Feb 27th & 28th Weather update

Weather update 2/25/21 PM

Looking at the forecast for Friday 2/26th afternoon into the night and then the weekend, there's about .65 - .75 inches of rain late Friday and into Saturday morning early. Thick cloud on Saturday and then more rain on Sunday. Sunday also has wind speeds up to about 15 mph heading right at Simpson's farm. I really hate to say it but I suggest we hold again. Looking at weather long range for the 3/6th w'end there's very light rain on Thursday but almost nothing on Friday the 5th and Sat the 6th.

Check out the weather report over on Facebook.

dr

Rain, Rain go away!

Not a fun post to write, but it's probably best to do this.

Since the 11th we've gotten just short of 2" of rain in the USGS gauge down the road from the Midland farm. Wednesday night through Friday morning there's about another inch on the way. That makes about 3" in a week. There's no way that the field is going to be in any shape to support vehicle traffic no matter how gentle we are.

Next week however looks to be mostly dry all week, save a few small showers.

Myself and the other officers are in agreement that the best thing to do is to push off to the 27th & 28th weekend and let the place dry out a bit. Ken would also be able to be with us, (back from MDRS and the snow in MD this weekend).

So we'll see you on the 27th and better weather!

 (dr)

Feb. 13 & 14th Scrubbed due to weather

If you've looked out the window today (Thursday) you've pretty much got the weather forecast for the rest of the weekend. Early in the week it looked like Saturday would be dry enough so we could salvage Sunday, but now it's looking like on and off rain up to about 2 inches through the end of Sunday. 

We'll hope for better weather for our regular 20th & 21st date. 

Looking long range, right now it looks prety wet for the next week as well so keep your eyes on the weather and we'll update as soon as we know what's what. 

dr

January 2021 Launch Report

Roy Potter's done his usual stellar job deciphering all the chicken scratches on the launch slips and sent me the launch report for January's launch. Thanks Roy!! Just hit the "Read More" link to see the whole thing. dr

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February launch date change

Hey folks...  We got as request to shift our usual weekend up a week to accomodate folks going to MDRA in Maryland on the 3rd weekend. 

We'll shoot for February 13th and 14th weather permitting. That will allow for 3 possible launch availabilities in the area, ours on the 13/14th, MDRA on the weekend of the 20/21st and Bayboro on the 27th. 

January 17th launch information

Update Thursday Night: Sunday is definately looking like the better day of the weekend, the rain on Friday night has increased a bit, and the wind forecasts for Saturday I've seen up to 20 mph now. Sunday tops at about half that, maxing out just below 10. 

We can not stress enough, we are in a pandemic and are expecting all attendees to act accordingly. Masks are to be worn unless you're at your car or making that long walk back to the portajohn. Pads, launch check-in, RSO, hanging out watching at the flight line... PLEASE wear your masks and keep your distance. The only reason we're still flying is we're outside and can spread out. I'd say even parking more spread out would be a good idea. 

Ken should be with us so bring your shopping list! 

Set-up at 10 AM, a bit later so the sun can get up and warm the ground a bit. We'll figure on flying from 11 till 4:30, leaving us enough time to pack up. 

Thanks everyone, hope to see you on Sunday.

Hey all you ROCC'ers, it's that time again. 

So we're looking at the weather and Saturday the 16th looks damp, with some showers over Friday night,  and windy as all get out, with winds about 15 mph. 

Sunday looks much better, with winds around 5-6 mph and no rain overnight. 

I'm suggesting to the board that we fly Sunday and not Saturday. I just don't think anybody would be flying in that kind of wind. 

Keep your eyes on the site and the FaceBook page HERE and we'll update probably Thursday afternoon or evening once we get a better forecast closer to the date. 

dr

New Years UPDATED

Updating now that the rain's stopped, we got just over a half inch (0.6") of rain over the last 36 hours, most of which fell late yesterday and into the night. Even though today is going to be dry and partly sunny there's roughly another .5 inches of rain predicted, starting at about 8 PM tonight and ending about 3 AM tomorrow. 

With that much more rain and with its timinjg we are NOT going to fly Sunday, 1/3. Sorry folks but ya can't fight the weather no matter how much we'd like to. 

See you all in a few weeks, 1/16 & 1/17. 

dr

I've been looking at the weather forecast for the upcoming new years weekend and it's been getting worse, since the rain is now pushed back to Friday and now the start of Saturday.

Here's the outlook:

Thursday, 12/31, 1/2" of rain; Friday 1/1, another 1/2" of rain;, Saturday 1/2 morning, another 1/4" of rain.

Earlier this week it was concentrated in Thursday and Friday morning, now it's lasting longer and moving toward the Friday Saturday time frame.

I will check the rain gauge that's down the road from the launch site on Thursday and Friday to see if we could pull of a Sunday launch but I'm fairly certain that Friday and Saturday are going to be a washout, with doubts about Sunday being dry enough on the field.

That makes our next Midland launch opportunity likely to be 1/16 & 1/17.

dr

December 19th 2020 Launch Report

Roy potter couldn't be with us on the 19th because of family commitments so it falls to me to try and fill his shoes for the launch reports. Please hit the "read more" button to revel in all the details.

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December 19th

UPDATE Saturday 6:30 PM...  We are NOT flying on Sunday. We got by with a somewhat squishy field and everyone being careful today but tonight there's supposed to be showers and then rain off and on tomorrow so we're goiing to bag it for Sunday.

Hopefully we can have our traditional January 1st launch!

Hey fellow ROCC'ers! The weather is improving on Sunday so here's the question I have for folks. I have some commitments on Sunday so if we want to have a launch for 2 days we need some commitments of officers that can be there to oversee the launch, keep folks safe, RSO & LCO duties, etc. and make sure we don't violate the waiver.

I can probably be there late on Sunday to help strike.

Ken is only scheduled to be with us (according to his website) on Saturday so if you need motors to fly on Sunday you'd need to make arrangements with him or buy them on Saturday.

Looking at normal times, Set-up at 9:30, range open at 10:30, closing at about 4:30 so we can strike in daylight.

(Remember the Winter Solstice is on the 21st, Jupiter & Saturn will be in the closest alignment since 1623  and the closest observable since 1226!)

Thanks all! dr

November 2020 ROCC Launch Report

We got back to flying on November 28th. It was a great day with beautiful weather, light winds, and a great group of folks. It's been a long year for rocketry, with launches cancelled all over and not much chance to ply our trade. Roy has done his usual great job and sent in the November launch report. Click the button, read on...

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