On Wednesday, September 2, 2020 at 2:40:57 PM UTC-4, Dee wrote:
ProfJ- Normally (never?) you won't get lift under virga, only a downdraft accelerated by evaporative cooling. Virga descends from cloud, so I suspect what you saw between rain clouds were the vertical wisps marking conversion updraft and condensation created by the opposing winds. The way you navigated through this was the correct thing to do. The Kempton Izuno article concerned a much more powerful cumulonimbus system that involved a far more risky and avoidable situation. Here's a video that contains relevant cloud formations seen in conversion e.g. @ 5:15 near the glider's vent). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_QplJI30SU


"Convergence". Otto Korrekt strikes again?