New ikitesurf Online Wind Resources
ikitesurf has come up with a new presentation of REALTIME winds embedded on satellite images that will help with weather planning.
The first image is located at: http://www.ikitesurf.com/windAndWher...ction=Gmap+Obs Be sure to hit "hybrid" to get the satellite photo. They have similar coverage for other areas throughout the USA, Caribbean and parts of Canada. If you sign up for a wireless membership you get all the stations in yellow in addition to the ones in white. Also you have access to valuable historical wind records to help in planning trips and other information. It's all about wind, sometimes anyway, will you get some? Why not find out. http://www.fksa.org/albums/album316/W1.sized.jpg http://www.fksa.org/albums/album316/W2.sized.jpg http://www.fksa.org/albums/album316/W3.jpg http://www.fksa.org/albums/album316/W4.sized.jpg They say they have about 800 stations throughout the USA, Canada and the Caribbean. |
Sorry the images got wacked when this was deleted from kiteforum. Just embedded them again. ikitesurf does have some practices that can put people off. Then again they have a valuable large network of stations, many of which are privately held and available no where else. If you want to time the arrival of useable wind more often and work to avoid the hazardous variety it is worth subscribing in areas where there are a lot of private or critically located private stations. Stations are not always accurate, however in some cases you can learn correction factors for given wind directions. Watching for wind spikes and trying to time frontal wind arrival from upweather it can be invaluable.
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Just got this in from ikitesurf, looks good check it out ...
Hi Rick, George from iKitesurf here. Just a reminder that we have the FKA set up with a $20 discount offer for FKA members. Basically, anyone that goes to this URL: http://www.ikitesurf.com/services.iws?referrerID=91099 and qualifies (new, first time iKitesurf members signing up for the annual plan, etc.)... ...gets $20 off the first year of their membership. |
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