- Rain detected – challenging conditions
- Unlikely breeze — 1% probability
- Significant gusts forecast (13.2 m/s)
- Caution – short wave period (5.3 s)
- Wetsuit required (16.4°C)
- Models wind forecasts diverge significantly (> 7.7 m/s) (GFS27 12.1 m/s vs HRDPS 4.4 m/s)
- Unlikely breeze — 8% probability
- Strong wind – experience required (12.1 m/s)
- Significant gusts forecast (15.7 m/s)
- Wave height – experience required (1.1 m)
- Caution – short wave period (5.0 s)
- Wetsuit required (15.7°C)
- Good kite forecast: wind 5.7 m/s, gusts 7.8 m/s, no major model differences
- Low breeze chance — 25% probability
- Light wind – experience required (5.7 m/s)
- Significant gusts forecast (7.8 m/s)
- Caution – short wave period (4.1 s)
- Low water temp – risk of hypothermia (13.9°C)
- Rain detected – challenging conditions
- Unlikely breeze — 2% probability
- Strong wind – experience required (10.1 m/s)
- Significant gusts forecast (15.3 m/s)
- Caution – short wave period (3.5 s)
- Low water temp – risk of hypothermia (14.0°C)
- Rain detected – challenging conditions
- Models wind forecasts diverge significantly (> 5.1 m/s) (GFS27 11.8 m/s vs LEW 6.7 m/s)
- Unlikely breeze — 0% probability
- Strong wind – experience required (11.8 m/s)
- Significant gusts forecast (17.3 m/s)
- Wave height – experience required (1.6 m)
- Caution – short wave period (5.6 s)
- Low water temp – risk of hypothermia (14.6°C)
- Models wind forecasts diverge significantly (> 6.6 m/s) (GFS27 11.9 m/s vs ECMWF 5.3 m/s)
- Unlikely breeze — 0% probability
- Strong wind – experience required (11.9 m/s)
- Significant gusts forecast (14.6 m/s)
- Caution – short wave period (4.5 s)
- Wetsuit required (15.4°C)