- Good kite forecast: wind 5.5 m/s, gusts 6.8 m/s, no major model differences
- Light wind – experience required (5.5 m/s)
- Low water temp – risk of hypothermia (13.5°C)
- Unlikely breeze — 5% probability
- Models wind forecasts diverge significantly (> 5.7 m/s) (ECMWF 9.0 m/s vs LEW 3.3 m/s)
- Significant gusts forecast (9.1 m/s)
- Wetsuit required (14.1°C)
- Low breeze chance — 44% probability
- Good kite forecast: wind 7.7 m/s, gusts 11.0 m/s, no major model differences
- Significant gusts forecast (11.0 m/s)
- Low water temp – risk of hypothermia (13.5°C)
- Low breeze chance — 36% probability
- Wind too strong – unsafe conditions (16.1 m/s)
- Models wind forecasts diverge significantly (> 7.1 m/s) (GFS27 16.1 m/s vs LEW 9.0 m/s)
- Significant gusts forecast (18.6 m/s)
- Wave height – experience required (2.7 m)
- Low water temp – risk of hypothermia (13.1°C)
- Low breeze chance — 31% probability
- Wind too strong – unsafe conditions (16.7 m/s)
- Rain detected – challenging conditions
- Models wind forecasts diverge significantly (> 7.7 m/s) (GFS27 16.7 m/s vs LEW 9.0 m/s)
- Significant gusts forecast (19.9 m/s)
- Dangerous wave height forecast (3.2 m)
- Low water temp – risk of hypothermia (12.6°C)
- Unlikely breeze — 4% probability
- Models wind forecasts diverge significantly (> 7.4 m/s) (GFS27 14.4 m/s vs LEW 7.1 m/s)
- Strong wind – experience required (14.4 m/s)
- Significant gusts forecast (18.4 m/s)
- Wave height – experience required (2.9 m)
- Low water temp – risk of hypothermia (12.5°C)
- Unlikely breeze — 2% probability
- Rain detected – challenging conditions
- Strong wind – experience required (10.0 m/s)
- Significant gusts forecast (14.5 m/s)
- Low water temp – risk of hypothermia (12.4°C)
- Unlikely breeze — 1% probability