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A decidedly better forecast today. The front that brought rain has wandered off well to the east, leaving Tabor with cool temperatures, sun, and moderately unstable air productive of thermal [...]

We awoke to a sky full of low clouds and light rain. It did not look like the start of a soaring day, but forecasts held out hope of [...]

Today was a strange one. Forecasts agreed that an approaching front would at last sweep away the awkward airmass that has been troubling us for the past several days. As [...]

It’s a non-flying day for the 39th World Gliding Championships at Tabor. Forecasts called for another weak blue day: not actually unflyable, but probably lower & weaker than the previous [...]

Friday the 13th at WGC2025 was a day much like 12th: often weak thermal lift to moderate altitudes in a cloudless sky. Today featured Area tasks, perhaps with the hope [...]

A weak, blue day in Tabor. Given all the rain we’ve endured and the resulting wet ground , it seemed unlikely we’d not see at least some cumulus clouds. In [...]

Finally, some glider-friendly weather at WGC2025. Morning forecasts didn’t agree in all details, but the general indication was for a good – and largely trouble-free – thermal day, with cumulus [...]

Another day of difficult weather at WGC2025. Today’s problems started with a forecast of thick high cloud expected to overrun the Tabor task area, leaving some chance of a weak, [...]

It was predicted to be an excellent soaring day in southwestern Czechia. It didn’t quite turn out like that. After more than a week of wet and cloudy weather, the [...]

The bustle and excitement normal for the first competition day of a WGC were nowhere to be found here at Tabor airfield today. Instead, we had more low clouds and [...]