NEWS ABOUT KARL

31Aug, 2024

Team USA Report – 2 World Champions!

August 31, 2024 We have two World Champions! At the 38th World Gliding Championship, Karl and Sarah today prevailed in the 20-Meter Multiseat class. They are the first US champions in an “unrestricted entry” World [...]

30Aug, 2024

Team USA Report – WGC Day 11

August 29, 2024 Better weather today – a return near to genuine Uvalde Weather. This began with a low overcast – note a good sign at most soaring sites. But here, strong sun breaks this [...]

29Aug, 2024

Team USA Report – WGC Day 10

August 28, 2024Difficult weather today: excessive atmospheric moisture continues to cause trouble in south Texas. Today it gave us extensive low morning cloud that broke into useful cumulus, which promptly overdeveloped, yielding areas of rain. [...]

28Aug, 2024

Team USA Report – WGC Day 9

August 27, 2024 Uvalde weather took a troublesome turn today - a continuation of this week’s trend: lower temperatures and much more moisture. We awoke to cloudy skies, which can be a good sign [...]

27Aug, 2024

Team USA Report – WGC Day 8

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 thunderstorms. Today, it led to [...]

26Aug, 2024

Team USA Report – WGC Day 7

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 the entire task area by [...]

26Aug, 2024

Team USA Report – WGC Day 6

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 noticeable. Unfortunately, the same can [...]

23Aug, 2024

Team USA Report – WGC Day 5

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 – perhaps no higher than [...]

22Aug, 2024

Team USA Report – WGC Day 4

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: useful cumulus clouds were forecast [...]

21Aug, 2024

Team USA Report – WGC Day 3

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 top of us, the forecast [...]

21Aug, 2024

Team USA Report – WGC Day 2

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 forecast.) Speeds were again excellent, [...]

20Aug, 2024

Team USA Report – WGC Day 1

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 ground, but remarkable for pilots [...]

19Aug, 2024

WGC Uvalde – WATCH LIVE NOW

The World Gliding Championships (WGC) in Uvalde, Texas starts Sunday, August 18th, and you can catch all of the action in several places. It is quite an honor to once again host the WGC [...]

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