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WEATHER
As important to knowing HOW to fly is knowing WHEN to fly, or more
importantly, when NOT to fly. Below is a list of weather links that we
commonly use to make this determination. The information below ranges
from extremely user-friendly to highly technical, but all can be equally
useful in choosing the right flying conditions.
Air Sports Net Launch Code:
http://www.usairnet.com/cgi-bin/launch/code.cgi?Submit=Go&sta=KSXT&stat
e=OR
Medford Soaring Forecast:
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/mfr/TextProduct.php?wfo=mfr&pil=SRG&sid=MFR
Pacific Northwest MM5 Soundings (Updated Twice Daily):
http://www.atmos.washington.edu/mm5rt/rt/soundings_d2.cgi?GFS+current_gfs
+12
Skew-T Rapid Update Cycle (Updated Hourly):
http://rucsoundings.noaa.gov/
Jet Stream Analysis:
http://squall.sfsu.edu/crws/jetstream.html
NOAA Port Orford Forecast:
http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/data/Forecasts/FZUS56.KMFR.html
As important to knowing HOW to fly is knowing WHEN to fly, or more
importantly, when NOT to fly. Below is a list of weather links that we
commonly use to make this determination. The information below ranges
from extremely user-friendly to highly technical, but all can be equally
useful in choosing the right flying conditions.
Air Sports Net Launch Code:
http://www.usairnet.com/cgi-bin/launch/code.cgi?Submit=Go&sta=KSXT&stat
e=OR
Medford Soaring Forecast:
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/mfr/TextProduct.php?wfo=mfr&pil=SRG&sid=MFR
Pacific Northwest MM5 Soundings (Updated Twice Daily):
http://www.atmos.washington.edu/mm5rt/rt/soundings_d2.cgi?GFS+current_gfs
+12
Skew-T Rapid Update Cycle (Updated Hourly):
http://rucsoundings.noaa.gov/
Jet Stream Analysis:
http://squall.sfsu.edu/crws/jetstream.html
NOAA Port Orford Forecast:
http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/data/Forecasts/FZUS56.KMFR.html
