be up in the high desert and it should be warm and sunny. Northeast winds are expected but the weak pressure gradient indicates light to moderate offshore push. SUNDAY:It will remain quite warm and sunny but the offshore wind will be replaced by a Northwest flow as the local high pressure gets knocked down by the influence from a large system in Pacific Northwest.MONDAY:Wind direction will likely change to southwest. The weather service predicts warm and sunny again with a slight chance of some high level cloud influenced by the large storm system affecting Oregon and Washington.Dr Jack's predictions indicate FRIDAY the ceiling of useable lift will be at 8,500 feet with 500 fpm of lift.SATURDAY and SUNDAY-Check back here for update as it becomes available.Dr. Jack's Blipmaps and soaring predictions are free with a simple registration at his website.http://www.drjack.info/The National Weather Service is predicting the following surface conditions for Friday through Monday:FRIDAY:Sunny, Temperature: 65 degreesWind: Northwest 15 mph.SATURDAY:Sunny, Temperature: 74 degreesWind: Northeast 14 mph.SUNDAY:Sunny, Temperature: 77 degreesWind: Northwest 7 mph.MONDAY:Sunny, Temperature: 77 degreesWind: Southwest 10 mph.JETSTREAM FORECAST