- Good kite forecast: wind 5.5 m/s, gusts 7.8 m/s, no major model differences
- Light wind – experience required (5.5 m/s)
- Significant gusts forecast (7.8 m/s)
- Low water temp – risk of hypothermia (10.7°C)
- Unlikely breeze — 2% probability
- Wind too strong – unsafe conditions (15.4 m/s)
- Rain detected – challenging conditions
- Significant gusts forecast (17.8 m/s)
- Wave height – experience required (2.4 m)
- Low water temp – risk of hypothermia (10.8°C)
- Unlikely breeze — 7% probability
- Wind too strong – unsafe conditions (16.5 m/s)
- Rain detected – challenging conditions
- Models wind forecasts diverge significantly (> 5.9 m/s) (GFS27 16.5 m/s vs ICON Global 10.7 m/s)
- Significant gusts forecast (18.1 m/s)
- Wave height – experience required (2.5 m)
- Low water temp – risk of hypothermia (10.7°C)
- Unlikely breeze — 1% probability
- Good kite forecast: wind 7.2 m/s, gusts 11.4 m/s, no major model differences
- Significant gusts forecast (11.4 m/s)
- Low water temp – risk of hypothermia (10.5°C)
- Unlikely breeze — 6% probability
- High gust forecast (22.7 m/s)
- Models wind forecasts diverge significantly (> 7.6 m/s) (GFS27 14.0 m/s vs ICON Global 6.4 m/s)
- Strong wind – experience required (14.0 m/s)
- Low water temp – risk of hypothermia (10.4°C)
- Unlikely breeze — 0% probability
- High gust forecast (22.6 m/s)
- Models wind forecasts diverge significantly (> 8.9 m/s) (GFS27 14.0 m/s vs ICON Global 5.0 m/s)
- Strong wind – experience required (14.0 m/s)
- Low water temp – risk of hypothermia (10.5°C)
- Low breeze chance — 34% probability
- Models wind forecasts diverge significantly (> 6.0 m/s) (GFS27 11.0 m/s vs ICON Global 5.0 m/s)
- Strong wind – experience required (11.0 m/s)
- Significant gusts forecast (15.8 m/s)
- Low water temp – risk of hypothermia (11.2°C)
- Unlikely breeze — 6% probability