"weather chat" meeting in Cape Town

[Junkie]

Whats with all the the "John's" here (americanism not intended) - get yerselves a handle dude's

[gertcoetzee]

WEATHER TALK with Keith Moir will be held at the monthly WCMC meeting at Contermans Kloof on November 29th.

[Morph]

Wednesday the 29th

All are welcome

Contermans Kloof, Map and directions are available here http://www.wcmc.co.za/airfields/contemanskloof.htm#

[V]

WEATHER TALK with Keith Moir will be held at the monthly WCMC meeting at Contermans Kloof on November 29th.

Pity, my last day in Cape Town for 2006 is Nov 28th Perhaps we can have another one next year as well?

[Barryathome]

I certainly will be interested - let me know please!! :D

[gertcoetzee]

A reminder that Keith Moir will be doing a "Weather Talk" tonight at 19:30 at the WCMC's Contermanskloof meeting.

[afskies scribe]

Dr Gert, is this going to be a general WX talk or relevant to WX conditions in the W Cape? If more generalised, I would be very interested to run a feature in African Skies so that we can all benefit from the nitty gritties and dos and dont's, ensovoorts en nog meer which means I'm asking, begging, pleading,

[Junkie]

A great big Thanks to keith Moir and his able assistant for the excellent presentation given to us at the Club meeting last night.

Also a very big big thanks to Gert for organising it and the thoughfull gift to them.

The CT Weather office RULES - Hip Hip Hooray !!!

Did u know that we have a "DEEP South Easter" & a "SHALLOW one" .. wow!! .. they sure have their hands full trying to figure out the Wx around this part of the old planet

[Morph]

Dr Gert, is this going to be a general WX talk or relevant to WX conditions in the W Cape? If more generalised, I would be very interested to run a feature in African Skies so that we can all benefit from the nitty gritties and dos and dont's, ensovoorts en nog meer which means I'm asking, begging, pleading,

Trixie darling,

The talk was more specific around the weather conditions in the Cape and the effect on the flying conditions. It was very interesting and well attended. What was of specific value to me was showing us pics of the the cloud formations on Table Mountain and how to read the conditions from that. Also as Junkie mentioned the variations between a deep SE and a shallow SE and how these affect conditions around the mountains.

However the greatest value I believe we all got was to meet the man we regularly talk to on the phone, and to understand their challenges and frustrations. Additionally there are some of the junior pilots who have been shy/nervous to call and now they know that on the other end of the line is a real nice guy who is more than happy to help us all understand the conditions better.

One of the members asked whether these high winds are unusual and when will they stop. Keith's answer was, "These high winds are normal for time of year. The high temps being experienced in the interior around Citrusdal and Clanwilliam cause the air to expand and rise, this air needs to be replaced and it gets sucked from the cooler CT. It is the extreme temperature differential over such a short distance (100miles) that add to the intensity and speed of the wind. As far as when it will stop, not before the end of January, Bru"

So in summary, it is all Gr8-dad's fault, having those braais every evening, heating the place up, causing havoc on the rest of us flying public

[afskies scribe]

Thanks for the 1-min summary, Morph now we can all blame GR8-dad for all the hot air that causes the sh*tty wx to hit the fan