Weather Links
RUC Forecast Soundings
- These are forecasts of the atmospheric profile you can expect
at various flying sites at the actual time you will be flying. They are based on the RUC weather model from NOAA/NCEP and
are available for the following sites.
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Santa Barbara,
Pine Mtn,
Black Hawk,
Lone Pine,
Bishop,
Guadalajara
12Z Upper Air Sounding Sites
Currently I know of two sources for RAOB data. One is a cgi-form at
Univ. of
Wyoming. The other is at the Unisys weather server.
I've written some scripts which download the 12Z soundings every morning
and plot up the data in a form more intelligible to pilots than the
Stuve or SkewT plots. Tell me if you have any sites you'd like me to add.
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Vandenberg,
Mercury,
San Diego,
Oakland,
Edwards,
Medford
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Tuscon,
Flagstaff,
Albequerque,
Boise,
Denver,
Grand Junction,
Salt Lake City,
Reno,
Riverton
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Topeka,
Grand Rapids,
Norman OK,
Dodge City KS,
Midland Regional TX,
Amarillo
700 mb forecasts
These are very useful for long range (day or two) forecast of soaring
condition. I like them for helping decide if it's worth going to the
Owen's for the weekend.
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initial,
12 hr,
24 hr,
36 hr ,
48 hr,
60 hr,
72 hr
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Interpretation
of 700 mb maps. (Basically, you want to see a green or yellow spot
where you plan to fly.)
Forecast Discussions
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Southern California
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Northern Californa
- In weather argot, but very informative.
Misc Links
- Winds Aloft Forecast
- Aviation Model Forecasts
- 700 mb maps plus more
- LA area weather
- Weather Arcana (SIO)
- Interesting stuff at Scripps Institute of Oceanography. Links to Idaho/Montana info.
- NOAA Weather Page
- Climate Prediction
- Do you believe in global warming?
Kevin Ford's Thermal Index Stuff
- INFO on how to order the thermal index reports.
- source code to ti.c (for analyzing raw RAOB data).
- Map of US & Canadian station IDs for your high temp forecast.