- Rain detected – challenging conditions
- Strong wind – experience required (11.5 m/s)
- Significant gusts forecast (12.3 m/s)
- Wave height – experience required (2.1 m)
- Low water temp – risk of hypothermia (10.0°C)
- Unlikely breeze — 3% probability
- Good kite forecast: wind 7.1 m/s, gusts 11.9 m/s, no major model differences
- Significant gusts forecast (11.9 m/s)
- Low water temp – risk of hypothermia (10.1°C)
- Low breeze chance — 27% probability
- Good kite forecast: wind 9.1 m/s, gusts 16.6 m/s, no major model differences
- Significant gusts forecast (16.6 m/s)
- Low water temp – risk of hypothermia (10.0°C)
- Unlikely breeze — 1% probability
- Models wind forecasts diverge significantly (> 5.6 m/s) (LEW 11.4 m/s vs ECMWF 5.8 m/s)
- Strong wind – experience required (10.0 m/s)
- Significant gusts forecast (18.0 m/s)
- Low water temp – risk of hypothermia (10.2°C)
- Unlikely breeze — 14% probability
- Too light wind – kite foiling only (4.5 m/s)
- Significant gusts forecast (7.6 m/s)
- Low water temp – risk of hypothermia (10.3°C)
- Low breeze chance — 35% probability
- Good kite forecast: wind 5.3 m/s, gusts 8.3 m/s, no major model differences
- Light wind – experience required (5.3 m/s)
- Significant gusts forecast (8.3 m/s)
- Low water temp – risk of hypothermia (10.3°C)
- Low breeze chance — 29% probability
- Rain detected – challenging conditions
- Models wind forecasts diverge significantly (> 10.0 m/s) (GFS27 12.1 m/s vs ICON Global 2.1 m/s)
- Strong wind – experience required (12.1 m/s)
- Significant gusts forecast (13.3 m/s)
- Low water temp – risk of hypothermia (10.2°C)
- Unlikely breeze — 9% probability