This coming week will feature fine soaring of course, even if unexceptional by local standards.  With mild southwesterlies and temps not much higher than 90, the most unusual weather might be widespread cloud cover in the flat desert, not the mountains, plus humidity as high as 30%!  The best lift this time around may be convergence related, particularly along the (mostly windward) edge of large shadows.  

In SOARING IS LEARNING this week, we have two wonderful accounts of flights last Saturday by Peter Kovari and Karl Sommer, who both soared 252-miles to Austin, NV. 

First, rest assured that this weekend’s temps will be at least ten degrees cooler than last week’s record-breaking run.  (Think of this, for decades, the Crystal Squadron has made their bones flying across the Mojave every summer Saturday — and last week they chose to scrub an otherwise great looking day because it was too hot, even for them!)  Anyway, this week should stay down in the nineties, with a fairly steady moderate westerly, and even a few clouds.  Downright breathable, you could say.  Thermal potential will also be somewhat less dynamic, but we’re coming into the peak of the season, so expect terrific lift all afternoon in all the usual places.