2.5 hours of soaring. Bases at 2 pm, about 6500; at 3 pm 6800, about 4 pm about 7000.

Thermaals improved throughout the afternoon, as cloudiness dissipated due to the Lake Superior wind shadow (see the satellite images).

All in all, easily soarable from about 3-5pm, slow but achievable before that.

Thermals 0.7 - 2.8 knots until 3 pm, then 2.4-3.6; 5+ near cloudbase.  Thermals on the NW corners of clouds for the most part.

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Trend Weather

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La Crosse WI [KLSE] automated hourly observation on the 2nd at 5:53pm CDT (2253Z)
    wind 030° at 9 knots gusting to 16 knots, visibility 10 miles, 7,000 feet broken, temperature 23°C (73°F), dewpoint 8°C (46°F), altimeter 30.02, automated station with precipitation discriminator, sea level pressure 30.01" Hg (1016.1 hPa), temperature 23.3°C (73.9°F), dewpoint 8.3°C (46.9°F). 

Minneapolis MN (Minneapolis-St Paul Intl/Wold-Chamberlain/) [KMSP] hourly observation on the 2nd at 7:53pm CDT (0053Z)
    wind 030° at 7 knots, visibility 10 miles, 7,000 feet few, temperature 20°C (68°F), dewpoint 6°C (43°F), altimeter 30.11, automated station with precipitation discriminator, sea level pressure 30.11" Hg (1019.6 hPa), temperature 20.0°C (68.0°F), dewpoint 5.6°C (42.1°F). 



Minneapolis MN (Minneapolis-St Paul Intl/Wold-Chamberlain/) [KMSP] hourly observation on the 2nd at 5:53pm CDT (2253Z)
    wind 020° at 10 knots, visibility 10 miles, 7,000 feet broken, temperature 20°C (68°F), dewpoint 7°C (45°F), altimeter 30.10, automated station with precipitation discriminator, sea level pressure 30.10" Hg (1019.2 hPa), temperature 20.0°C (68.0°F), dewpoint 7.2°C (45.0°F). 

FD Winds Aloft Forecast

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Winds aloft forecast based on observations taken on the 2nd at 7:00am CDT
  (1200Z).  Forecast valid on the 2nd at 7:00pm CDT (0000Z), for use from
  4:00pm CDT (2100Z) to 1:00am CDT (0600Z).  Temperatures are negative above
  24,000 feet.
FT  3000    6000   9000    12000   18000   24000  30000  34000  39000
LSE 0415 0412+06 3513-01 0323-02 0219-13 0123-26 032642 043151 031956
          La Crosse WI [LSE]
MSP 0612 0215+06 3511-01 0317-02 0317-13 0118-25 042142 053051 032056
          Minneapolis MN [MSP]