- Rain detected – challenging conditions
- Strong wind – experience required (11.6 m/s)
- Significant gusts forecast (12.8 m/s)
- Low water temp – risk of hypothermia (13.8°C)
- Unlikely breeze — 3% probability
- Good kite forecast: wind 7.5 m/s, gusts 8.2 m/s, no major model differences
- Significant gusts forecast (8.2 m/s)
- Low water temp – risk of hypothermia (13.6°C)
- Low breeze chance — 29% probability
- Wind too light – not suitable (3.5 m/s)
- Wetsuit required (14.3°C)
- Low breeze chance — 48% probability
- Wind too light – not suitable (4.0 m/s)
- Wetsuit required (14.1°C)
- Moderate breeze chance — 52% probability
- Good kite forecast: wind 9.7 m/s, gusts 15.8 m/s, no major model differences
- Significant gusts forecast (15.8 m/s)
- Wetsuit required (14.3°C)
- Unlikely breeze — 1% probability
- Models wind forecasts diverge significantly (> 6.7 m/s) (GFS27 10.6 m/s vs ICON Global 3.9 m/s)
- Strong wind – experience required (10.6 m/s)
- Significant gusts forecast (16.5 m/s)
- Wetsuit required (14.7°C)
- Unlikely breeze — 2% probability
- Models wind forecasts diverge significantly (> 5.8 m/s) (ECMWF 9.6 m/s vs LEW 3.8 m/s)
- Significant gusts forecast (9.0 m/s)
- Wetsuit required (14.6°C)
- High breeze chance — 92% probability