Slope Fest 2017!

[CF Av8or]

Slope Fest 2017 Postponed...again!

Due to the unfavourable off-shore wind direction forecast for both Saturday and Sunday, Slope Fest 2017 is unfortunately again postponed.

Luck of the weather has not been with us this year, it seems. We will need to postpone to Saturday 23 (Note Change) September. Sorry for the inconvenience this has caused to those planning to attend from away.

Thanks,
Vic

[AndrewS]

Slope Fest 2017 Postponed...again
We will need to postpone to Saturday 23 (Note Change) September. Sorry for the inconvenience this has caused to those planning to attend from away.

Thanks,
Vic

Guys please note the change...SLOPEFEST is now Sept 23.
I thought I should post this as a lot of us missed the edit for the date change from the 16th. Chris H pointed it out to several of us on Sat.

[bdg]

Thanks Andrew (and Vic). I had missed this earlier edit as well. Thanks for pointing it out!

[retiredVTT]

Yes, thanks Andrew....I had no indication of a date change and thought it was still on for the 16th.

So the 23rd it is...hopefully..!


Bill

[JohnOSullivan]

Just checked the weather forecast for Sat 23 and Sunday, and it does not look good.
Very light winds from the wrong direction and FOG.
Maybe the hurricane will bring a change to more suitable strengths and direction (but not too much)

[CF Av8or]

The date change was made to the MAAC Events page at the same time I edited the post on HEFA. Sorry if some folks weren't aware.

As John said, so far the weather forecast doesn't look especially favourable, but we are still 5 days out, and we know how accurate the forecasts are around here.....

Here's hoping.

Vic

[retiredVTT]

I did notice that PEI is supposed to have a SW wind on Saturday......?

Bill

[CF Av8or]

Hey Guys,

It is starting to look promising for this weekend! I think Sunday is looking like the main day, although there might be some SW wind starting late on Saturday as well.

Keep your weekend open, and stay tuned to this bat-channel for more updates!

Cheers,
Vic

[JohnOSullivan]

Came across this nice weather map
https://www.windy.com/?44.498,-62.872,9
World wide zoom with incremental projected winds over several days. Looks like our impending hurricane is going to lose strength and dissipate.
This and other forecasts predict some hope for suitable slope winds for parts of Saturday and Sunday.

[rhyneheimer]

interesting, thanks, John - that site appears to be interpolating data from:
https://earth.nullschool.net/
one of my favorite websites, covers the whole earth with a nice popup menu to look at ocean and atmospheric data -