Old Aug 23, 2008 | 05:20 PM
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Default Re: 11's are right around the corner, went 12.3@112 last night

Originally Posted by sonoronos
How about having a weather station local to the track that records air temperature, relative humidity and puts it on the timeslip?

Just throwing out ideas...
You can always check to the local airport and get weather information from either an AWOS or ASOS, even density altitude. Most airports have a local phone you can dial. Just google the airport identifier closest to the track and get all the information.

i.e Shreveport, LA Airport = SHV

Google: AIRNAV + SHV

http://www.airnav.com/airport/SHV

Scroll down to Airport Communications and call 318-636-5757 usually a recorded weather message - if not, just ask for Air temp, Dew Point and an Altimeter reading. Then, along with the track elevation, you can go here http://wahiduddin.net/calc/calc_da.htm

Plug in the numbers and discover your density altitude (easier then buying and learning an E6B flight computer)
 
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