- Rain detected – challenging conditions
- Significant gusts forecast (12.8 m/s)
- Low water temp – risk of hypothermia (12.9°C)
- Low breeze chance — 40% probability
- Good kite forecast: wind 6.0 m/s, gusts 8.6 m/s, no major model differences
- Light wind – experience required (6.0 m/s)
- Significant gusts forecast (8.6 m/s)
- Low water temp – risk of hypothermia (13.5°C)
- Unlikely breeze — 12% probability
- Models wind forecasts diverge significantly (> 5.5 m/s) (GFS27 14.0 m/s vs LEW 8.5 m/s)
- Strong wind – experience required (14.0 m/s)
- Significant gusts forecast (18.6 m/s)
- Wave height – experience required (2.3 m)
- Low water temp – risk of hypothermia (13.2°C)
- Unlikely breeze — 5% probability
- Wind too strong – unsafe conditions (16.9 m/s)
- High gust forecast (23.1 m/s)
- Models wind forecasts diverge significantly (> 6.1 m/s) (GFS27 16.9 m/s vs LEW 10.8 m/s)
- Dangerous wave height forecast (3.4 m)
- Low water temp – risk of hypothermia (12.4°C)
- Unlikely breeze — 1% probability
- Wind too strong – unsafe conditions (15.9 m/s)
- Models wind forecasts diverge significantly (> 6.2 m/s) (GFS27 15.9 m/s vs LEW 9.7 m/s)
- Significant gusts forecast (19.2 m/s)
- Dangerous wave height forecast (3.0 m)
- Low water temp – risk of hypothermia (12.2°C)
- Unlikely breeze — 0% probability
- Good kite forecast: wind 10.2 m/s, gusts 14.5 m/s, no major model differences
- Strong wind – experience required (10.2 m/s)
- Significant gusts forecast (14.5 m/s)
- Wave height – experience required (2.2 m)
- Low water temp – risk of hypothermia (12.2°C)
- Unlikely breeze — 5% probability
- Models wind forecasts diverge significantly (> 9.3 m/s) (ECMWF 13.1 m/s vs LEW 3.8 m/s)
- Light wind – experience required (5.6 m/s)
- Significant gusts forecast (8.6 m/s)
- Wave height – experience required (2.4 m)
- Low water temp – risk of hypothermia (12.2°C)
- Unlikely breeze — 17% probability