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August 26, 2024 A significant change in weather today, forecast to persist for several days. It features lower temperatures, more moisture, and much higher chances of afternoon rain and [...]

August 25, 2024 Contest rest day today – the mission is to recover from the stress of 7 straight flying days and prepare for as many as five more. [...]

August 24, 2024 We had something a bit closer to standard Uvalde soaring weather today: cumulus clouds that appeared in mid-morning, developed nicely by launch time, and covered almost [...]

August 23, 2024 As predicted, Uvalde temperatures indeed did moderate today – we reached only 102F. It doesn’t sound like much of an improvement over 107, but the difference was [...]

August 22, 2024 Another very hot day at Uvalde (high temperature 105F). It’s said this may be the last of the current stretch of extraordinary heat, and that cooler temperatures [...]

August 21, 2024 Very hot weather (107 F is severe even by central Texas standards) continues at the 38th WGC. Mercifully, it did not yield the blue conditions of yesterday: [...]

August 20, 2024 A remarkable day today at WGC2024 - among the more notable in the long history of contests here. With a vast high- pressure system sitting almost on [...]

August 19, 2024 It was hotter and a bit bluer today, a trend that is predicted to continue in central Texas. (Numbers like 107F are being heard in tomorrow’s [...]

The first competition day of the 38th World Gliding Championships in Uvalde TX featured genuine 'Uvalde weather'. For the uninitiated, this means conditions that are borderline miserable on the [...]