- SpotWx – Lots of different models to choose from, just tell them where you are
- Wind Forecast – Continent
- Forecast Model Viewer [NEW!] – try Model: NorcalWRF and play the various Variable settings (with the animation!)
- Hang Gliding Soarcast (note that coastal winds can be lighter for PG)
Julie's Weather Links
These are Julie's favorite resources for checking the weather before deciding where to go flying.
Links updated 13 Sep 2016.
Flight Planning Weather Resources
General Resources
Satellite Image information
- Animated GOES-West Sea Level Pressure (loop of last 24 hours)
- GOES-West Sea Level Pressure (shows systems and winds)
- GOES-West Visible (shows clouds viewable via daylight)
- GOES-West Water Vapor (infrared viewing of atmospheric water – not clouds)
- MIMIC-TPW (microwave imagery of total precipitable water)
- Interactive Satellite (Weather Underground) (shows clouds)
- Interactive Satellite (Weather Underground) (non-Flash version)
The Dump - Wind Speed information
- Oleg Ace’s Overview page
- Daly City Wind Station (about 500 feet above the Dump parking lot, near the Webcam)
- 415 333 0100 – Windtalker at Fort Funston (back of parking lot, not at front ridge)
- Funston Windbot and Webcam (dials are from Funston Clubhouse; chart is from Dave’s across Skyline from the Stables – about 2.5 miles north of the Dump)
- Funston Clubhouse Weather Station (same datastream as dials on Funston page)
- Wind Patterns (static)
- Wind Patterns (streaklines for trends)
- Shoreline Buoys
- iKitesurf (at Funston – current and forecast)
The Dump - Visible Condition information (is it foggy?!)
- Cheetah Ridge Webcam – looking north at Cheetah Ridge (Westlake Ridge is visible in the background) (Rick C is a webcam maniac!)
- Daly City Wind Station View #2 – direct view over the Dump (thanks to Rick C!)
- Daly City Wind Station (about 500 feet above the Dump parking lot, shows view to the south; could still be foggy at Dump itself)
- Pacifica Webcam (at south end of Pacifica; Dump is at far north end of Pacifica so this is just general potential fogginess)
- Fog Forecast (haven’t been following yet, but looks interesting)
The Dump - Forecast information
- Tides at Ocean Beach – starting now (+)
- Pacifica Hourly (94044) – Wunderground
- Pacifica Hourly (94044) – Accuweather
(Wunderground seems to predict the coast better and Accuweather seems to tend high for max wind speeds) - NWS for San Francisco Peninsula Coast
- Graphical NWS Forecast
- Forecast Accuracy & Comparison
East Bay - Forecast information
- NWS for San Francisco Bay Shoreline
- NWS for East Bay Hills and Diablo Range, 1000′ and above
- Milpitas Hourly (95035) – Ed Levin
- Fremont Hourly (94536) – Mission Ridge
- Danville Hourly (94506) – Mt. Diablo
- Forecast Accuracy & Comparison – Ed Levin
- Forecast Accuracy & Comparison – Mission Ridge
- Forecast Accuracy & Comparison – Mt. Diablo
East Bay - Current Conditions information
- Ed Levin Wind Slammer
- 408 946 9516 – Windtalker at Ed Levin (also useful for general wind info for Mission)
- Mt. Allison Wunderground Station (southeast of Mission Peak, north of Ed Levin)
- Fremont Wunderground Station (in the low hills between Mission and Ed Levin)
- Mount Diablo Weather Station (courtesy of SJSU)
Upper Air information
Visible Condition information
- Mission Ridge Webcam (thanks Evan and Ron!)
- Lake Elizabeth Webcam (Mission Peak visible in background)