 Haze domes
Haze domes are very commonly visible in the hazy UK
on high pressure days. They can be seen from the ground
if the inversion is low early in the day. In the air
they are easily seen from within a couple of thousand
feet of the inversion. You need some haze and a thermal
to form a dome and to be looking in the right direction
more or less into sun for them to be clearly visible.
On an XC course about 12 ago Andy Davis told us that
when he was flying on a difficult blue day in the wrong
direction for the haze domes to be visible he spent
a lot of time looking back over his shoulder for the
thermals behind him to line them up or, if necessary,
to turn back to one.
John Galloway
At 17:42 23 June 2005, Roger Kelly wrote:
>Any 'haze dome' experts out there? Last weekend we
>had two blue days and
>having read Bob Wander's 'The Art of Thermaling ..
>Made Easy' in which he
>states that haze domes can be seen from the ground,
>I spent a lot of my
>time both on the ground and in flight looking for them.
> No doubt
>conditions have to be just right for them to be seen,
>but I have yet to see
>one, or recognize one. Can anyone describe what a
>haze dome looks like.
>From the air ... from the ground? Are they more visable
>in dry or humid
>conditions? Are they a rare phenomenon or relatively
>frequent? Would they
>only be visable if there was a low inversion level?
>
>
>
>--
>Roger Kelly
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