The first two sub-pages in this section contains links to current meteorological data, separated into sites which I use to look ahead to try to anticipate conditions in the near future, and those which I look at the evening before and in the morning before I hope to go flying. You will find information explaining how weather factors influence the flying conditions around Fiesch under Winds.  Please be aware that my agenda is not to spot the really excellent days when it’s worth making a special effort to travel to Fiesch, but to identify when the chance of decent flying conditions is low, so that it makes more sense to make other plans!

I find the weather information on the Schweizerischer Hängegleiter Verband website quite useful, especially the forecasts for winds at various altitudes over the course of the day, which take more account of the topography than any of the free offerings.  Also the sailplane forecast, published there at 5:30 every day, mentions factors such as expected thermal strength and inversions, which are not easily found elsewhere.  You can obtain access for a three month period for CHF 30, which is likely to be worth it if you intend to stay in Switzerland for some time.

I can also recommend Chillout and Flypara (optimised for smartphone) which have lists of meteo links which you can check out; although they are in German, most of the weather information which they contain is in diagrammatic form and therefore comprehensible without linguistic skills.

Many Swiss pilots who use their smartphones to access live weather data whilst flying subscribe to Burnair but I’m only just starting to get to grips with this new-fangled techy stuff 😉.