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Is there anyone has been making daily (or hourly!) soaring-specific weather observations (not forecasts) over some extended period of time for a particular place?
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On Wed, 10 Jun 2015 09:32:33 -0700, Bob Pasker wrote:
Is there anyone has been making daily (or hourly!) soaring-specific weather observations (not forecasts) over some extended period of time for a particular place? Try XCWeather, http://www.xcweather.co.uk/ if you're in the UK, Ireland, France, Germany, Italy or Spain. For the USA it links through to Windmapper, http://windmapper.com/ These sites collect and display translated METARS and forecasts from all airfields that make them available. Hover your mouse over a wind arrow to see the latest METAR, click the mouse to toggle between METAR 5-day forecast data. -- martin@ | Martin Gregorie gregorie. | Essex, UK org | |
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thanks, i should have been more specific: I have all the automated stuff
I'm wondering if three's a person is making soaring quality observations, along the lines of (non-soaring) wx discussion at the top of this: http://www.bluehill.org/Data/2015/june/jun09.txt On Wednesday, June 10, 2015 at 4:56:14 PM UTC-4, Martin Gregorie wrote: On Wed, 10 Jun 2015 09:32:33 -0700, Bob Pasker wrote: Is there anyone has been making daily (or hourly!) soaring-specific weather observations (not forecasts) over some extended period of time for a particular place? Try XCWeather, http://www.xcweather.co.uk/ if you're in the UK, Ireland, France, Germany, Italy or Spain. For the USA it links through to Windmapper, http://windmapper.com/ These sites collect and display translated METARS and forecasts from all airfields that make them available. Hover your mouse over a wind arrow to see the latest METAR, click the mouse to toggle between METAR 5-day forecast data. -- martin@ | Martin Gregorie gregorie. | Essex, UK org | |
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