TJ Olney's Weather, maps, and Trails
- Combination pages I've made for weather and mapping -- these depend on other servers and may not always work.
- BCS Bellingham / Blanchard summary Includes MOS, LAMP, RUC2, Bellingham Cold Storage Winds Data, Metars, and Mesowest stations.*
- Winds Aloft forecast Vancouver and Seattle *
- Lower BC and NW WA Mesoscale stations (9 at once)Near real time -- Winds Data
- Digital Forecasts for Various Fun Locations.
- Auto zoom latest visible satellite image.
- Winds at Padilla Bay (just 9 flatland miles south of Blanchard)
- Whidbey Island summary -- including MM5 text both eta and gfs forecasts and Tatoosh to Smith pressure gradient*
- Compare side by side MAPS and RUC2 Rapid Update Soundings
All day hour-by-hour text RUC2/MAPS soundings Woodside/Sumas/Bridal Black Mt Big Johnson Stewart same as Blanchard Ft Ebey Skagit Valley Tiger - Winds Aloft forecast Vancouver and Seattle *
- Tiny pages for mobile devices. Winds reported from stations near
- Blanchard | Ft Ebey, Whidbey | Tiger Mt. | East Cascades Saddle, Chelan
- Maps
- TJ's Widget — also gets maps for flying sites or arbitrary lat and lon..
- These compose maps from map server tiles into much larger onscreen maps. They take some time to load. One index number east west is approx .011 degrees and north south is approx .0072 degrees.
- Topo map of Blanchard
- Topo map Big Johnson area
- Topo map Black Mountain
- Topo Stewart Mt
- Topo Baldy
- Iron Mountain
- Saddle Mountain Latitude N 46° 41'40" Longitude W 119° 41'37" Current Weather Observations Current Saddle Mt Version 2
- Chelan Butte Topo| full-zoomed |(terra server composed) | topozone version
Weather Current Chelan || Nearby Weather Stations || XC Skies Wind Map || Findu APRS/CWOP nearby
Current Wind map Chelan to Saddle
Current Wind map Fraser Valley to Tiger- Topo Tiger Mt. Issaquah
- Canadian flying sites topo maps
- BC map from Harrison Mills to Bridal Falls including Elk 1:50000 scale 635K (South East corner of the link below)
- Caution! really fast internet required. Really really Huge topo map Lower BC LOADS THEM ALL AT ONCE! North West corner has Exodus Peak, Squamish River and Ryan River
- Bridal Falls only
- Bridal Falls using New version of toporama
- Woodside Mt Newer Toporama Map
- Sumas Mt Canada
- A compromise composite map from Abbotsford to Mt Devoy, North to Hemlock Valley
- Aldergrove to Vedder
- Vedder to Mt Devoy
- Vedder Mt using Atlas of Canada..
- How to get an Atlas of Canada bookmark/url that works... Thanks to Eric Kramers at Atlas of Canada / Atlas du Canada
| Links below are NOT maintained... |
Other Weather Links
- Wind map from XCskies centered on Blanchard
- map from XCskies centered on Whidbey
- Wind Map from I-Windsurf
- Current Forecsating Discussion Seattle -- The hedges in the forecast.
- Very nice Salish Sea Region Real time Wind map
- Current Visible Satelite Seattle 1km (from source)
- All Satellite Imagery -- National Weather Service
- Western Whatcom County, WA Forecast
- Today's Winds (5 min) at Bellingham Bay Bellingham Cold Storage
- Today's Weather Observations at Bellingham Airport
- Today's Weather Observations at Burlington Airport
- Today's Weather Observations at all other Washington Airports
- Weather station in Hamilton near Sauk Mt in Skagit River Valley (valley wind!)
- Surface Observations Washington State Map latest
- Most Recent MM5 forecast (4km domain)
- All Available GFS-Initialized Pacific Northwest MM5 Weather Forecasts
- PacNW MM5-GFS 12 km Forecast Soundings
- Text version of most recent KUIL (for Seattle) balloon sounding. Lots of indicies.
- METARS translated for people to read (METAR is a French acronym METeorological Aerodrome Report)
- Translated METARs for Abbotsford, Agassiz, Bellingham,YVR, MtVernon,Whidbey,Arlington, Seattle results
- ADDS - METARs request form for any Station
- Bellingham Forecast -- Weather Underground
- The Weather Network Canada
- Abbotsford The Weather Network British Columbia, Canada
- Delta The Weather Network (Point Roberts US) Delta Columbia Canada
- Chilliwack, British Columbia
- RADAR - Aldergrove WUJ - Environment Canada's Green Lane
- Winds aloft for Canada western Region 31
- Environment Canada -- BC pick a location forecasts and current conditions
- Vancouver BC Current Conditions and 5 day forecast, Provided by EC
- Short-term Vancouver Lower Mainland
- Environment Canada's Official Text Forecasts
- Surface Observations Washington State Map latest
- Graphical version of MOS GFS and ETA forecasts at Launch Code/ USAIRNET
- Aviation Model Launch Code -- Wind Speed, Temperature, Wind Direction, Aviation Weather Forecast -- KBLI WA
- Launch Code -- Whidbey WA
- Launch Code Renton
- Environmental Model Launch Code -- Wind Speed, Temperature, Wind Direction, Environmental model Weather Forecast -- KBLI WA
- Launch Code -- Whidbey WA
- Launch Code Renton
- Hydro Rivers N.F. NOOKSACK R BLW CASCADE CR NR GLACIER, WASH.
- Trails _Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest - Trail Conditions
- Roads_Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest - Road Conditions
- Weather Cams
- Manning Park _ WeatherCam AV
- Cold Storage -- Bellingham Bay Cam and weather observations
- Cashmere Washington Cam
- Mt. Si Near North Bend
- Vancouver looking North from beach webcam.jpg (JPEG Image, 640x480 pixels)
- West Vancouver WeatherCam AV
- Bellingham, Washington‚ Daily Precipitation by Intellicast
- Bellingham, Washington‚ Weekly Precipitation‚ by Intellicast
- Upper Air SKEW from UNISYS
- Whistler Weather Info Page
- Whistler Blackcomb - Whistler Web Cam
- Misc Weather Links at topaflyers
- Seattle NWS Forecast page
- Graphical version of MOS forecastWind Speed, Temperature, Wind Direction, Aviation Weather Forecast -- KBLI WA
- These compose maps from map server tiles into much larger onscreen maps. They take some time to load. One index number east west is approx .011 degrees and north south is approx .0072 degrees.
- The only way to google Google Advanced search
Paragliding
- Paragliding Instruction
BC Canada - BC Instructors list at HPAC
- Deimos Paragliding Home (Tom Clark, BC)
- FlyBC Airsports Paragliding Home (Jim Reich, BC)
- Deimos Paragliding Home (Tom Clark, BC)
- US Washington
- USHPA list of Washington and Oregon Schools
- USHPA list of Washington and Oregon Instructors
- USHPA list of Washington and Oregon Instructors
- Soaring Forecast BLI using Quilyutte upper air soundings
- West Coast Soaring Club Forum
- The Oz Report
- MM5 tutorial at Cascade Paragliding Club new URL
- Flying Sites from BCHPA
- AeroPlanner.com
- HPA-Canada -ACVL Home Page
- Welcome to The U.S. Hang Gliding Association
- International XC FlightLog
- Paraglider Performance Comparision
- P@r@2000 - Parapente / Paraglider - Para2000
- ridelarg.jpg (JPEG Image, 939x1210 pixels)
- Cascade Paragliding Club
- See How It Flies
- DHV - Deutscher Hängegleiterverband e.V. | Drachenfliegen | Gleitschirmfliegen
- jetstream_pac_init_00.gif (GIF Image, 783x630 pixels)
- British Columbia Wind Data
- NCEP Winds Aloft Forecasts - Pacific Coast Region
- Canadian Aviation Regulations
- West Coast Soaring Club Forum
- FlyBC's Site of the Day Page
- wind_BCS
Most recent revision:
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Miscelaneous weather and flying
- Blue Thermal Paragliding - Links
- http://toporama.cits.rncan.gc.ca/toporama_en.html
- The MapPlace
- Forces and Winds: online meteorology guide
- Mission to Hope one tile of BC topo map 092h.gif (GIF Image, 3200x1600 pixels)
- Vancouver to Vedder one tile of BC topo map 092g.gif (GIF Image, 3200x1600 pixels)
- NCEP Winds Aloft Forecasts - Pacific Coast Region
- AWWS - Forecasts and Observations
- Bellingham Cold Storage Weather Station Summary
- Thermal Traker Oregon
- Winds aloft for Canada western Region 31
- Weather cam! Fraser Valley latest.jpg (JPEG Image, 1100x480 pixels)
- latest.jpg (JPEG Image, 640x480 pixels)
- latest.jpg (JPEG Image, 640x480 pixels)
- River Forecast Centre Low Flow Map
- Washington State Traffic,Weather, forecast, Mountain and Road condition Information
- Soaring Forecast BLI using Quilyutte upper air soundings
- Fly Chelan Butte - detailed site info from The Oz Report
- I90 Traveler Information
- US2 Travel Information
- Soundings from FSL java version
- Maptech MapServer - Online Topo Maps, Nautical Charts, Aero Charts, and Nav Photos
- Tips for Paraglider Pilots
- I90 Traveler Information
- 092i11.gif (GIF Image, 3200x1600 pixels)
- 092i15.gif (GIF Image, 3200x1600 pixels)
- Tiger Cam
- The Oz Report
- The Oz Report classified ads
- Shoreline Aerial Photos: Photo WHA0427
- map-blanchard.gif (GIF Image, 1335x836 pixels)
- Unisys Weather: Current Skew T Plot for Quillayute WA (UIL-72797)
- ARRLWeb: Amateur Exam Question Pools
- QRZ Ham Radio Practice Tests
- ARRLWeb: Affiliated Club Search
- NOAA ARL Real-time Environmental Applications and Display sYstem - Current Meteorology
- New home for Project Roman formerly at Utah
- HamiltonBook.com - New Books at Bargain Prices! - Shopping Cart
- The Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth
- Snow - in Colorado
- http://www.vailvalleyparagliding.com/
- Summit Paragliding- INSTRUCTION · SALES · GUIDING · CLINICS · TANDEM
- Aspen Paragliding
- XE.com - The Universal Currency Converter ®
- Mt Fuji and other beautiful Japanese Paragliding photos
- NWS Taunton, MA - Weather Calculators
- Department of Transportaion Washington State Cameras and reports
- Blue Thermal Paragliding - Links
- Archives of High Resolution Negatives
- WSDOT Cartography and GIS Map Products
- SRweb WSDOT
- WSDOT - State Route Web (SRweb)
- WSDOT GeoData Distribution Site (GIS data for maps)
- WSDOT Bellingham Area Traffic Cameras
- Washington State Traffic,Weather, forecast, Mountain and Road condition Information
- WSDOT Puget Sound Area Traffic Cameras
- WSDOT - USA/Canada Border Traffic Cameras
- DOT cam arlington.jpg (JPEG Image, 352x280 pixels)
- WSDOT Cartography and GIS Map Products
- National Weather Service : Observed Weather for past 48 Hours : Bellingham Intl Airport
- National Weather Service : Observed Weather for past 48 Hours : Abbotsford CYXX Ob Site
- Compute Sunrise, Sunset & Twilight For Cities & Airports (for the experienced)
- BCS bellingham bay cam latest.jpg (JPEG Image, 640x480 pixels)
- Jet stream forecast jet1_720x486.jpg (JPEG Image, 720x486 pixels)
- MESO SCALE DATA -- project ROMAN formerly at UTAH
- National Weather Service : Observed Weather for past 48 Hours : Abbotsford CYXX Ob Site
- Summary 9 stations at once.
Detailed reports- Station map Washington
- Station map Washington
- SURFACE WINDS LATESTsfc_lws.gif (GIF Image, 680x680 pixels)
- Weather CANADA
- Numerical model data page of NCAR-RAP Real-Time Weather Data website
- National Weather Service - Western Region Headquarters
- All Satellite Imagery -- National Weather Service
- 4Km Satellite Loop Animated Visible NorthWest
- Weather CANADA
| TJ's Blanchard Page | All TJ's Weather and Paragliding links | Current conditions from APRS stations and wunderground |
| Whidbey Island Summary page | Rapid Update soundings for flying sites | Wind's aloft Seattle and Vancouver | NWS normal weather forecasts |