Domancy and Chamonix Valley - May 6th
Weather..
The weather is just great now, spring/summer is here, it's warm, 24c, sunny,
there are good thermals and a high cloud base.
Last week conditions were good every day but one and it should be good all this
week, though there may be some evening over-development with the risk of
localised thunderstorms at the finish of the day.
Flying..
The flying has been very good for two weeks apart
from one day when it rained. Last week and over the weekend we had 3100m
cloud base with good thermal climbs and good XC flying.
This week the conditions are again good. The thermals
are now well formed with 4-5m/s climbs, high cloud base and very good XC
opportunities. Quite a number of the local pilots have been flying some
good routes in the recent days.
For information..
Chamonix PlanPraz cable car is closed for the summer. A new lower cable car/Gondola is
being fitted.
Click here for the Passy -
Plaine Joux - launch site webcam.
We
have kept a record of all the flying days we've had in this area since
1996 and you can see on the chart below the number of flying days
doesn't change much each year. The mid winter flying window is around
2-3 hours extending to 11 hours in the spring and summer. Some mid
summer days have strong thermic periods where pilots become grounded for
a few hours, otherwise the annual flying conditions are very good. It
has to be said that not all the days produce fantastic flying conditions
but it's not bad here and realistically we fly for about 65% of the
year: the chart speaks for itself.
| Date |
Dec |
Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
June |
July |
Aug |
Sept |
Oct |
Total |
| 1996 |
n/a |
20 |
15 |
23 |
25 |
16 |
22 |
20 |
21 |
26 |
20 |
208 |
| 1997 |
11 |
17 |
17 |
26 |
25 |
24 |
21 |
25 |
27 |
27 |
20 |
240 |
| 1998 |
n/a |
19 |
26 |
19 |
17 |
30 |
24 |
24 |
27 |
19 |
15 |
220 |
| 1999 |
17 |
13 |
11 |
18 |
19 |
23 |
23 |
29 |
22 |
24 |
17 |
216 |
| 2000 |
2 |
22 |
13 |
17 |
18 |
26 |
26 |
17 |
25 |
25 |
19 |
210 |
| 2001 |
19 |
14 |
14 |
10 |
17 |
28 |
20 |
25 |
25 |
19 |
28 |
219 |
| 2002 |
17 |
30 |
12 |
22 |
23 |
17 |
27 |
22 |
23 |
27 |
n/a |
220 |
| 2003 |
11 |
17 |
20 |
28 |
20 |
22 |
27 |
24 |
26 |
22 |
16 |
233 |
| 2004 |
15 |
6 |
21 |
16 |
22 |
22 |
25 |
26 |
27 |
27 |
19 |
226 |
| 2005 |
19 |
20 |
16 |
25 |
17 |
26 |
28 |
27 |
20 |
27 |
25 |
250 |
| 2006 |
4 |
24 |
17 |
12 |
19 |
23 |
30 |
30 |
19 |
23 |
20 |
221 |
| 2007 |
18 |
16 |
13 |
21 |
30 |
21 |
25 |
23 |
24 |
22 |
26 |
239 |
| 2008 |
20 |
16 |
24 |
12 |
18 |
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