An extract from Geoff's email.
Just by way of follow-up information, Friday May 2 delivered moderate lee wave from the Grampians as predicted, although low clag prevented launching until about 11:30am. Best climb went to 17,300-odd feet, mainly 2-3 kts, but with patches going to 5-7 kts at times. The system collapsed around 1:30pm with a wind shift to the SW. There was quite a lot of low-level strato-cu 40-60 km to the east punctuated with cu-nims going to over 25,000 ft. Unfortunately airspace restrictions prevented access (max 12,500 ft) and so denied the opportunity to explore ridge-soaring the front of a cu-nim and the huge cirrus anvil in a 30 kt wind!
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