- Good kite forecast: wind 5.0 m/s, gusts 7.7 m/s, no major model differences
- Light wind – experience required (5.0 m/s)
- Significant gusts forecast (7.7 m/s)
- Good kite forecast: wind 10.6 m/s, gusts 12.8 m/s, no major model differences
- Strong wind – experience required (10.6 m/s)
- Significant gusts forecast (12.8 m/s)
- Rain detected – challenging conditions
- Models wind forecasts diverge significantly (> 9.7 m/s) (GFS27 10.5 m/s vs HRRR 0.8 m/s)
- Strong wind – experience required (10.5 m/s)
- Significant gusts forecast (13.4 m/s)
- Models wind forecasts diverge significantly (> 5.4 m/s) (GFS27 9.1 m/s vs ECMWF 3.7 m/s)
- Significant gusts forecast (14.0 m/s)
- Rain detected – challenging conditions
- Light wind – experience required (5.7 m/s)
- Too light wind – kite foiling only (4.9 m/s)
- Rain detected – challenging conditions
- Significant gusts forecast (10.7 m/s)
- Rain detected – challenging conditions
- Models wind forecasts diverge significantly (> 6.7 m/s) (GFS27 10.9 m/s vs ECMWF 4.2 m/s)
- Strong wind – experience required (10.9 m/s)
- Significant gusts forecast (14.5 m/s)