G. S. Young, 2007

Development of empirical Weather Forecasting techniques for soaring flight

Technical Soaring, 31, 62-67

Abstract

A method for developing empirical weather forecasting techniques is described. The method is applied to the problem of forecasting conditions favorable for the Diamond distance and record flights in eastern Colorado USA. A simple set of forecasting rules for such conditions results. The development technique is general enough that it could be used to develop equivalent soaring forecast rules for other regions.