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PostPosted: Tue May 27, 2008 5:10 am    Post subject: Weather Forecast websites Reply with quote #1   
(sorry if this has been covered before)

I was wondering if anyone would like to share where they go to get their predictions?

I use the following sites, mainly because they also work well with another past time of mine (kite boarding).

I am looking for site more specific to Hang Gliding, though I think a couple of these ones work very well.


http://usairnet.com/cgi-bin/launch/code.cgi?sta=KFCM&model=avn&state=MN&Submit=Get%2BForecast

http://www.iwindsurf.com

http://adds.aviationweather.gov/winds/

http://www.windguru.cz/int/index.php?sc=93


Thanks,
Bill

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PostPosted: Tue May 27, 2008 5:46 am    Post subject: Reply with quote #2   
http://www.drjack.info/

http://www.xcskies.com/
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PostPosted: Tue May 27, 2008 5:48 am    Post subject: Reply with quote #3   
I use for ground conditions:

www.wunderground.com

for winds aloft:
www.drjack.info
http://www.usairnet.com/cgi-bin/Winds/Aloft.cgi?location=ROA&Submit=Get+Forecast&hour=06&course=azimuth

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PostPosted: Tue May 27, 2008 5:53 am    Post subject: Reply with quote #4   
Ditto and.....

Nibs wrote:
http://www.drjack.info/

http://www.xcskies.com/


Ditto

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PostPosted: Tue May 27, 2008 6:04 am    Post subject: Reply with quote #5   
http://www.soarforecast.com/

I thought we had a WIKI page, but I can not find it. Some one start one.

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PostPosted: Tue May 27, 2008 6:35 am    Post subject: Reply with quote #6   
http://www-frd.fsl.noaa.gov/mab/soundings/java/plot_soundings.cgi?airport=41.66,-74.40&start=latest&n_hrs=36&startSecs=1046638800&endSecs=1046768400&data_source=RUC2

Looks intimidating, but gives you the tons of info that pilots crave. Winds aloft over time, inversions, cloudbase height, rate of climb at different altitudes and times of day....and it's where a teeny tiny portion of your taxes are going.

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