New weather balloons for paragliders - Chamonix news (Aug 13 2008)
The Chamonix Valley paragliding club, Les Gratte-Ciel, have just installed two new weather balloons for up-to-date relevant paragliding information.
The information for the new Charamillon (1850m) and Brévent (2525m) weather balloons are updated every 20 minutes and provide the following:* 5 min average wind speed and direction
* max wind speed and direction in the last hour
* min wind speed and direction in the last hour
* temperature
You can access the info on the French Flying Federations (FFVL)radio frequency, 143.9875, or by telephone, 04 56 38 6080 (costs 0.15 Euros per minute) or by internet on the following sites:
Charamillon:
http://www.balisemeteo.com/balise.php?idBalise=94
Brévent:
http://www.balisemeteo.com/balise.php?idBalise=95
(The information from these weather balloons is in French).
