Stebbins reports in

Well actually I called him for an early report on the flying and driver situation. George has hooked up with Kyle (the driver we had on reserve), so that puts us at 3 local drivers and one Sylmar native (Erwin). Kyle is committed for the week and will drive George's truck.

The weather in Big Spring is producing isolated thnderstorms probably through the weekend. George reported that the airport manager delayed the HG pilots from taking off until 3pm which put the pilots right smack in the middle of the development for the day. Once in the air most of the pilots reliazed the task for the day was not safe and decided to fly back to the airport. The furthest pilots only got 15 miles or so. He thought that an early takeoff would have been much better. George said they planned on taking off earlier today to avoid the TS activity forecast for today. The BlipSpot indicates TS's have a good chance of developing. Top of the lift looks limited to 6k and then decends in the afternoon probably due to the TS activity.

George indicated that the conditions are much drier than the last several years so the thermals should be really nice (once the TS leave). The drive from California was not nearly as green as it was last year he noted.