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Actuals (right-click to zoom in) | ||||
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Actual weather with kind permission of Spaceguard at Kington (see also for webcam).
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Actual weather at Black Mountains Gliding Club. Or Shobdon at the Met Office | ||||
Weather forecasts | ||||
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Met Office F214 and F215 charts (as displayed in the Aero Club each day) You have to register to use this site, but it is free. Long Mynd weather page
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Forecast for today and next five days Weather dataLinks to pretty much everything you need Rackham's home. Synoptic charts meteonet. or alternative site westwind Satellite – visual for lower cloud, infrared for upper cloud. Wind map and other weather data RASP - lots of data including tephigrams TAFs and METARs EGBB:Birmingham EGFF:Cardiff EGVN:Brize Norton Other forecastsWeatherjack – links on his ’Weather’ page to a large number of met sites that are worth exploring if you have time... Other Club sites:
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NOTAMs | ||||
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NATS Aeronautical Information Service (AIS) – the source of all the data, but can be a little difficult to use if you are not familiar with it. You have to register, but it is free. Also see the BGA website for more information on how to use it. Soaring Pilot’s Intelligent Notams Editor - SPINE You have to download the program, which is free. Some people find it easier to understand the output and one big advantage of it is that it provides a map of all the Notams listed in the area selected. | ||||
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You should also phone the freephone AIS number each morning on 0500 354802to obtain latest information on things like Royal flights and Red Arrows displays – some but not all of these will be in the NOTAMs published on the internet sources. As they are generally items which are vital to avoid, calling this number is if anything, more important than reading the blurb, much of which is in the nature of information rather than mandatory. |
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