Cool Site: Current Wind Conditions - XC Skies

FlyDunes · Since 09 Oct 2007 1034 Posts Aloha XTreme Poster

Check out the XC Skies website, which can be found by going to the Google Maps page on the Cascade Paragliding Club website. It's pretty much the same data that you can find on the NOAA clickable map, but I like the format a lot better.

Click on a site near the place you're interested in, and then click on the "Current Surface Winds" link in the pop-up.

MAIN SITE:
http://www.cascadeparaglidingclub.org/pages/googlemaps_cpc_sites.php

Here's some direct links for Gorge and Coast reports on XC Skies. Click on the black dots for current wind and wind history.

GORGE:
http://apps.xcskies.com/xc/surface/xcmap.cgi?lat=45.7150&lon=-121.4633&radius=50&zoom=10

COAST:
http://apps.xcskies.com/xc/surface/xcmap.cgi?lat=45.4655&lon=-123.9710&radius=50&zoom=10

Here's the NOAA clickable map site:

http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/mesowest/mwmap.php?map=pqr

On the NOAA site, hover your cursor over the "+" sign for the current report. Double click for the site's current history.

Now we all have even more reports to stare at while we jones for good weather....

pkh · Since 27 Feb 2005 6549 Posts Couve / Hood Honored Founder

nice site!