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lazyrasp.com – quick six day RASP Stars look-ahead
XCPara RASP and Synoptic summary page created by Jaroslav Polensky
Skysight.io – developed by Aussie sailplane Matt Scutter (requires subscription – use promo code “CLOUDBASEMAYHEM” for extra 14 days evaluation period)
BBC video (see also Weather for the Week Ahead on BBC iPlayer)
Met Office (and cloud cover forecast)
Met Office Brecon Beacons mountain forecast
Sat24.com high quality sat images
windy.com – nice animated wind forecast showing wind, cloud, rain. Plus meteo-blue detailed forecasts too!
Malverns wind (Wyche Cutting)
Sid’s forecast (Nympsfield Gliding Club)
Lasham Gliding Club forecast
Talgarth Gliding Club weather links
West Bay weather station – good for Eype
Portland Harbour weather station – good for Ringstead/Eype
WeatherOnline expert charts
WeatherSchool on YouTube (and at weatherweb.net) GFS Ensemble chart
GFS animation showing cloud and rain up to 7.5 days ahead
soaringmeteo – pretty comprehensive GFS based worldwide forecast
meteo-parapente – RASP for Alps and beyond, although it doesn’t forecast so many days ahead unless you subscribe
meteociel.fr – recommended by “Flying Karlis“
xcmeteo.net – simple tephigram and cloud forecast
RASP for the Alps and Italy (small fee for forecasts, free for historical charts)
Thermixc – really great XC Planner style tool showing thermal hotspots at different times of year/day, plus flying sites etc
Foehn forecast for Swiss Alps
More Foehn forecasts and maps
winds.mobi – Valley and mountain top winds in the alps
spotair.mobi – winds and webcams for the alps
Saint-André-les-Alpes wind station (balise)
Easy CANP submission form (thanks Chris Williams!)
xcrt.aero (homepage of the XC Retrieve system)
Site analysis by country by month – https://www.wilderadventures.com/launches