^^FlyinHighAgain^^ - 21-11-2015 at 09:37 AM
What do you guys use? Wind Alert app or website, Google Earth,? Any one know of any good wind kmz/kml files to plug into Google Earth?
Home weather stations/wind meters?Hand held Anemometers?
A cool wind animation. http://earth.nullschool.net/#current/wind/surface/level/orth...
What do you use and what do you prefer or think is best?
bigkid - 21-11-2015 at 10:34 AM
A wet thumb and which way the last of my hair is blowing. Or accuweather.
ssayre - 21-11-2015 at 10:47 AM
I check current conditions by trees and flags. The only reason I check weather on an app is to see if the wind will gain or wain in strength to know
if it's worth a session. I use windfinder but I haven't found any that are useful above and beyond getting a sense for what wind will be like for the
day.
sand flea - 21-11-2015 at 01:21 PM
windshark.com is one of my favorites.
UnknownAX - 21-11-2015 at 01:21 PM
National weather service, data from nearby weather stations/airports, webcams and www.windyty.com .
stevecarson - 21-11-2015 at 01:27 PM
I generally use windfinder or windguru.
For real time I check the weatherlink stations on my local spots
southpadreburt - 21-11-2015 at 02:04 PM
I use WeatherFlow/Iwindsurf/WindAlert because the reports are from local wind sensors rather than a distant location. Winds in my area very
considerably from locations just 10 miles away. Too many wind sources tend to take forecasts for a general area and assign them to more localized
spots that have micro climates when it comes to wind.
Cheddarhead - 21-11-2015 at 08:09 PM
I generally show up at said location with every available kite size I own and wing it. Sometimes I get skunked, but most times I don't.
IFlyKites - 21-11-2015 at 09:23 PM
I usually use a combination of myforecast, Weather network, and windyty. Like Cheddar said, it is always ideal to bring several kite sizes just in
case. That way if the wind changes, you still have something to fly. I have had plenty of those days.
canuck - 22-11-2015 at 06:43 PM
I usually look at windguru and windfinder to plan ahead but look at the local weather station reports in the WunderMap on Weather Underground site on
the day I go out. Never 100% but usually let you know if you will get skunked.
BeamerBob - 22-11-2015 at 07:47 PM
NOAA is the only one that resembles accurate for me. It's interpolated for a specific location instead of a nearby city. Direction, speed, and gusts
all on an hourly graph.