[lunchbox]

some good stuff there jason, I especially like the scripps wind report. Here're mine (some the same, some different):

One-stop-shopping:
http://facs.scripps.edu/cgi-bin/quickcheck

Wind:
http://sunset.icess.ucsb.edu/pete/An...Windspeed.html
http://www.nawcwpns.navy.mil/%7Eweat.../analysis.html
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/mesowest/mwmap.php?map=lox

Forecasts/Text discussion:
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/lox/
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/total_foreca...id=lox&pil=afd

Surface pressure gradients (affects wind)/General overview of N. Pacific:
http://www.nrlmry.navy.mil/~swadley/...ltau_slpw.html

Tropical (Hurricanes to the south and such):
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/
http://www.goes.noaa.gov/browsp.html
http://hurricane.terrapin.com/

All are good for any part of the SoCal bight, from Conception to the border.