Whenever there is a Weather Watch or Warning there will be no race.
Wunderground Weather has a very nice wind and temperature display for each day. Click on Details under the day you are interested in.
WKOW MicroCast for Lake Kegonsa, giving temps and wind forecasts for each hour. Email is lksc@lksc.org, password is lksc. They also have a doppler radar.
WindMapper.com provides a very cool wind map.
Milwaukee National Weather Service homepage, where you will find numerous weather/wind related links. Individual links are below:
- Basic narrative forecast for Lake Kegonsa
- Detailed hourly forecast graph, including advanced wind parameters, for Lake Kegonsa
- Model Output Statistics for the North American Model for WI sites (updated every 12 hours around 10:30 AM/PM CDT)
- Model Output Statistics for the Global Forecast System model for WI sites (updated every 6 hours around 6:30 and 12:30 AM/PM CDT)
- Past 3 days of hourly weather observations for Madison
NWS Storm Prediction Center – your portal to severe weather forecasts and watches, as well as mesoscale observations:
- SPC mesoanalysis (choose either the Northern Plains or the Midwest sectors)
- Weather balloon soundings (data from 00 and 12 UTC / on the website around 8 AM and 8 PM CDT)
- RAMSDIS Online satellite imagery portal. Most of you will be looking for either the GOES East 4km visible or the 4km IR4 Infrared images.
Intellicast – The links from Intellicast below will help you determine whether to sail or whether to set up a race course. Loop times vary slightly but are usually 3 hours.
- WI/MN/IA/IL Radar Loop
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Visible Clouds – Lets you know what kind of cloud cover to expect. There is a time lapse loop button.
- Doppler Radar Loop – Includes Weather Watch/Warning Boxes
- Water Vapor – Lets you know how much water may be available for rain or storms. There is a time lapse loop button.
- Wind Forecast
- Nexrad Radar Loop
- Storm Watch Loop
Unisys Weather – If you want to really get into weather, this is the site. This opens to a US map with all kinds of cool data selections. Click on “Home” to explore this fascinating site.
Accuweather – Really nice for hourly wind, temp and conditions.