Weather Links
Piling Cluster Met Station: [Graph]
Out of commission as of 2022-06. We hope they get it back up soon!
Current readings straight out from ES, north of the lighthouses.
Cayuga Lake Water Temperature: [LakeMonster]
Myers Wind Meter 2022: [Tempest]
NOAA Forecast Graph: [Ithaca] [Geneva] [Emerson] [Canandaigua]
Includes precipitation, cloud cover, etc.
Farther afield: [Fair Haven][Hamburg][Oneida (W)][Southwick]
WindAlert: [Ithaca] [Myers] [Penn Yan] [Seneca(pro)] [Geneva] [Canandaigua] [Skaneateles]
Nice graphs showing both forecasts and readings (including history).
The same site and data also appears as iWindsurf, iKitesurf, and Sailflow.
Check out their mobile apps also: WindAlert, iWindsurf, iKitesurf.
Rain and Lightning: [NWS Radar] [Lightning Maps] [BlitzOrtung(lightning/thunder)]
When checking the wind forecast and readings, don't forget about rain and, especially, thunderstorms.
Harmful Algal Bloom (HAB) Monitoring
Report sightings (with pictures, location, date and time) to habshotline@gmail.com
Java Animated Windcast: [iWindsurf/Upstate NY]
Nice animated way to visualize the regional forecast
Windy.com (windyty) Animation: [Ithaca]
Mesmerizing animation, can be overlaid with other data (temps, pressure, etc.)
Ithaca Airport Readings: [WindAlert] [NOAA table] [Windfinder graph]
Note that the top of the hill can be surprisingly different from East Shore.
WindAlert shows 5-minutes granularity. Other interfaces still show only hourly.
Tends to report stronger S and weaker N than East Shore.
Nearby Bouys Readings: [Geneva] [Emerson]
Geneva NY Readings:
WeatherSpark: [Ithaca]
Graphs (forecast and history) and radar.
Windfinder: [Ithaca Airport] [Ithaca/Lake Cayuga]
Another site with both forecast and history.
Sailflow: [Upstate New York]
In the menu on the left, select "Forecast Map"
Shows "the big picture".
WunderMap Weather Station Readings
Beware that most weather stations don't have good wind readings.
Aviation Forecast: [Ithaca]
NWS forecast (same data as NOAA above?)
Magic Seaweed: [Eastern Seaboard]
Useful for visualizing passing hurricanes
Wind Map Animation: [USA] [World] [Forecast]
I can stare at these all day
