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Fuji Abound

31st January 2011 19:38

Inversion

I have seldom seen such a wonderful inversion as today from around 3,500.

Awe inspiring.

http://i814.photobucket.com/albums/z...r/IMG_1324.jpg

IO540

31st January 2011 19:56

Awesome. There have been lots of inversions recently. Great photo opportunities :ok:

Lister Noble

31st January 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 January 2011 20:28

Here's another
http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m...37/clouds2.jpg

and here's another

http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m...on-top-big.jpg

:)

Best flying weather for long distances.

Oh and while we are at it...

http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m...on-top2big.jpg

AfricanEagle

31st January 2011 21:45

Great photos :ok:

wsmempson

31st January 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 January 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 January 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.

IO540

1st February 2011 07:14

Quote:

I am only going to accept the first one (just) as a genuine inversion - clounds on the dew point boundary dont count

Actually they were all inversions. Sometimes massive ones e.g. 0C on the ground and +8C at 5000ft.

This one
http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m...7/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 :)

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