What is the meteorological knowledge of gliding flight?

Gliding is a sport in which people communicate closely with nature. Knowing more about natural factors such as weather changes and geographical phenomena can provide meteorological judgment basis for pilots before taking off.

Clouds can usually be divided into three types according to their height classification; Namely, low cloud, medium cloud and high cloud.

The height of low cloud base is less than 2500m, which can be divided into cumulus, cumulonimbus, stratocumulus, stratocumulus and nimbostratus.

The height of the cloud bottom is between 2500 meters and 6000 meters, which is generally divided into high-level clouds and cumulus clouds;

The height of high clouds is more than 6 kilometers, which are usually divided into cirrus, cirrostratus and cirrocumulus.

Short cumulus

Its individual is obvious, the bottom is flat, the top is convex, and the clouds are mostly disconnected and isolated. The color contrast is strong and the vertical development is moderate. The good weather it brings is often stable and continuous, so the farmer said: steamed bread clouds, sunny days.

Light cumulus clouds are very beneficial to paragliding. Pilots usually use the height of light cumulus clouds to enter the clouds under the premise of safety. Because light cumulus clouds are usually formed by gentle vertical updraft, and the hot airflow below is relatively strong, pilots can connect a light cumulus cloud under the cloud for long-distance cross-country flight. At this time, the airflow is soft and stable, which is an ideal flying off-road state.