Weather
There are many weather resources available on the internet and the ones you use may depend on the type of flying (coastal or inland) and your personal preferences.
Weather Websites
The Australian Bureau of Meteorology ("BoM") website is the best place to start familiarising yourself with weather forecasting tools. You may find some of the following BoM pages helpful:
- MetEye (especially good for looking at wind direction and strength forecast for different parts of the day)
- VIC forecasts
- VIC observations
- VIC observations click-able map
- Interactive Weather and Wave Forecast Maps
Weather Apps:
- BOM Weather: Android | iOS
- Weather Views: Android (BOM Station Obs, made by local PG Pilot)
- Pocket Weather: Android | iOS
- WillyWeather: Android | iOS
The club maintains weather stations at Flowerdale and Mt Broughton launches, and links to weather stations for several other popular sites can be found in the Flying Sites section.
If you are looking for additional information on weather and wind conditions around Melbourne there are many other websites which you may find useful:
- BayWind
- BayWinds
- BOM Marine Forecast
- Seabreeze
- XCSkies (paid but excellent)
- Gliding RASP