hot and humid memorial day flight, view of flint river flooding 2024-05-27

It was another hot day with pretty bumpy conditions with a strong breeze that made it difficult to climb. It was close to 90F with 10mph winds from the west, but was about 15 to with gusts to 25 up in the air. I didn't get much over 1200ft. Lot of turbulence rolling off the tree tops which made it difficult to gain altitude in places to safely go over them. I probably should have brought the ultra sport. I probably would have climbed better. Also the vario didnt start recording till way late in the flight, its supposed to trigger recording on altitude change which usually only takes a few seconds of climb.
At about 14:30 you can see the flint river is flooded in areas. I think the news said it was just a few inches shy of flood stage. at 21:00 I took a peek around the hillside and see it flooded the fields near a big neighborhood.
Had a real strong wind gradient when coming in to land. I wound up landing a good bit short of where I wanted.
#flphg #hanggliding #floodingofrivers

[@FilipinoMusicians]

Thanks for sharing the adventure.

[@zeuslamak3651]

Always wanted to be first to view 💪