- Good kite forecast: wind 10.0 m/s, gusts 16.8 m/s, no major model differences
- Strong wind – experience required (10.0 m/s)
- Significant gusts forecast (16.8 m/s)
- Low water temp – risk of hypothermia (11.0°C)
- Unlikely breeze — 4% probability
- Good kite forecast: wind 6.7 m/s, gusts 13.4 m/s, no major model differences
- Significant gusts forecast (13.4 m/s)
- Low water temp – risk of hypothermia (11.2°C)
- Unlikely breeze — 21% probability
- Models wind forecasts diverge significantly (> 5.6 m/s) (ECMWF 10.1 m/s vs LEW 4.5 m/s)
- Significant gusts forecast (10.9 m/s)
- Low water temp – risk of hypothermia (11.2°C)
- Low breeze chance — 32% probability
- Good kite forecast: wind 6.0 m/s, gusts 9.9 m/s, no major model differences
- Light wind – experience required (6.0 m/s)
- Significant gusts forecast (9.9 m/s)
- Low water temp – risk of hypothermia (11.2°C)
- High breeze chance — 78% probability
- Models wind forecasts diverge significantly (> 7.1 m/s) (GFS27 14.0 m/s vs ICON Global 6.9 m/s)
- Strong wind – experience required (14.0 m/s)
- Significant gusts forecast (16.4 m/s)
- Low water temp – risk of hypothermia (11.1°C)
- Unlikely breeze — 9% probability
- Wind too strong – unsafe conditions (18.7 m/s)
- High gust forecast (23.5 m/s)
- Rain detected – challenging conditions
- Models wind forecasts diverge significantly (> 11.4 m/s) (GFS27 18.7 m/s vs LEW 7.3 m/s)
- Low water temp – risk of hypothermia (10.7°C)
- Unlikely breeze — 0% probability
- Rain detected – challenging conditions
- Models wind forecasts diverge significantly (> 8.1 m/s) (GFS27 12.0 m/s vs LEW 3.9 m/s)
- Strong wind – experience required (12.0 m/s)
- Significant gusts forecast (13.8 m/s)
- Low water temp – risk of hypothermia (10.4°C)
- Unlikely breeze — 6% probability