Well, basically, weather models are not region-specific, only the actual computations/forecasts are. So it wouldn't make sense to develop an incredibly complex

Well, basically, weather models are not region-specific, only the actual computations/forecasts are. So it wouldn't make sense to develop an incredibly complex weather model and then only use it in your local region – it would work anywhere, properly configured. Example of a weather model I'm talking about – RASP http://www.drjack.info/DRJACK/RASP/index.html http://www.drjack.info/DRJACK/RASP/index.html – many hang gliding clubs run this model on local weather data, e.g. http://www.canadarasp.com/RASPtable.html http://www.canadarasp.com/RASPtable.html. That's the best forecasts we can have. Well, that and http://xcskies.com http://xcskies.com.