- Wind too light – not suitable (3.8 m/s)
- Too light wind – kite foiling only (4.8 m/s)
- Significant gusts forecast (7.1 m/s)
- Good kite forecast: wind 6.7 m/s, gusts 8.4 m/s, no major model differences
- Significant gusts forecast (8.4 m/s)
- Good kite forecast: wind 8.5 m/s, gusts 12.7 m/s, no major model differences
- Significant gusts forecast (12.7 m/s)
- Good kite forecast: wind 12.2 m/s, gusts 18.1 m/s, no major model differences
- Strong wind – experience required (12.2 m/s)
- Significant gusts forecast (18.1 m/s)
- Wind too strong – unsafe conditions (18.2 m/s)
- High gust forecast (25.3 m/s)
- Models wind forecasts diverge significantly (> 9.0 m/s) (GFS27 18.2 m/s vs ECMWF 9.2 m/s)