Power Kite Forum - website for current wind/ tide/ weather conditions?

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posted on 29-4-2009 at 04:24 AM

website for current wind/ tide/ weather conditions?

specifically for the SF bay area/ central coast/ inland area. i mainly use wunderground and local news websites for current weather conditions. i know there are are other resources out there somewhere. surfline and ikitesurf/ iwindsurf are awesome im sure, but i am a cheap bastard... id rather spend my money on gear. and i know there are free resources out there somewhere. NOAA? thanks yall!

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posted on 29-4-2009 at 05:24 AM

NOAA has some good utilities as well.
http://www.erh.noaa.gov/phi/
Use that link and enter in the city. Then you can click on the graphical representation near the bottom and get all kinds of good information.
Hope that helps!

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posted on 29-4-2009 at 07:41 AM

IPHONE plus 2 apps and you have all the info you want:wee:

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posted on 29-4-2009 at 01:55 PM

what apps do you use Big John?

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posted on 15-5-2009 at 03:17 PM

the one site you need

its off of the noaa site but the roll over feature is freakin sweet

http://www.nws.noaa.gov/forecasts/graphical/sectors/conus.ph...

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posted on 15-5-2009 at 03:18 PM

http://www.usairnet.com/cgi-bin/launch/code.cgi?Submit=Go&am...

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posted on 15-5-2009 at 08:41 PM

This one is pretty cool and works okay on cell phones.

http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/station_page.php?station=46013

This link will bring up the buoy off the coast of Bodega Bay. Do a search and see what buoy off your favorite coast riding spot...providing it is not off limits because of the darn plovers!

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posted on 15-5-2009 at 10:38 PM

thanks again folks.

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posted on 16-5-2009 at 08:44 PM

I like http://weather.unisys.com/surface/sfc_con_wspd.html for the wind speed and http://weather.unisys.com/surface/sfc_con_stream.html for the direction.

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posted on 19-5-2009 at 10:27 PM

I recently found out about this one... Windguru

http://www.windguru.com/int/

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posted on 10-7-2009 at 06:07 PM

I use this one...
http://localkitespots.com

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posted on 10-10-2009 at 06:07 AM

Windmapper.com is great. However it goes down from time to time and that gets fustrating.

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posted on 10-10-2009 at 06:17 AM

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