I thought everyone knew about this it's a must www.usairnet.com

Afraid that wouldn't help much at our field. I have observed flags on the road to the field flapping straight out. This is only about 1 1/5 km away. The wind at the filed is barely being moved by the light breeze. When you get such big differences so close together, how can you predict what field conditions are going to be like?? Therefore if I want to fly, I take out at least 2 different types of planes. I make sure that one of the planes can fly well in windy conditions and the other can be anything else.

For some it wont help at all but where I live Here in Indiana it's a big help I can tell about two or three days out if I'm going to fly or not It is very Acurate anyway good luck Guys and Happy Landings!

I just call the local airports automated weather. Always accurate.

Ditto.

Thats a good idea but will they give you a three or four day forcast ?

I wake up .....and look out the window....

been using that site for a long time... and as you can see, I wont be flying today !!!! not with windspeed of 23mph *sigh*

http://usairnet.com/cgi-bin/launch/c...t=Get+Forecast

No they don't give me a 3 day forcast but why do you need one? If I wanna fly I don't wanna plan on flying 3 days from now I wanna fly now. Plus a forcast is just that....a guess. At the airport it's real time.

Here's a simple one that you can keep on your desktop

http://wings-of-valor.net/uploads/RCWindsock.zip

A forecast is just a guess of what the weather will be like in the near future based on current data. When I fly full scale, I don't even get a forecast until fewer than 6 hrs. before the flight. The TAF (Terminal Aerodrome Forecast) is usually pretty accurate. TAF's are renewed every six hours (at the 12's and 6's). Valid times are GMT.

Link to TAF's:
http://adds.aviationweather.gov/tafs/

Type in nearest airport identifier and click "Get TAFs and METARs". If anyone would like to know how to decode TAFs and METARs, ask and yee shall receive.

That's not too uncommon around here...we don't let it keep us down, although it does get a little hairy now and then. I flew the day after thanksgiving in what had to be a steady 20 plus with gust to 30! The field was right on top of a hill, and the wind shear on the approach to (uphill?) landing was real exciting. Thanks to the Nacogdoches Aeromodellers for the use of their field...had it all to myself.

Jim C

Out here a calm day is anything under 20mph. If you don't fly in the winds of Wyoming, you don't fly.

"Wyoming Wind Festival, Jan 1st to Dec 31st."

Rich