- Good kite forecast: wind 7.6 m/s, gusts 8.7 m/s, no major model differences
- Significant gusts forecast (8.7 m/s)
- Low water temp – risk of hypothermia (6.0°C)
- Rain detected – challenging conditions
- Models wind forecasts diverge significantly (> 5.3 m/s) (ECMWF 13.6 m/s vs GFS27 8.3 m/s)
- Significant gusts forecast (9.0 m/s)
- Wave height – experience required (2.7 m)
- Low water temp – risk of hypothermia (5.5°C)
- Rain detected – challenging conditions
- Models wind forecasts diverge significantly (> 5.2 m/s) (ECMWF 11.4 m/s vs GFS27 6.2 m/s)
- Significant gusts forecast (9.8 m/s)
- Wave height – experience required (2.8 m)
- Low water temp – risk of hypothermia (4.8°C)
- Wind too light – not suitable (3.9 m/s)
- Low water temp – risk of hypothermia (5.2°C)
- Good kite forecast: wind 5.7 m/s, gusts 6.3 m/s, no major model differences
- Light wind – experience required (5.7 m/s)
- Low water temp – risk of hypothermia (5.3°C)
- Models wind forecasts diverge significantly (> 5.4 m/s) (ECMWF 10.9 m/s vs GFS27 5.5 m/s)
- Light wind – experience required (5.5 m/s)
- Low water temp – risk of hypothermia (5.2°C)
- Wind too light – not suitable (3.4 m/s)
- Models wind forecasts diverge significantly (> 5.9 m/s) (ECMWF 9.4 m/s vs GFS27 3.4 m/s)
- Low water temp – risk of hypothermia (5.2°C)