Local weather consists of variables such as ground heating (temperature), humidity, dew- point, anabatic or catabatic flow, winds aloft, surface winds and their interaction with the topography.
As mentioned earlier in this program, local sites have weather patterns that are unique and can change quickly. Listening to your instructors and the local weather gurus can help avoid flying in potentially dangerous situations.
Similar to larger scale frontal weather, clouds can be an indicator of the current conditions. However, not all days will have the conditions required to produce clouds. On days where no clouds are present you will need make an educated guess based solely on the forecasts.
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