Weather Information
The one thing all pilots have to do is keep an eye on the weather, so this page lists a number of weather resources from the web.
Please email us to have your favourite weather links added.
Forecasts
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Victorian Forecasts | |
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Synoptic | |
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Australia wide winds simulation | Forecast for up to a week for Australia or by state. Seems to crash Firefox 3. |
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Fairly reliable, fine-grained 36 hour winds forecast. | |
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RASP | Regional Atmospheric Soaring Prediction for Benalla |
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Seabreeze.com | Not too reliable, and focused on the bay (which tends to get stronger sea breezes than the coast). Reasonable overview of the next few days' trend. |
Observations
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Follow the links to individual stations to see the last 72 hours of data. South Channel Island is a good station for Port Philip Bay. | |
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Australia IR animation | Good for seeing what sort of weather is heading our way. |
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Brian Webb's weather info | XC observations for various areas in Australia with forecasts of thermal and cloudbase heights. |
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Baywinds and Temperature | |
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Weatherwall | CSIRO page for Eastern Port Philip Bay. |