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Both the huckbone RASP and skysight are showing a mellow SW wave day. I'm having a tough time trying to nail down how much cloud cover might be...

This morning's GFS run surfaced an offshore setup Mon and Tue Jan 18-19: Norcal RASP 2p Mon Jan 18 700mb 4p Mon 500mb 4p Mon 700mb 4p Tue And...

Looking wavy late Friday, Jan 1, all day Sat Jan 2: 500mb late Fri, and 2p Saturday but the Saturday winds are on the low end of the range,...

Saturday is starting to look really interesting. Thermal, cu, convergence, wave. Maybe some OD, north, but nothing big in the skew-Ts.

A NNE wind is setting up for Saturday: 850mb 700mb 500mb 700mb 128hr As always, this very much depends on the low staying on track as a...

Hello VSA Members! I hope all of you have enjoyed the Webinars so far. During my Webinar I announced the new plan for the 2021 Cross Country...

Heads up! Per current forecasts sat march 6 will be a nice valley thermal day.

We're now a month past the winter solstice, and soaring days are a'com'n. I want to be ready! Following along while Kemp and Jim's demo of some...

I'm seeing the possibility of some post frontal wave on Friday from WSC RASP and Skysight.io with nice ground winds. From Williams RASP...

Hello Everyone, The first 2021 VSA Winter Webinar is coming to Zoom this Saturday: Reading The Sky and Finding the Energy Lines (Basic) ~ Pete...

On a Jan 28, 2021 image. Any way we can restart or fix this?

Here are two condor tasks local to Williams Soaring center. If you are interested you can download these tasks and put them into your...

Keeping my eyes on Saturday for a post frontal valley day. Skysight is a stale forecast, but looking optimistic: Huckbone shows a non-zero...

It's all uphill from here. Say a prayer to the soaring gods to give us a good season! John Cochrane BB

Due to poor planning and me failing to properly apply understanding of wave dynamics, I have ended up on the wrong side of lift/sink equation and...

Front coming through AM wave th-fri, a little too NW to be really good. Thermals to 7000' Monday.

Monday looks like a quite nice foothills thermal day. See 3sisters sounding.

The stepchildren up north get a little wave on occasion.

Hello Everyone, The Valley Soaring Association in conjunction with Williams Soaring Center is happy to announce the 2021 Winter Webinar Series. The...

All Just a quick note to say hello from VSA staff and give you an update. First, hoping all had wonderful holidays and wishing everyone a...

Looks like the Williams RASP is down. there is potential for west wind wave on Monday. Ramy

Looks like a possibility of west wind Wave Monday!! 20+ knots west at 6000Ft If you want to give the wave a try the instructors are all...

Hello again VSA members, I hope you all have been enjoying the Winter Webinar Series so far. I personally have had fun seeing everyone and have...

Congratulations to Dennis Mellor and Zac Blum on earning their Private Pilot Glider ratings yesterday Zac earned his initial Private Pilot...

For your winter prep for the spring season, I'd strongly recommend everyone subscribe to "In The Core", Cross Country magazine's curated weekly...

A bit behind so a big congratulations to all of our recently soloed pilots and newly licensed pilots! 11/21/2020 Ryan Crapo - Private Pilot...

A forecast of course, but the key point is, a couple weeks ago, the forecast was dominated by a high pressure offshore blocking fronts. To me, the...

Dec 10th proved to be a great wave day although slow starting. Both Williams rasp and the Panoche were fairly accurate especially in calling for the...

Other than the fronts coming thru this Wed day and Thu night, it looks to be dry after that for at least a week. Good time to get prepped for the...

After a break in the launches, Nick pushed us out of the hangar, on to the runway, and Noelle was right there ready to pull us aloft. Headed for...