Forecasts, Soundings (Upper Air), and Satellite 
http://weather.rap.ucar.edu/

​Global Winds (Click on earth in bottom left corner)
http://earth.nullschool.net/

California winds forecast (NW quadrant or Bay Area)
http://cansac.dri.edu//cansac_output.php?model=wrf

Northern California winds observations
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/mesowest/mwmap.php?wfo=sto&list=1&map=sto&sort=name#table

South Bay Area Dr. Jack’s Blipmap forecast
http://norcalsoaring.org/BLIP/BYRON/index.html

Forecast discussions for Bay Area, Sacramento, and Tahoe
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/forecasts/display_special_product_versions.php?sid=mtr&pil=afd
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/total_forecast/getprod.php?prod=XXXAFDSTO&wfo=STO
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/total_forecast/getprod.php?prod=XXXAFDREV&wfo=REV

Reno soaring forecast
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/total_forecast/getprod.php?wfo=rev&sid=rev&pil=srg

Educational weather modules. Next best thing to a degree in Meteorology. (Create a free account)
https://www.meted.ucar.edu/

Time lapse of storms
http://www.atmo.arizona.edu/?section=weather&id=cloudBest