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Fuji Abound
31st Jan 2011, 19:38
I have seldom seen such a wonderful inversion as today from around 3,500.
Awe inspiring.
http://i814.photobucket.com/albums/zz66/fujiflyer/IMG_1324.jpg
IO540
31st Jan 2011, 19:56
Awesome. There have been lots of inversions recently. Great photo opportunities :ok:
Lister Noble
31st Jan 2011, 20:22
Funny old day,I flew the Cub at 10.15 this morning,really difficult to start,not normally a problem well below this temp, I had to land after 35 mins because my hands were so cold.
Then....
Fantastic clear sky and warm sun this afternoon.
Got that wrong then!;)
Maybe nothing to do with inversion,but I've flown in much lower ground temps without having this problem.
IO540
31st Jan 2011, 20:28
Here's another
http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m74/peterh337/clouds2.jpg
and here's another
http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m74/peterh337/egka-lezg-on-top-big.jpg
:)
Best flying weather for long distances.
Oh and while we are at it...
http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m74/peterh337/egka-lezg-on-top2big.jpg
AfricanEagle
31st Jan 2011, 21:45
Great photos :ok:
wsmempson
31st Jan 2011, 21:52
I took off from Oxford this AM - a bit murky and around 0 degrees - at 1,500ft well under 0 degrees and soupy, but by 4,000ft, plus 4 degrees and gin clear vis.
Fuji Abound
31st Jan 2011, 21:53
Nice photos IO as always but I am only going to accept the first one (just) as a genuine inversion - clounds on the dew point boundary dont count. ;)
As you can see in my 'photo there is hardly a cloud in the boundary layer!
thing
31st Jan 2011, 22:01
I was only thinking this morning looking at the sky that there was a great photo to be had up there and somebody has done it!! Great pic Fuji, thanks for posting. Good shots from IO too, although I wouldn't call them inversions as such.
I am only going to accept the first one (just) as a genuine inversion - clounds on the dew point boundary dont countActually they were all inversions. Sometimes massive ones e.g. 0C on the ground and +8C at 5000ft.
This one
http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m74/peterh337/sunset-1.jpg
was +6C at 4500ft and +2C on the ground. The "bump" in the distance are some hills. This is common winter high pressure (with an inversion) weather - OVC008 down below and tops say 3000ft and blue skies above.
But I agree that if you are looking for an inversion without a cloud layer, with the haze ending right at the inversion, then yours is the one :)