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Sunday, Nov 28th looks GOOD!!
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Author:  Bob Kuczewski [ Sat Nov 27, 2010 12:01 pm ]
Post subject:  Sunday, Nov 28th looks GOOD!!
Here's the forecast for tomorrow (Nov. 28th) as of this morning (Nov. 27th):
6am  7am  8am  9am  10am  11am  Noon  1pm  2pm  3pm  4pm  5pm  6pm
 W   NW   NW   NW    NW    NW    NW    W    W    W   NW   NW   NW
18   22   22   22    20    20    20   20   20   20   17   17   17
Those look like pretty good numbers. It also shows "Slight Chance Rain Showers" through 3pm. Here's a graph from the XML data. For some reason the XML data is not the same as the text forecast, but it's similar ...
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Author:  Bob Kuczewski [ Mon Nov 29, 2010 1:27 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Sunday, Nov 28th looks GOOD!!
It turned out to be an awesome day!!!!

Here's the actual wind (measured at Torrey):
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It was northwest for most of the day as predicted. I flew from about 1pm to 5pm (4 hours and 7 minutes in one flight). John mounted a GoPro on one wing and mounted a Flip Video on the other. Here's a shot from the GoPro:
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Here's an animated GIF made from the Flip minoHD:
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The original from the Flip was much higher resolution, but the color limitations of animated GIF's made it look better with less resolution.
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