Notes

General Resources

• NWS Area Forecast Discussion [updated with new URL]
  
• West US Surface (Weather.com)
• Tad Hurst Soaring Predictor
• Hang Gliding Soarcast (note that coastal winds can be lighter for PG)
• Google Map of Local Wunderground stations 
• Zulu Time Chart
  

Satellite Image information

• 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)
• Interactive Satellite (Weather Underground) (shows clouds)
• Interactive Satellite (Weather Underground) (non-Flash version)

The Dump

Wind Speed information

• Daly City Wind Station (about 500 feet above the Dump parking lot, near the Webcam)
• Pacifica Coast Weather Station (about 2 miles south of the Dump, right on the ridge - halfway between the trailer park and the pier)
• 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) [updated with new URL!]
  
• Wind Patterns (streaklines for trends) [updated with new URL!]
• Shoreline Buoys

Visible Condition information (is it foggy?!)

• NEW!  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)
  

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

East Bay

Forecast information

• NWS for East Bay Hills and Diablo Range, 1000' and above
• NWS for San Francisco Bay Shoreline
• Milpitas Hourly (95035) - Ed Levin
• Fremont Hourly (94536) - Mission Ridge
• Danville Hourly (94506) - Mt. Diablo

Current Conditions information

• 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)
• 925 838 9225 - Windtalker at Mount Diablo
  

Upper Air information

• Oakland Sounding

Visible Condition information

• George's Mission Launch Webcam
• Lake Elizabeth Webcam (Mission Peak visible in background)