Task Week Day 5 (Day 2 for me)

It took a while to get going. We had forecast overdevelopment during the late afternoon, but assumed things looked OK for an early start.
However, the only blue hole in the sky from 12 to 2pm was overhead the airfield. Frustration set in for an hour or so.
Two gliders headed off early, one made it back the other landed out and hit a fence. No major damage.
Finally it heated up enough around Waharoa/Matamta so we could get going.

Convergences were the story for the day. A big one that ran from Tirau down past Mangakino, as well as along the Kaimai's. Great fun.

The photo below is taken straight up from inside the cockpit. I was just running in under a huge Cu in the convergence with lots of curl over to contend with. 10 knots down for short while followed by 10 knots up...most excellent.

Here's that convergence...heading back towards Putaruru from Tokoroa.