Pete Alexander

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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: [...]