We arrived at the LZ, camping area in Laragne-Montéglin in the early afternoon driving through pouring rain. They've had one day of flying here in the last week. It is supposed to be sunny and flyable tomorrow. It has been raining for a month. The pilots here are about to commit suicide.

West Texas is in drought and Iowa is flooded, especially near Jim Lamb's office building:

He writes:

Tough to get much air going up when it's this wet below! My office is in the middle somewhere.

Forecast looks good in Laragne as the sun comes out in the afternoon, see here.