"M" wrote in message
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A very high pressure settled in Pacific NW:

KPSC 020453Z 31006KT 6SM BR BKN007 BKN075 M07/M08 A3066 RMK AO2
SLP389 T10671078

That's the highest that I've ever remember seeing.

I always thought that the NW seems to have larger pressure swings
(probably more so in Alaska). We can go from 2960 to 3060 in about two
days.


Actually got out and practiced in the pattern a little bit today with my
instructor, but since he isn't allowed to instruct in our clubs planes, we
were splitting time (we did my primary instruction through a different
club).

Altimeter setting when we started up at Renton Municipal (KRNT) was "30.64",
and remember sitting there thinking, "hmmm... I wonder if it goes that
high???" During our second trip around the pattern, they updated the ATIS
and it dropped a little bit to "30.62"

Fog was being stubborn to burn off today, as we were going to go at 10am,
but Renton was fogged in and it didn't go away until about noon, and as we
were in the patter could see there still a good deal of fog to the south.

Have to say it was nice to get out today, as it was the first time in 6
weeks that I had flown, and thought I might be kind of rusty being a sort of
low time pilot, but all of my landings were great and the base to final
turns were all pretty much right on the glide slope and on the centerline,
with the exception of the second, which I overshot the base-final turn, but
I just continued a nice coordinated turn and didn't try to rush it as I had
plenty of room to get lined up and fix the problem.