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Last year I released Windsock iPhone app which has the ability to instantly provide current wind forecast information on demand for almost anywhere in the world for a number of sites and can provide a forecast every 3 hours for the next 5 days ahead.

The idea behind it is that you have 3 or 4 flying sites you visit and you see at a quick glance which site is the best to go to. Also you can see forecasts so you can plan when the best time is to go to the field when it's calmest. It was a great success and now I'm thinking of adding some more features to it. Do you have any suggestions you'd like to see in the app? I've been thinking reporting the temperature and wind chill would be useful as well as the weather and sunrise/sunset but also using this data to just highlight when the best time slots are to go flying. Would condition alarms be useful or just annoying?

Would accessing your sites online through the website be something you'd find useful too? I also wondered about adding 'friends' to it and allowing you to check in to a particular site so your flying partners could join you but do people tend to fly solo or in groups or at clubs? I'm also adding a dedicated map view in the next version so please let me know what you'd like to see.