Good morning sailplane racing 🏁 fans! The final day of FAI Sailplane Grand Prix USA 🇺🇸 is here. Jerzy Szemplinski has an 8 point lead but second thru fifth place (Sean Fidler, Tom Kelley, Jim Lee and Rich Owen) is still extremely tight. Who will stand on the podium tonight? Who will qualify (top 2) for the FAI SGP final in Santiago, Chile 🇨🇱 this fall?

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Today's weather looks solid but for the first time in a week it will be completely blue: Here is the early forecast from Davis Straub:

National Weather Service forecast:

Sunny, with a high near 87. Calm wind becoming north northeast around 5 mph in the morning.

NAM forecast:

2 PM
800 - 1,000 fpm lift
4,000' - 5,000' top of lift
No cu's
3 mph west wind at 2,000'
3 mph west wind at 30'

5 PM
500 - 600 fpm lift
5,000' - 6,000' top of lift
No cu's
8 mph west wind at 2,000'
7 mph west wind at 30'

Skysight forecast:

1 PM
400 - 450 fpm lift
3,000' - 4,000' top of lift
No cu's
6 - 8 knot west wind at 2,000'
2 knot northeast wind at 30'

4 PM
400 - 450 fpm lift
4,000' - 5,000' top of lift
No cu's
6 - 8 knot west wind at 2,000'
2 - 4 knot northwest wind at 30'