I like the charts at the weather underground even more...
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From: "David Cole" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, February 10, 2001 8:47 AM
Subject: [RCSE] Hour-by-hour wind and weather forecasts by zip code
> I've just found an even better source of local wind forecasts, since it
> gives a separate forecast for every hour of the day, which is great for
the
> days when the wind starts off calm and gets pretty windy (the regular
> forecast just says something like "Winds from the North at 5-20 mph" or if
> your are really lucky "Winds North 5 mph, becoming 15-20 mph this
> afternoon"). With an hour-by hour forecast I can see whether the wind is
> supposed to pick up at 1:00 or at 4:00, which makes a big difference in
> whether I head out to the field at 12:30 to fly!
>
> Here is the forecast for North Richland Hills, TX, zip code 76180, which
is
> where I normally fly. You can substitute YOUR ZIP CODE:
> http://www.weather.com/weather/hourbyhour/76180
>
> Note that you get details on predictions for cloudiness, temperature,
wind,
> etc., for every hour of the day!!! I compared tomorrows forecast for a
zip
> code on the west side of Fort Worth with that for a suburb on the east
side
> of Fort Worth, and they are clearly different, showing the trend of wind
> and weather as it moves across the area, so this is not just some
> regional forecast disguised to look like a local forecast. Also, though
> only 8 hours are shown per page, click "show next 8 hours" to see up to 32
> hours from the current time.
>
> My previous best wind forecast site, which still may be useful to see the
> big picture on a map, only breaks the day down into four predictions, each
6
> hours apart. For links to this and other weather sites, see my "Better
Wind
> Forecasts" page on my web site (see end of this post for link to my web
> site).
>
> Hope you find this info useful -- I'm sure I will, as I love having some
idea
> what the wind will be before heading out to the thermal field, or to a
local
> slope site. Keep in mind that the closer you are to the time you are
> interested in, the more accurate the forecast is likely to be.
>
> By the way, if you do find the page useful, be sure to click "Send us your
> feedback about this page" at the bottom of the page and let weather.com
> know, so they will continue to support this new format. The average
person
> is not likely to be interested in such detailed information, so the more
of
> us who let them know we ARE interested, the better.
>
> David Cole
> Fort Worth, Texas
> http://home.flash.net/~davecole/RC_Sailplanes.htm - my web site address
>
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