- Wind too light – not suitable (2.4 m/s)
- Low water temp – risk of hypothermia (13.4°C)
- Unlikely breeze — 14% probability
- Good kite forecast: wind 5.1 m/s, gusts 9.1 m/s, no major model differences
- Light wind – experience required (5.1 m/s)
- Significant gusts forecast (9.1 m/s)
- Low water temp – risk of hypothermia (13.6°C)
- Low breeze chance — 25% probability
- Rain detected – challenging conditions
- Models wind forecasts diverge significantly (> 5.5 m/s) (ECMWF 11.7 m/s vs ICON Global 6.2 m/s)
- Significant gusts forecast (12.6 m/s)
- Wave height – experience required (2.2 m)
- Low water temp – risk of hypothermia (13.4°C)
- Unlikely breeze — 2% probability
- Rain detected – challenging conditions
- Models wind forecasts diverge significantly (> 6.3 m/s) (ECMWF 12.4 m/s vs LEW 6.2 m/s)
- Significant gusts forecast (12.1 m/s)
- Dangerous wave height forecast (3.4 m)
- Caution – too long wave period for beginners (14.3 s)
- Low water temp – risk of hypothermia (13.4°C)
- Unlikely breeze — 8% probability
- Models wind forecasts diverge significantly (> 6.7 m/s) (ECMWF 12.4 m/s vs LEW 5.7 m/s)
- Significant gusts forecast (14.6 m/s)
- Dangerous wave height forecast (3.5 m)
- Low water temp – risk of hypothermia (13.4°C)
- Low breeze chance — 32% probability
- Rain detected – challenging conditions
- Models wind forecasts diverge significantly (> 5.2 m/s) (ECMWF 11.3 m/s vs LEW 6.1 m/s)
- Significant gusts forecast (16.5 m/s)
- Wave height – experience required (2.9 m)
- Low water temp – risk of hypothermia (13.3°C)
- Unlikely breeze — 1% probability
- Rain detected – challenging conditions
- Models wind forecasts diverge significantly (> 7.4 m/s) (ECMWF 9.7 m/s vs ICON Global 2.3 m/s)
- Light wind – experience required (5.2 m/s)
- Significant gusts forecast (9.8 m/s)
- Wave height – experience required (2.7 m)
- Low water temp – risk of hypothermia (13.7°C)
- Low breeze chance — 39% probability