- Good kite forecast: wind 5.7 m/s, gusts 7.3 m/s, no major model differences
- Light wind – experience required (5.7 m/s)
- Significant gusts forecast (7.3 m/s)
- Low water temp – risk of hypothermia (12.9°C)
- Unlikely breeze — 20% probability
- Rain detected – challenging conditions
- Strong wind – experience required (10.4 m/s)
- Significant gusts forecast (18.0 m/s)
- Low water temp – risk of hypothermia (12.9°C)
- Unlikely breeze — 7% probability
- High gust forecast (22.6 m/s)
- Rain detected – challenging conditions
- Models wind forecasts diverge significantly (> 7.0 m/s) (ICON Global 15.1 m/s vs HRRR 8.1 m/s)
- Strong wind – experience required (13.4 m/s)
- Low water temp – risk of hypothermia (12.7°C)
- Unlikely breeze — 0% probability
- High gust forecast (22.0 m/s)
- Rain detected – challenging conditions
- Strong wind – experience required (13.5 m/s)
- Low water temp – risk of hypothermia (12.4°C)
- Unlikely breeze — 0% probability
- Good kite forecast: wind 12.0 m/s, gusts 17.0 m/s, no major model differences
- Strong wind – experience required (12.0 m/s)
- Significant gusts forecast (17.0 m/s)
- Low water temp – risk of hypothermia (12.8°C)
- Unlikely breeze — 0% probability
- Rain detected – challenging conditions
- Strong wind – experience required (12.3 m/s)
- Significant gusts forecast (17.9 m/s)
- Low water temp – risk of hypothermia (12.8°C)
- Unlikely breeze — 0% probability
- Models wind forecasts diverge significantly (> 5.3 m/s) (ECMWF 11.5 m/s vs GFS27 6.2 m/s)
- Significant gusts forecast (8.6 m/s)
- Low water temp – risk of hypothermia (12.8°C)
- Low breeze chance — 43% probability