Yesterday’s forecast, showed reasonable weather for today between home and Lone Pine Flyin 2026 in Owen’s Valley California. I was at the airport at 8am and wheels up at 9am. VFR and only broken cloud layer until I climbed to 5500ft. I passed San Luis Reservoir and in the distance it looked like I could make my way through Central Valley by descending below the overcast. Fresno, Visalia and Porterville were M/VFR and trending better. The Sierras were passable abeam Kern Valley.

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I’ve been waiting for my upcoming weekend trip for months! This is to be the highlight of 2026 flying season, a long weekend break from work and an adventure.

As the departure day (planned for today) approached, the weather clearly did not cooperate. First major fall weather front came in with convective¹ conditions, low ceilings, precipitation, mountain obscuration, high winds and thunderstorms.

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