Catch the Wind on Intellicast.com During National Kite Month; Intellicast.com Launches Most Detailed Local Wind Forecast Maps Available.BILLERICA, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 29, 1999--Just in time for National Kite Month, Intellicast.com, the leading Web site for sports and recreation weather reports, has launched "Catch the Wind," a complete resource for kite flying. In addition to weather information tailored to consumers and recreation enthusiasts, the site also includes high-resolution detailed MesoWIND forecast maps for 36 cities that help kite fliers discover which way the wind is blowing. The "Catch the Wind" site also offers instructions and tips on how to fly a kite (Com.) to raise money on commercial notes. See also: Fly , educational information on winds, and a Virtual Kite that actually flies online. MesoWIND charts, a unique resource only available on Intellicast.com, are highly detailed local wind maps for 36 cities across the US. These maps show wind speed and direction and include many local wind effects. Regionalized and detailed, these high-resolution maps are especially useful not just for kite fliers, but for windsurfers, sailors, golfers and skiers as well. The Virtual Kite is an interactive applet A small application, such as a utility program or limited-function spreadsheet or word processor. Java programs that are run from the browser are always known as applets. See midlet, crapplet and Java applet. that shows how a kite would fly in each of the 36 cities, depending on the current wind conditions. Viewers simply select their city and the animated kite flies higher or lower depending on current wind speed. "Catch the Wind" also includes the "The Store for Spring," featuring kites, hot air balloons This article is about hot air balloons themselves. For the associated activity, see Hot air ballooning. The hot air balloon is the oldest successful human-carrying flight technology, dating back to its invention by the Montgolfier brothers in Annonay, , sporting goods Noun 1. sporting goods - sports equipment sold as a commodity commodity, trade good, good - articles of commerce sports equipment - equipment needed to participate in a particular sport and outdoor science kits from Nickelodeon - everything the outdoor enthusiast needs to enjoy a spring day. "We're excited to bring our high quality weather to another recreational activity," said Michael Sikillian, senior product manager for Intellicast. "Last year, when we launched SAILcast, our specialty weather site for sailing, we had so many requests from kite enthusiasts that we decided to create a special section just for them." Intellicast already offers specialty weather sections for golf, skiing, sailing and hiking. During National Kite Month (March 25 - April 30) Intellicast.com is partnering with the American Kitefliers Association and the Kite Trade Association to promote some of the 200 events planned for this month. For more information on these events, visit www.aka.kite.org or www.kitetrade.org. Intellicast.com is provided by Weather Services International (WSI See wafer scale integration. Corporation), a subsidiary of TASC TASC The After School Corporation TASC The American Surrogacy Center TASC Treatment Accountability for Safer Communities TASC The Analytic Sciences Corporation TASC Transportation Administrative Service Center TASC Total Administrative Services Corporation , Inc., and a Litton Industries Named after inventor Charles Litton Sr., Litton Industries was a large defense contractor in the United States, bought by the Northrop Grumman Corporation in 2001. company (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :LIT). WSI is one of the world's largest suppliers of real-time weather data, imagery and weather forecast services to customers in the broadcast media, aviation, utilities, government and agriculture markets. More information about Intellicast can be found on the Web at www.intellicast.com. More information about WSI can be found at www.wsicorp.com. WSI, Intellicast and Intellicast.com are registered trademarks of WSI Corporation. |
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