EarthWatch Communications, Inc. has very cool 3-D imagery of the clouds over the U.S. and other very, very helpful images for the skydiver in your life. Please be kind and point the happy jumper in this direction. He'll fill his drawers when he sees just how cool the imagery housed on this site actually is! (Did I mention this was a very cool weather site?!)

• Visible 3-D cloud cover over U.S. (shows all the haze, so may look like bad weather when it may actually be pretty nice [see next three items for jumping conditions])
• Infrared 3-D cloud cover over entire U.S. (more realistic for deciding whether or not to go to the drop zone!)
• Infrared 3-D cloud cover over eastern U.S. (closer view)
• Infrared 3-D cloud cover over central U.S. (closer view)
• Infrared 3-D cloud cover over western U.S. (closer view)
• Movie of last 12 hours of imagery in QuickTime (click here to get viewer software) (Thumbs up! Massive nifty!)

  (Duh!) Get over to The Weather Channel for "weather you can depend on!" I constantly check this one. They have the cleanest of the forecast graphics. (That's worth something, no?) Nifty thing about this one is that you get to see images just like the ones on T.V.! Oooo!

Click here for NBC Intellicast Weather for the USA. This site has very nice satellite imagery. If you want to see the cloud cover in your area, get in here! Clouds, of course, are a concern for skydivers, so these images are indespensible.

Click here for NBC Intellicast International Weather. This is basically the same as the USA site, but covers the entire Village (Global, that is!). Please, give it a try. They don't bite, honest.

Weather Cams! Actually SEE what the weather looks like from cameras all over the US! You really gotta see this one. No, really! Check out the Arizona site. They have a "clickable map" of the freeway system and little spots where each camera is located. Definitely worth visiting. Bring the kids!
(Thanks, Dave Eby!)

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