Phil’s Weather Page

Thursday 30 th April

This page is updated whenever I have time to do so usually on the day at around 07:30, sometimes on the evening before. If the time shown is in the future I am still editing. Forecasts available on the day before are usually simply a way for me to generate one more quickly in the morning when I have an early start.

A reminder that this is purely a weather forecast and does not reflect the suitability or otherwise of conditions for launching from Dunstable.

Time: 07.40

Surface Wind: 100/15 gusting 25 knots

Synopsis: High pressure lying west of Denmark and low pressure south west of the U.K. with assocaited trough lying through western Ireland and the extreme south west of England at midday.

Significant weather: Blue convection to between 2500 and 3000 feet.

Temperature: 18 C

Dewpoint: 4 C

Thermals: 2.5 knots.

Cross Country: NA

Outlook: Friday southerly flow lighter wind with convection eventually going higher but not in time for good cross country conditions. The weekend. Bank holiday so weak fronts not too far away with actual conditions depending on their exact position.

RASP forecast data for Dunstable

The RASP website at RASP provides a considerable amount of forecast information. This table provides quick links to charts specific to the forecast for Dunstable. Each chart takes a few moments to load and will appear below the table.