Weather

Big Picture

National Weather Service

• Current Conditions

• Area Forecast Discussion should be read when planning flights.

• Radar

• Soaring Forecast

• Earth A visualization of global weather conditions forecast by supercomputers updated every three hours.

Windy

Planning Tools

• XC Skies (subscription required)

• Windy for Blue Springs

• Windy for La Bajada

• Sandia Windy Links for 

  • Launches:  Peak & Crest

  • LZs:  Big Sky & Balloon Fiesta Park

In Flight Tools

• Winds.mobi  is a good tool when going cross country to quickly see what current ground winds are near you.  The wind indicators on the map show direction and velocity with color coding so you can see at a glance if it's going to be a crazy landing where you are at or heading.

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References

• Altitude to Pressure Conversion Table