The wind has shifted to the northeast, shutting down all our local flying sites here in the Bay Area. This can happen in the spring. A high pressure system settles over the Sierras, the air becomes stable, downslope winds — a milder but more persistent version of Southern California’s famed Santa Anas — begin to blow, and a pattern develops that can persist for weeks. Down here at sea level, temperatures are high and the air is calm. On top of the surrounding mountains, temperatures can climb even higher, with nighttime gusts that top 50-60 MPH.
What do we do on unfliable days like these? New pilots, ignorant of just how long conditions like this can last, will greet each new day with optimism amd hope. Mature pilots, whose years of experience have brought them wisdom, will relax, meditate, and pursue other activities, secure in the knowledge that better days will return. As for me… I just whine a lot 
