- Wind too light – not suitable (1.7 m/s)
- Wetsuit required (14.4°C)
- Unlikely breeze — 6% probability
- Rain detected – challenging conditions
- Models wind forecasts diverge significantly (> 6.5 m/s) (HRRR 9.8 m/s vs ICON Global 3.2 m/s)
- Light wind – experience required (5.5 m/s)
- Wetsuit required (14.1°C)
- Unlikely breeze — 23% probability
- Rain detected – challenging conditions
- Significant gusts forecast (9.9 m/s)
- Low water temp – risk of hypothermia (13.8°C)
- Unlikely breeze — 5% probability
- Good kite forecast: wind 5.2 m/s, gusts 6.9 m/s, no major model differences
- Light wind – experience required (5.2 m/s)
- Wetsuit required (14.1°C)
- Unlikely breeze — 13% probability
- Models wind forecasts diverge significantly (> 5.4 m/s) (GFS27 9.1 m/s vs ICON Global 3.6 m/s)
- Significant gusts forecast (12.5 m/s)
- Wetsuit required (14.0°C)
- Unlikely breeze — 11% probability
- Good kite forecast: wind 8.4 m/s, gusts 10.4 m/s, no major model differences
- Significant gusts forecast (10.4 m/s)
- Wetsuit required (14.7°C)
- Unlikely breeze — 18% probability
- Good kite forecast: wind 6.5 m/s, gusts 9.1 m/s, no major model differences
- Significant gusts forecast (9.1 m/s)
- Wetsuit required (14.6°C)
- Unlikely breeze — 4% probability