Landed In Light Rain

 Yesterday was another warm beautiful, but very windy, day.  Today was calm with an overcast at 4800 feet, nice day to fly.  After checking the weather I also checked the radar weather for any rain hiding in the overcast.  There was light rain moving toward the airport so I decided to see how it looked on the ground and, if nice enough, stay in the traffic pattern, for a quick escape if needed.

The sky looked OK and the wind sock showed a touch of wind from the north so off I went from runway 05.

I took these pictures after turning downwind next to Merry Mountain.  You cans see the top of it below the spreader bar.  The arrows are pointing at rain about 3-4 miles away.  I decided to go around the pattern.  When I got back to this point the rain had moved at least half way to the airport.  I pulled on Carb. Heat and Throttled Back for a nice landing back on 05.

The rain caught up with me on short final.  By the time I landed the windshield was covered in light rain.  Nice to be on the ground.

I did get to fly in December for about 10-12 minutes, and had fun.  Maybe I'll get to fly again before the year is out.  We'll see.

Merry Christmas!