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weather effects...
this may be covered elsewhere, but with recent incidents, i felt maybe a small thread with information shared by people who may have experienced similar effects may be positive to the WS/jumper population...

my thoughts on this is, when flying over a terrain, which may be rock and grass/trees, when you cross over a new terrain, the temperature will change, with temp change comes air density change, and you may find yourself in some "sink" over the rocks that you didnt find while flying over the previous grass field. im not a WS flyer, but just an angle to analyze, Also mid day warm days, are a breeding ground for thermals, and should be a more cautious flying time.
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Re: [illwreckyourbox] weather effects...
We are working on it.
Take care,
space
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Re: [base283] weather effects...
sorry space, wasnt directed towards any of the current sensitive subjects as much as it was posted as food for thought for future jumps... i have zero details on any recent occurrences, i was posting this more to see if anyone has experienced "sink" in a WS when flying over a hotter surface. just kinda trying to open up a discussion thread on less than stellar experiences in flight that we may not hear about or see online.
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Re: [illwreckyourbox] weather effects...
No apology need, no offense taken. We are on it as much as we can. I took your food for start as a personal vendetta to stop my friends and jumpers that i dont know from dying from the same mistakes over and over again. I am NOT insinuating any thing about any incident. I just want to evaluate the data and parse it, weather is one of them...
Take care,
Tracy