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Contents:

  1. Bay Area Wind Patterns
  2. KPIX Java Map
  3. Oakland Sounding
  4. CA Zone 7 (Alameda & Contra Costa)
  5. CA Zone 6 (San Francisco)
  6. Dr Jack's Blip Map
  7. Dr Jack's Tip Reports
  8. Tads Soaring Forecast
  9. Accuweather Danville
  10. Weather.com Danville hour by hour
  11. Local San Francisco sattelite image
  12. East Bay Cameras
  1. CDEC Diablo Observations
  2. NOAA 17th minute Diablo Observations
  3. CDEC Mallory Ridge Observations
  4. NOAA 17th minute Mallory Ridge Observations
  5. Windcast
  6. Latest GOES-West w/ Sea Level Pressure
  7. Latest Jet Stream Analysis
  8. San Francisco Bay Area/Central California Coast Discussion
  9. Terminal Aerodrome Forecasts
  10. Winds Aloft Forecast
  11. Pacifica Cam
  12. Funston Webcam

1: Bay Area Wind Patterns


http://sfports.wr.usgs.gov/wind/
http://sfports.wr.usgs.gov/wind/winds.gif

2: KPIX Java Map


Click on the pulldown and scroll down to choose "Wind Speed / Dir."

KPIX Java Wind Map
Paddy's Java METARS & TAFS Tool

3: Oakland Sounding


http://topaflyers.com/
http://topaflyers.com/weather/soundings/oak.png


4: CA Zone 7 (Alameda & Contra Costa)


http://www.crh.noaa.gov/forecasts/CAZ007.php?warncounty=CAC013&city=Walnut+Creek
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/mtr/getzfpzone.php?sid=mtr&zone=caz007
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/mtr/

5: CA Zone 6 (San Francisco)


http://www.crh.noaa.gov/forecasts/CAZ006.php?warncounty=CAC075&city=San+Francisco
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/mtr/getzfpzone.php?sid=mtr&zone=caz006
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/mtr/

6: Dr Jack's Blip Map

Click for Dr. Jack's other BLIPMAPs HCrit ETA based.

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HCrit from FSL (using RUC.)

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HCrit RUC Based.

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Dr. Jack's "BL Max. Upward Motion" (BL Convergence) map.

Click for Dr. Jack's other BLIPMAPs Surface Sun (ETA only param)

Click for Dr. Jack's other BLIPMAPs Surface Heating (ETA)

ETA
Thermal Updraft Velocity (W*) CurrentDay Current+1 Current+2 PreviousDay
Height of Boundary Layer Top (TI=0 height) CurrentDay Current+1 Current+2 PreviousDay
Height of Critical Updraft Strength (Hcrit) CurrentDay Current+1 Current+2 PreviousDay
Thermal Height Variability CurrentDay Current+1 Current+2 PreviousDay
Buoyancy/Shear Ratio (B/S) CurrentDay Current+1 Current+2 PreviousDay
Wind Speed in the Boundary Layer CurrentDay Current+1 Current+2 PreviousDay
Wind Direction in the Boundary Layer CurrentDay Current+1 Current+2 PreviousDay
Wind Shear in the Boundary Layer CurrentDay Current+1 Current+2 PreviousDay
BL Max. Up/Down Motion (BL Convergence) CurrentDay Current+1 Current+2 PreviousDay
Cumulus Potential CurrentDay Current+1 Current+2 PreviousDay
Cumulus Cloudbase (Sfc. LCL) CurrentDay Current+1 Current+2 PreviousDay
OverDevelopment Potential CurrentDay Current+1 Current+2 PreviousDay
OverDevelopment Cloudbase (BL CL) CurrentDay Current+1 Current+2 PreviousDay
BL Max. Relative Humidity CurrentDay Current+1 Current+2 PreviousDay
CAPE CurrentDay Current+1 Current+2 PreviousDay
Low Cloud Cover CurrentDay Current+1 Current+2 PreviousDay
Total Cloud Cover CurrentDay Current+1 Current+2 PreviousDay
Surface Sun CurrentDay Current+1 Current+2 PreviousDay
Boundary Layer Depth CurrentDay Current+1 Current+2 PreviousDay
Surface Heating CurrentDay Current+1 Current+2 PreviousDay
Surface Temperature CurrentDay Current+1 Current+2 PreviousDay
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6.5: Dr Jack's Blipspot Reports


Diablo Mini Blipspots (confirm lat/lon at N37.87794 W121.93455)

Potato Mini Blipspots (confirm lat/lon at N39.34062 W122.68522)

7: Dr Jack's Tip Reports


7.5: FSL Plot (Diablo)

http://www-frd.fsl.noaa.gov/mab/soundings/java/plot_soundings.cgi?airport=39.3195,-119.8689&start=latest&n_hrs=36&data_source=MAPS
FSL Plot Diablo ( 37.8779 ,-121.9331 )
FSL Plot Mission ( 37.51777,-121.89177)
FSL Plot Tollhouse1(Pine Flat Res 36.84915,-119.24522)
FSL Plot Tollhouse2(Clovis 36.78557,-119.68505)
FSL Plot Potato ( 39.34084,-122.6850 )
FSL Plot Slide ( 39.3195 ,-119.8689 )

8: Tads Soaring Forecast


http://home.san.rr.com/tadhurst/NorthCalPredictor.htm
http://home.san.rr.com/tadhurst

8.5: NWS Digital hour by hour


Diablo 2 day
Diablo 6 day
Potato 2 day
Potato 6 day

9: Accuweather Danville


http://wwwa.accuweather.com/adcbin/public/hbh_local.asp?zipcode=94506&whend=1&whent=10
tomorrow 10am - 6pm

10: Weather.com Danville hour by hour


http://www.weather.com/weather/hourbyhour/USCA0280
http://www.weather.com/weather/hourbyhour/USCA0280?dayNumber=0&hour=22

11: Local San Francisco sattelite image


http://www.wunderground.com/satellite/vis/1k/US/CA/San_Francisco.html

12: East Bay Cameras




Lake Elizabeth Webcam


Bay Bridge, looking at east bay hills


Pleasant Hill, looking South along 680 (at Monument Blvd)


Pleasant Hill, looking North along 680 (at 240 split)


680 / 24 Interchange

13: CDEC Diablo Observations


Diablo (wind and solar)
Mallory Ridge (antennas just past Tassajara school, 9.5mi ESE of Diablo) (wind and solar)
Los Gatos (wind and solar)
Los Banos (wind and solar)
Rose Peak (8.6mi E of Mission) (wind)

14: NOAA 17th minute Diablo Observations


http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/mtr/getobs.php?sid=MDAC1&num=96&table=1

15: CDEC Mallory Ridge Observations


http://cdec.water.ca.gov/cgi-progs/queryF?s=MLR&d=today&span=8hours

16: NOAA 17th minute Mallory Ridge Observations


http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/mtr/getobs.php?sid=LVMC1&num=96&table=1

18: Latest GOES-West w/ Sea Level Pressure


Latest GOES-West w/ Sea Level Pressure (This image)
Animation of Color-Enhanced, GOES-West Images
SFSU Squall's New Features

19: Latest Jet Stream Analysis


Latest Jet Stream Analysis
Animation of Jet Stream Analyses w/ IR Satellite West
SFSU Squall's New Features

20: San Francisco Bay Area/Central California Coast Discussion


21: Terminal Aerodrome Forecasts

http://adds.aviationweather.gov/cgi-bin/adds_tafs?station_ids=ksfo&submit_both=TAF%20and%20METAR http://www8.landings.com/cgi-bin/parse_wthr_script.pl?pass=37875119&apt_id=KSFO&type=TAF http://adds.aviationweather.gov/cgi-bin/adds_tafs?station_ids=koak&submit_both=TAF%20and%20METAR http://www8.landings.com/cgi-bin/parse_wthr_script.pl?pass=37875119&apt_id=KOAK&type=TAF http://adds.aviationweather.gov/cgi-bin/adds_tafs?station_ids=ksjc&submit_both=TAF%20and%20METAR http://www8.landings.com/cgi-bin/parse_wthr_script.pl?pass=37875119&apt_id=KSJC&type=TAF

Paddy's Java METARS & TAFS Tool

22: Winds Aloft Forecast

23: Pacifica Cam


http://www.pacificacam.com/Best_1.JPG

24: Funston Webcam


Funston Webcam
Mission Webcam