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Old August 21st 06, 01:37 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Graeme Cant
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Default Weight of a Cloud

wrote:
http://www.wsi.com/corporate/newsroo...oudWeight.html

Not as light and fluffy as they look.

Interesting. When I started, my instructor told me the weight of upward
moving air in the core of a moderate thermal was about 80 tons. Haven't
ever done the figures to check the accuracy of that estimate.

GC

Steve