Warm temps, and a light sea breeze should bring thermals to around 4,000 ft and launch wind 10-20 mph in the afternoon. Truck scheduled for noon. A very high fire alert danger exists in our so-Cal forests, so everyone please keep our truck's exhausts out of the dry grass and avoid smoking. If we could get the other trucks that frequent launch to carry one of our club's new 5 gal. extinguishers, it could bolster our argument to the Forest Service to let us keep flying during a fire season closure. The CNN Headline News piece on the SHGA was aired and is available online for viewing. See the SHGA forum for a link to the video.