As is not uncommon on the air race, here at Goodland a whole bunch of racers is stuck on the ground waiting out weather. It's quite a complicated situation, as a NS cold front is passing very slowly East to the north of us, bringing low ceilings and occasional IFR conditions along the route. If we wait it out till this afternoon, the cold front will be close along our route and we'll have better ceilings but be contending with headwinds and scattered thunderstorms. Since this is a VFR race and filing IFR due to conditions en route constitutes automatic disqualification, we'd much rather contend with dodging thunderstorms in good vis than trying to stay 500 feet below dropping ceilings, so we are going to hang out till this afternoon and launch when we're sure. Either way, we're going to have to deal with 35 knot North winds on departure from Goodland, as the wind is still howling. In the meantime, the race ground crew has provided cookies and coffee, so all is good.
PS check out the previous post again - Linda has added more great pictures this morning.
FINALLY UPLOADED THE PICTURES FROM YESTERDAY. SEE THE POST FROM 6/19
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