Scientists from NASA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the international Solar Cycle Prediction Panel ...

Read more about these maps. Please be aware that wind gusts can be 40 percent stronger than the average wind speeds presented here, and stronger still in thunderstorms and squalls.

These charts are for guidance only, actually gusts and wave heights may be considerably higher than those shown.

Balloons have been in frequent use for several decades now, though the first uses go back at least 200 years. They are used mainly for scientific purposes but increasingly for tourism and joy rides, ...