default:

GFS HRRR 3 km

GEM HRDPS 2.5

GFS HRRR 3

GEM regional 10

UKMO Global 10

DWD ICON Global 11

GFS GRAPES 13

GFS global 13

BOM ACCESS 15

GEM Global 15

ECMWF IFS 25

GFS GraphCast 25

JMA gSM 55

MF Arpege 55

Model	GFS HRRR 3 km run: 12/05 04:09																																					GFS 13 km run: 12/05 04:09
Date Optimal	Mo 12 6h	Mo 12 7h	Mo 12 8h	Mo 12 9h	Mo 12 10h	Mo 12 11h	Mo 12 12h	Mo 12 13h	Mo 12 14h	Mo 12 15h	Mo 12 16h	Mo 12 17h	Mo 12 18h	Mo 12 19h	Mo 12 20h	Tu 13 6h	Tu 13 7h	Tu 13 8h	Tu 13 9h	Tu 13 10h	Tu 13 11h	Tu 13 12h	Tu 13 13h	Tu 13 14h	Tu 13 15h	Tu 13 16h	Tu 13 17h	Tu 13 18h	Tu 13 19h	Tu 13 20h	We 14 6h	We 14 7h	We 14 8h	We 14 9h	We 14 10h	We 14 11h	We 14 12h	We 14 13h	We 14 14h	We 14 15h	We 14 16h	We 14 17h	We 14 18h	We 14 19h	We 14 20h	Th 15 6h	Th 15 7h	Th 15 8h	Th 15 9h	Th 15 10h	Th 15 11h	Th 15 12h	Th 15 13h	Th 15 14h	Th 15 15h	Th 15 16h	Th 15 17h	Th 15 18h	Th 15 19h	Th 15 20h	Fr 16 6h	Fr 16 7h	Fr 16 8h	Fr 16 9h	Fr 16 10h	Fr 16 11h	Fr 16 12h	Fr 16 13h	Fr 16 14h	Fr 16 15h	Fr 16 16h	Fr 16 17h	Fr 16 18h	Fr 16 19h	Fr 16 20h	Sa 17 6h	Sa 17 7h	Sa 17 8h	Sa 17 9h	Sa 17 10h	Sa 17 11h	Sa 17 12h	Sa 17 13h	Sa 17 14h	Sa 17 15h	Sa 17 16h	Sa 17 17h	Sa 17 18h	Sa 17 19h	Sa 17 20h	Su 18 6h	Su 18 7h	Su 18 8h	Su 18 9h	Su 18 10h	Su 18 11h	Su 18 12h	Su 18 13h	Su 18 14h	Su 18 15h	Su 18 16h	Su 18 17h	Su 18 18h	Su 18 19h	Su 18 20h	Mo 19 6h	Mo 19 7h	Mo 19 8h	Mo 19 9h	Mo 19 10h	Mo 19 11h	Mo 19 12h	Mo 19 13h	Mo 19 14h	Mo 19 15h	Mo 19 16h	Mo 19 17h	Mo 19 18h	Mo 19 19h	Mo 19 20h	Tu 20 6h	Tu 20 7h	Tu 20 8h	Tu 20 9h	Tu 20 10h	Tu 20 11h	Tu 20 12h	Tu 20 13h	Tu 20 14h	Tu 20 15h	Tu 20 16h	Tu 20 17h	Tu 20 18h	Tu 20 19h	Tu 20 20h	We 21 6h	We 21 7h	We 21 8h	We 21 9h	We 21 10h	We 21 11h	We 21 12h	We 21 13h	We 21 14h	We 21 15h	We 21 16h	We 21 17h	We 21 18h	We 21 19h	We 21 20h	Th 22 6h	Th 22 7h	Th 22 8h	Th 22 9h	Th 22 10h	Th 22 11h	Th 22 12h	Th 22 13h	Th 22 14h	Th 22 15h	Th 22 16h	Th 22 17h	Th 22 18h	Th 22 19h	Th 22 20h	Fr 23 6h	Fr 23 7h	Fr 23 8h	Fr 23 9h	Fr 23 10h	Fr 23 11h	Fr 23 12h	Fr 23 13h	Fr 23 14h	Fr 23 15h	Fr 23 16h	Fr 23 17h	Fr 23 18h	Fr 23 19h	Fr 23 20h	Sa 24 6h	Sa 24 7h	Sa 24 8h	Sa 24 9h	Sa 24 10h	Sa 24 11h	Sa 24 12h	Sa 24 13h	Sa 24 14h	Sa 24 15h	Sa 24 16h	Sa 24 17h	Sa 24 18h	Sa 24 19h	Sa 24 20h	Su 25 6h	Su 25 7h	Su 25 8h	Su 25 9h	Su 25 10h	Su 25 11h	Su 25 12h	Su 25 13h	Su 25 14h	Su 25 15h	Su 25 16h	Su 25 17h	Su 25 18h	Su 25 19h	Su 25 20h	Mo 26 6h	Mo 26 7h	Mo 26 8h	Mo 26 9h	Mo 26 10h	Mo 26 11h	Mo 26 12h	Mo 26 13h	Mo 26 14h	Mo 26 15h	Mo 26 16h	Mo 26 17h	Mo 26 18h	Mo 26 19h	Mo 26 20h	Tu 27 6h	Tu 27 7h	Tu 27 8h	Tu 27 9h	Tu 27 10h	Tu 27 11h	Tu 27 12h	Tu 27 13h	Tu 27 14h	Tu 27 15h	Tu 27 16h	Tu 27 17h	Tu 27 18h	Tu 27 19h	Tu 27 20h
Wind Dir.
Wind Spd. (kn)	5	4	6	5	5	4	4	4	5	4	5	4	3	3	4	2	2	2	1	2	4	4	5	1	2	4	4	4	3	3	10	11	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	9	9	8	6	6	7	6	6	4	3	4	5	5	5	6	7	6	1	2	2	3	2	3	3	3	5	5	8	5	6	6	6	0	0	1	1	2	3	4	6	7	6	5	4	4	4	4	7	7	7	8	9	10	11	12	12	12	12	12	11	10	10	9	10	10	9	7	5	5	6	6	7	8	9	8	7	6	4	4	4	2	2	4	5	6	6	6	6	5	6	6	7	5	6	6	7	8	8	9	10	10	10	9	8	8	8	8	5	5	6	5	5	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	4	6	6	6	4	4	5	7	8	9	9	10	10	10	9	3	3	5	7	9	10	12	14	14	14	12	11	9	8	8	7	6	6	6	8	9	10	11	11	10	10	10	8	6	5	8	8	8	8	8	9	11	13	14	13	12	12	11	11	11	10	12	13	14	16	16	16	14	14	14	14	13	12	11	10
Gusts (kn)	11	10	12	12	10	8	8	7	10	11	11	13	11	9	9	2	2	2	5	5	8	10	13	8	11	10	10	11	7	6	22	24	23	22	24	24	23	22	23	22	21	21	19	18	17	16	15	13	14	12	11	8	6	6	7	7	6	7	8	8	2	3	4	4	3	6	6	8	8	9	12	11	13	14	11	1	1	1	2	5	7	10	13	14	13	11	10	10	11	12	17	17	17	17	18	18	19	19	20	21	22	22	21	19	18	17	16	14	12	9	8	7	8	9	11	13	14	13	11	9	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	5	6	7	8	9	11	13	15	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	12	13	13	12	12	13	14	14	10	11	11	11	10	10	9	9	8	8	8	9	10	13	14	7	9	9	9	7	7	8	10	11	12	12	13	14	16	16	6	8	11	13	15	17	19	21	22	22	21	19	17	15	13	16	12	9	9	11	13	15	16	17	17	16	15	14	13	12	18	15	14	15	17	19	20	22	23	22	21	20	22	24	25	22	23	23	23	24	24	24	24	23	24	24	24	24	23	22
Wave Direction
Wave Ht. (m)	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.2
Wave Per.	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	3	2	2	2	3	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Energy (Kj)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Temp. (°C)	7	9	11	13	13	14	16	18	18	19	19	18	18	17	14	10	12	12	13	15	17	17	15	16	20	20	19	19	17	16	13	12	12	13	13	13	13	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	16	16	16	17	17	16	15	15	15	15	16	16	17	18	19	19	20	20	18	18	18	17	14	15	15	16	17	18	17	17	16	16	15	15	15	16	16	15	16	16	18	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	18	17	16	11	11	12	14	16	17	18	20	20	21	22	21	21	19	18	12	13	15	16	17	18	18	17	17	18	19	19	18	17	16	12	12	13	14	14	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	15	14	13	12	13	13	13	14	14	15	16	17	17	18	18	17	16	15	13	13	13	14	16	17	17	16	16	16	17	17	17	15	14	10	11	13	14	16	17	18	19	19	20	20	19	18	16	14	8	9	11	12	14	16	17	18	19	20	20	20	19	17	16	15	15	16	17	19	20	21	21	21	20	20	19	17	16	15	13	14	15	15	15	15	17	18	20	20	19	18	17	16	16
Rain (mm)																															1.9	0.8	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.4	1.0	1.0	0.6	0.6	1.8	0.3			0.1	0.5	0.4	1.1	0.1	0.1	0.1																0.5				0.6	2.5	0.6	0.1	0.7							0.1	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.2																																																																			0.1	0.1	0.1																																																																			0.1	0.1	0.1
Cloud Cov. (%)											13	31	95	100	79	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	94	50	57	92	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	78	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	98	97	95	1	1	2	11	19	28	33	37	42	36	31	25	18	10	3	1	1					1	3	4	7	11	14	11	9	6	3	2		2	3	5	37	68	100	78	57	35	38	40	43	70	40	10	30	50	70	72	75	77	85	92	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	87	75	62	63	65	66	61	57	52	95	89	84	89	95	100	100	100	100	87	74	61	66	71	76	25	16	6	7	7	8	9	11	12	34	55	77	85	92	100	8	8	7	7	7	7	28	49	70	72	74	76	63	49	36	53	63	74	76	79	81	87	94	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	29	26	23	28	33	38	31	23	16	19	23	26	17	9
Tide Ht.	-1.1	-0.6	-0.1	0.4	0.9	1.0	0.9	0.5	-0.0	-0.5	-0.9	-1.1	-1.0	-0.6	-0.0	-1.2	-0.9	-0.4	0.1	0.6	0.9	1.0	0.8	0.3	-0.2	-0.7	-1.0	-1.0	-0.8	-0.4	-1.1	-1.1	-0.7	-0.2	0.3	0.7	0.9	0.9	0.6	0.1	-0.4	-0.8	-1.0	-0.9	-0.7	-0.9	-1.1	-0.9	-0.6	-0.0	0.4	0.7	0.9	0.8	0.5	0.0	-0.4	-0.8	-0.9	-0.8	-0.7	-0.9	-1.0	-0.8	-0.4	0.1	0.5	0.7	0.8	0.7	0.3	-0.1	-0.5	-0.8	-0.8	-0.3	-0.7	-0.9	-0.9	-0.7	-0.3	0.2	0.5	0.7	0.8	0.6	0.3	-0.1	-0.5	-0.7	0.1	-0.4	-0.7	-0.9	-0.9	-0.6	-0.2	0.2	0.6	0.8	0.8	0.6	0.2	-0.2	-0.5	0.4	0.0	-0.4	-0.7	-0.9	-0.9	-0.6	-0.2	0.3	0.6	0.8	0.8	0.6	0.2	-0.2	0.8	0.4	-0.0	-0.5	-0.8	-1.0	-0.9	-0.6	-0.1	0.3	0.7	0.9	0.9	0.7	0.3	0.9	0.8	0.4	-0.1	-0.5	-0.9	-1.0	-1.0	-0.6	-0.1	0.5	0.9	1.1	1.0	0.7	1.0	1.0	0.8	0.4	-0.1	-0.6	-1.0	-1.2	-1.0	-0.6	0.0	0.6	1.0	1.3	1.2	0.7	1.1	1.1	0.9	0.4	-0.2	-0.8	-1.1	-1.3	-1.0	-0.5	0.1	0.8	1.2	1.4	0.3	0.8	1.2	1.2	0.9	0.3	-0.4	-0.9	-1.3	-1.3	-1.1	-0.5	0.3	1.0	1.4	-0.3	0.4	1.0	1.3	1.2	0.8	0.2	-0.5	-1.0	-1.4	-1.4	-1.0	-0.4	0.4	1.1	-0.9	-0.2	0.5	1.0	1.3	1.2	0.8	0.1	-0.6	-1.1	-1.4	-1.4	-1.0	-0.3	0.5	-1.4	-0.9	-0.1	0.6	1.1	1.3	1.2	0.7	-0.0	-0.7	-1.2	-1.4	-1.3	-0.9	-0.1
Tide Dir.						high						low									high						low				low						high						low				low						high						low			low						high							low			low						high						low				low						high										low						high										low						high										low						high			high							low						high			high						low							high			high						low						high				high						low										high						low										high						low
Tide Time						11:10						17:10									11:40						17:50				06:20						12:20						18:30				07:00						13:10						19:10			07:50						13:50							20:00			08:30						14:40						20:50				09:30						15:30										10:20						16:30										11:20						17:30										12:10						18:20			06:50							13:00						19:10			07:40						13:50							20:00			08:30						14:40						20:50				09:20						15:30										10:10						16:20										11:00						17:20

Level: Beginner, Intermediate, Expert

Type: Ocean

Water type: Shallow, Flat, Chop, Small wave

Water hazards: Wave breaker, Bridge

Water quality: Clean

Infos: Low tide flats for about 100 yards off beach. Clean water. Generally flat, with wind driven swells when wind picks up. Nice breakers given depth of water in 20+ knots of wind.

Beach type & size: Sand - Big

Infos: Most wide open public beach in western CT. Jetties and piers exist, but other than that the beach is over 1 mile long. The beach is generally sandy with decent width. Watch out for some rocks (mainly sandy) and some shells.

Identified hazards: Rocks, Shells

Weather specificities: Typical New England weather with temps below freezing in the winter and well into the 70-90 F range in the summer. Generally doesn't blow much in the summer. Spring and Fall are best because the temp isn't that cold yet, but the winds are stronger more often. The water is cold in the spring, fall and winter (40s and 50s F). warm in summer (70s F).

Wind type: Frontal

Wind specificities: Winter, spring and fall are kiteable/sailable 3-4 out of 7 days, with 1 out of 7 being great conditions. Summer is more hit/miss with 1 or 2 days out of 7 that are kiteable.

Best months: March, April, September, October

Access description: by Car - New Haven Metro North Train from NYC to Milford. Exit I-95 N 33 or exit 34 I-95 S. Head to water. Park as far as you can east, then walk east past the first jetty.

Specific rules: None

Extra: Kiters should stay as far east as possible.

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