- Rain detected – challenging conditions
- Significant gusts forecast (11.7 m/s)
- Low water temp – risk of hypothermia (12.9°C)
- Low breeze chance — 29% probability
- Good kite forecast: wind 6.0 m/s, gusts 8.7 m/s, no major model differences
- Light wind – experience required (6.0 m/s)
- Significant gusts forecast (8.7 m/s)
- Low water temp – risk of hypothermia (13.5°C)
- Unlikely breeze — 15% probability
- Models wind forecasts diverge significantly (> 6.4 m/s) (GFS27 14.7 m/s vs LEW 8.3 m/s)
- Strong wind – experience required (14.7 m/s)
- Significant gusts forecast (18.8 m/s)
- Wave height – experience required (2.5 m)
- Low water temp – risk of hypothermia (13.2°C)
- Unlikely breeze — 5% probability
- Wind too strong – unsafe conditions (17.6 m/s)
- High gust forecast (23.1 m/s)
- Models wind forecasts diverge significantly (> 7.2 m/s) (GFS27 17.6 m/s vs LEW 10.4 m/s)
- Dangerous wave height forecast (3.3 m)
- Low water temp – risk of hypothermia (12.4°C)
- Unlikely breeze — 3% probability
- Wind too strong – unsafe conditions (17.0 m/s)
- High gust forecast (21.0 m/s)
- Models wind forecasts diverge significantly (> 6.3 m/s) (GFS27 17.0 m/s vs LEW 10.7 m/s)
- Wave height – experience required (2.9 m)
- Low water temp – risk of hypothermia (12.2°C)
- Unlikely breeze — 1% probability
- Good kite forecast: wind 9.8 m/s, gusts 15.2 m/s, no major model differences
- Significant gusts forecast (15.2 m/s)
- Wave height – experience required (2.2 m)
- Low water temp – risk of hypothermia (12.2°C)
- Low breeze chance — 29% probability
- Models wind forecasts diverge significantly (> 5.9 m/s) (ECMWF 13.4 m/s vs LEW 7.4 m/s)
- Strong wind – experience required (10.8 m/s)
- Significant gusts forecast (16.0 m/s)
- Wave height – experience required (2.5 m)
- Low water temp – risk of hypothermia (12.2°C)
- Unlikely breeze — 22% probability