It’s storming. The OKC TAF doesn’t look good for the morning–600ft ceiling at 4am, and only 1200ft at 10am… overcast, mist, etc. Right now there temperature’s 10 degrees with a dewpoint of 8 degrees, which means low ceilings all morning. I talked to D., and we went ahead and decided to aim for tomorrow afternoon. There’s that possibility of a window of higher ceilings before the wind picks up after it gets a little warmer. We’ll see. I’m not going to get too excited. I’ve been experimenting with classic Italian cooking the past couple of days, serving Joanna multi-course meals.…
Well, my grandmother passed away Tuesday night. I’m now completely out of grandparents.
It’s ridiculous. All I need to solo is a 3,000 foot ceiling, 5 miles visibility, and less than 18 knots of wind including gust factor. And it seems like it’s never going to happen. It’s either cloudy or windy. This morning it was cloudy AND windy for a change. The winds aren’t supposed to get below 20 knots until tomorrow NIGHT. They’re howling right now, and it’s after midnight. I went up and did some maneuvers today, since I hadn’t flown in 5 days. I’m quite comfortable in the airplane, even while getting rocked around a good bit today. We…
KOUN 111731Z AUTO 17018G22KT 10SM SCT029 27/18 A2988 Finally, almost a nice-ish day with just a scattered layer of clouds at 2,900ft…. but now that the clouds have lifted a bit, the winds have picked up to 18 knots gusting to 22, well above what I can solo in. They’ll probably get stronger as the pressure drops and thunderstorms roll in this afternoon. Yesterday morning, I got up at 6:30am, got all ready to go, then decided I should get a weather briefing. After doing that, I realized I could have just opened the bloody window and looked outside. Ceiling…
I called this afternoon to wish my mother a happy birthday. Ben answered the phone, and I asked if Mom were asleep. “Oh, you haven’t heard,” he said. “Mamama seems to have had another stroke.” She was sitting at the table eating Chinese after church when she slumped over. She’s at the hospital now, not really responding to anything but seems to be sleeping. I’m glad I got to see her last weekend when I was back in Mobile for Ben’s graduation and Ian’s dedication.