Run your own code :-) I used to fly sailplanes and around Northern California at least there is an interesting intersection of computer nerds, aerodynamics nerd

Run your own code :-) I used to fly sailplanes and around Northern California at least there is an interesting intersection of computer nerds, aerodynamics nerds and weather nerds. One of my favorite things being Jack Glendening's weather code/models for sailplane pilots, culminating in the RASP forecasts that more technical sailplane (and hang glider etc) pilots ran for their own hyper-local forecasts. The localized terrain triggered thermal hotspots and convergence prediction of these RASP models were super impressive. http://www.drjack.info/rasp http://www.drjack.info/rasp. Today specialized commercial forecast services are used by many sailplane pilots, and RASP and related forecasts predated or inspired those, but a well run RASP forecast on a fine grid is still something to behold.