Notes

General Resources

• NWS Area Forecast Discussion
• 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
  

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 Wind Station (about 1 mile south of the Dump, a block back from the ridge - by Manor Plaza)
• 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 Graph (same data from Dave's, but graphed)
• Wind Patterns (static)
• Wind Patterns (streaklines for trends)
• Shoreline Buoys

Visible Condition information (is it foggy?!)

• Live Webcam at the Dump/Mussel Rock (up above the parking lot)
• Recent Images at Stables/Funston (actually at Dave's across Skyline from the Stables - closer to the Dump, but still north of Westlake)
• Current Images at Funston
• Pacifica Webcam (at south end of Pacifica; Dump is at far north end of Pacifica so this is just general potential fogginess)

Forecast information

• Pacifica Hourly (94044)
(remember that 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

• Milpitas Wunderground Station (Calaveras Rd.)

Upper Air information

• Oakland Sounding

Visible Condition information

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