Cumulus clouds: how to fly with them and use them safely, what drives the power of the thermals, and how to get the best out of the day when you've got clouds. [NOTE the graph Y axis should read km (kilometres) not m (metres)]

The extended edition is available on https://flywithgreg.com/programs/the-... where I go into more detail and share some flying strategies with unique aerial footage from cloudbase.

For more about forecasting good flying conditions
https://flywithgreg.com/programs/weat...

#cumulus #cloudflying #paragliding

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Speaking Broken English (Common Kid)
Fired Up (Hawksilver)

00:00 Intro
00:35 The Basics of Lapse Rates
01:39 The Physics of Thermals
03:35 The Effect of the Environment
04:30 The Dew Point
05:20 Cloudbase and Latent Heat Release
07:30 Cloud Suck
08:25 The Inversion
09:57 Conclusion

With English and Spanish subtitles.

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