Flight planning
Weather
Accumulated precipitation
Winds Aloft
1) Click on "Classic AOPA Weather"; 2) Under "US Radar Maps", select "North Central Region";3) Under "Select Surface Map", select on "12 hour forecast; 4) Under "Select Upper Air Map", select "FL050".
Soaring forecasts
"Select RUC-2 as the "Input Data Source" at the top, then select the time of day you want to see (for example 18 UTC is noon). Enter an airport ID ( STC is St. Cloud) and select "plot sounding". You'll get a graph of temperature in red, , dew point in blue, and associated wind barbs. From this data you can view how the temperature changes with height, and see where the lift stops, as well as the wind at these altitudes. You will not get a "soaring index", rather you get to see the whole picture. The light blue slanted lines are "dry adiabatic lines". When the temperature line parallels dry adiabatic lines, its monster lift!" (Declan Cannon).
Frontal systems
General
Osceola Surface Weather (Wunderground)
Osceola Surface Weather (USAirNet)
CWSU National TAF METAR maps -- NOAH NWS
Intellicast Mixed Surface Analysis Animation
