Useful Links

Weather

Current Conditions XC Weather Near real-time maps of wind & pressure from coastal & airfield METAR stations Skylink Graphical METARs Useful graphical (i.e. human) representation of METAR data from Hawarden (and elsewhere) Wendy Windblows Wendy Windblows, live weather data from hill top weather stations available through subscription & premium rate phone nos. Subscribers log on here. Hilbre Weather Station on Hilbre Island (nr Thurstaston) Thurstaston Weather Thurstaston Weather station. Rhyl Weather Rhyl weather station (anemomenter manufacturer's site). Met Office - Wales Good source of satpics and rainfall radar, but otherwise not reliable enough for aviation. Ogwen Valley Weather Weather conditions in the Ogwen Valley, Snowdonia - from the Mountain Rescue folks. Skycams page Live webcams across North Wales.	Forecast Weather Online - Wales Excellent forecast info up to 7 days in advance together with expert info for fliers (e.g. - isobars/isotachs-10m, 900hPa Wind vectors ). Halo Accurate wind forecast (and cloud,rainfall) animations (now subscription). BBC-Wales Wales forecasts from the BBC (e.g. wind +12h, +24h). Llantysilio forecast Aviation forecast for Llantysilio from MetCheck. Met Office - Wales Useful data Met Office - Aviation Aviation forecast (spot winds etc), currently free but requires registration via this link. Tephigrams Today Tomorrow Tomorrow + 1 Tomorrow + 2 NEW: Forecast tephigrams from RASP for the NWHGPC area (12:00 GMT). North Wales Weather Today Brings together useful compilations of weather information.
Organisations BHPA British Hang gliding and Paragliding Association NATS Check those NOTAMs before you go flying. MWHGPC Mid Wales Hang gliding and Paragliding Club SEWHGPC South-East Wales Hang gliding and Paragliding Club	Publications and Discussion Groups EuroPG Paragliding mailing list server XC Magazine Online version of the world's best mag, EVER. Hang Gliding Newsgroup Usenet discussion group rec.aviation.hang-gliding, a hang gliding and paragliding forum. HG XC League UK hang gliding XC league. UK PG comps UK PG comps (inc. XC league). Skywings Online version of the most-excellent monthly BHPA magazine.
Learn to Fly Snowdon Gliders Snowdonia based Paragliding School Beyond Extreme N Wales borders-based Paragliding School.

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