The following are  links to soaring weather information sites. All open in new window. Required reading before flights.

REGIONAL ATMOSPHERIC SOARING PREDICTOR: DR. JACKS’S RASP TABLE

Current and forecast soaring specific weather parameters.  Incredibly useful!

http://www.soaringpredictor.info/rasptable/RASPtable.html

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NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE:  NOAA Site specific forecast for SCSA

http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?CityName=Llano&state=CA&site=LOX&textField1=34.5058&textField2=-117.817

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NOAA SURFACE ANALYSIS SITE -Mesoscale surface pressure systems and fronts

http://www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/dailywxmap/index.html

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NOAA WINDS AND TEMPS ALOFT

WJF = William J. Fox Field is closest field to SCSA in Palmdale

http://aviationweather.gov/products/nws/sanfrancisco?fint=12&lvl=lo

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NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH -REALTIME WEATHER MAPS

http://weather.rap.ucar.edu/

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SHARPEN YOUR WEATHER CHOPS!  -FREE WEATHER EDUCATION SITES

METED ONLINE COURSE IN MOUNTAIN WAVE METEOROLOGY

https://www.meted.ucar.edu/training_module.php?id=140

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ULTIMATE WEATHER EDUCATION WEBSITE

http://www.theweatherprediction.com/

THIS WEEK

We will have varying conditions this weekend. Although the temps are cool we will still have good soaring weather. Those that tow to the mountains should be able to extract some nice thermal slope lift staying up if paying attention. Thermal uplift velocities should be in the 300+ FPM range.
The passage of a front Friday through Saturday will mean wind will play a part in determining flight planning. Possible local wave conditions on Saturday due to fresh Southwest breezes.
Sunday and Monday after the passage of the front the wind will lie down and range from calm to very light. There will always be lift to be found this period -thermal, slope, convergence or wave. Have fun!

The National Weather Service is predicting the following local surface conditions for Friday through Monday:

FRIDAY
Sunny, Temperature: 65 degrees.
Wind: Northwest 15-25 mph.

SATURDAY
Sunny, Temperature: 61 degrees.
Wind: Southwest 15-25 mph.

SUNDAY
Sunny, Temperature: 62 degrees.
Wind: Southwest 5 mph.

MONDAY:
Sunny, Temperature: 64 degrees.
Wind: Light and Variable.

THIS WEEK

Calm to gentle wind and leisurely temperatures in the mid-seventies will make for easy living at the field this weekend.

Staying aloft will include looking for convergence and hunting down mountain induced thermal slope lift. Stay near the mountains and ridges and sharpen your repetoire. Impress us with your awesome ability to paste together a collage of upward aircraft movement.

The National Weather Service is predicting the following local surface conditions for Friday through Monday:

SATURDAY
Sunny, Temperature: 74 degrees.
Wind: Northwest 5 mph.

SUNDAY
Sunny, Temperature: 73 degrees.
Wind: North 5 mph.

MONDAY:
Sunny, Temperature: 75 degrees.
Wind: South 8 mph becoming North.

THIS WEEK

The National Weather Service is predicting the following local surface conditions for Friday through Monday:

FRIDAY:
Sunny, Temperature: 73 degrees.
Wind: Northeast 10 mph.

SATURDAY
Sunny, Temperature: 74 degrees.
Wind: Calm.

SUNDAY
Sunny, Temperature: 66 degrees.
Wind: West 15 mph.

MONDAY:
Sunny, Temperature: 62 degrees.
Wind: Northwest 15 mph.