Forecasting for gliding

Abstract

Gliding as a sport has progressed rapidly in both popularity and technique during the last ten years.... The majority of glider pilots do not receive a formal training in meteorology; their knowledge of the subject is usually gleaned from colleagues, from flighrt instructors and occasional discussions with forecasters..... Soaring can be carried out in at least six distinctive types of conditions, namely, in hill lift, convection currents, line squalls, sea breeze fronts, lee waves and anabatic winds.....