JUMP PLANE PLT ENTERS CLOUD AS JUMPERS EXIT ACFT.

Narrative

I WAS FLYING AN SMA OPERATED BY FBO; A SKYDIVING OP BASED AT THE GARNETT MUNICIPAL ARPT IN GARNETT; KS. ALTHOUGH THE WX RPTS FROM THE NEAREST RPTING STATIONS WERE NOT ENCOURAGING FOR SKYDIVING OPS; CEILING AND VISIBILITY WERE OTHERWISE ADEQUATE FOR VFR FLT. I TOOK OFF WITH A LOAD OF SKYDIVERS; WHO HAD AGREED THAT; IF THE CEILING DID NOT PERMIT THEM TO JUMP; THEY WOULD BE WILLING TO RIDE THE AIRPLANE DOWN. I CLBED TO 3000 FT MSL; ABOUT 2000 FT AGL; AND TURNED IN ON JUMP RUN ABOUT 3 MI S OF THE ARPT. I COULD CLRLY SEE THE ARPT AND THE SECTION OF LAND BEYOND IT; AND SO ESTIMATED THE FLT VISIBILITY TO BE AT LEAST 4 MI. THE CLOUD BASES WERE INDISTINCT; BUT; BASED ON PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE; I ESTIMATED I WAS AT LEAST 500 FT BELOW THEM. AS I CONCENTRATED ON GND REFS TO PRECISELY MANEUVER THE ACFT; I INADVERTENTLY ENTERED A CLOUD AT ABOUT THE SAME TIME THE JUMPERS EXITED. I WAS IN THE CLOUD FOR ONLY A FEW SECONDS; AND I MADE A NORMAL DSCNT AND LNDG. IN THE PAST; I HAVE PRIDED MYSELF IN PRECISE PLACEMENT OF THE ACFT; EXACTLY OVER THE REQUESTED EXIT POINT. IN MOST CASES; THOUGH; PRECISION IS NOT REQUIRED BECAUSE MODERN RECTANGULAR PARACHUTES GLIDE AND MANEUVER MUCH BETTER THAN OLDER ROUND ONES. I INTEND TO SAVE MY EFFORTS AT PRECISION TO MUCH CLRER DAYS; AND TO CONCENTRATE MORE ON MAINTAINING VFR WHEN THE CONDITIONS ARE LESS FAVORABLE.