Weather

The Club owns and operates a number of live data weather station for the major flying sites. The below graphs give a quick overview of current conditions. Please click the graphs to open the page with the full live data.

Further weather stations are available on Zephyr. For sites such as North Head / Takapuna we recommend using the Coast Guard app and live windcasting.

You'll also find a number of resources listed that can be used in weather forecasting/assessing.

The following resources are available to assist in determining flying conditions:

NZ Rasp: An excellent resource, based on Dr. Jack thermal forecasting parameters.

MetVUW: Long term forecast, Photos of the Day, and a good amount of cool cloud photos. Great for a first overview.

Windfinder.com: Simple wind/weather forecasting with tide information.

Windy: Great visualisation of wind strength and direction forecasts

PredictWind: A paid subscription. It covers 5 different models, and it is probably the most reliable forecast tool, especially for coastal flying.

MetFlight: General Aviation Weather Briefing, available to all NZHGPA members.

RASP in 10 Minutes - an excellent presentation by Club pilot Joe Ward, which covers the basics of interpreting various RASP data, including Skew-T diagrams.

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