default:

Icon EU 7 km

DWD ICON EU 7

UKMO Global 10

DWD ICON Global 11

MF Arpege EU 11

GFS GRAPES 13

GFS global 13

BOM ACCESS 15

GEM Global 15

ECMWF IFS 25

GFS GraphCast 25

ECMWF AIFS 28

ECMWF IFS 44

JMA gSM 55

MF Arpege 55

Model	Icon EU 7 km run: 30/04 09:32																														Icon Global 11 km run: 30/04 09:32	Icon EU 7 km run: 30/04 09:32																																			Icon Global 11 km run: 30/04 09:32																																		GFS 13 km run: 30/04 09:32
Date Optimal	We 30 11h	We 30 12h	We 30 13h	We 30 14h	We 30 15h	We 30 16h	We 30 17h	We 30 18h	We 30 19h	We 30 20h	Th 1 7h	Th 1 8h	Th 1 9h	Th 1 10h	Th 1 11h	Th 1 12h	Th 1 13h	Th 1 14h	Th 1 15h	Th 1 16h	Th 1 17h	Th 1 18h	Th 1 19h	Th 1 20h	Fr 2 7h	Fr 2 8h	Fr 2 9h	Fr 2 10h	Fr 2 11h	Fr 2 12h	Fr 2 13h	Fr 2 14h	Fr 2 15h	Fr 2 16h	Fr 2 17h	Fr 2 18h	Fr 2 19h	Fr 2 20h	Sa 3 7h	Sa 3 8h	Sa 3 9h	Sa 3 10h	Sa 3 11h	Sa 3 12h	Sa 3 13h	Sa 3 14h	Sa 3 15h	Sa 3 16h	Sa 3 17h	Sa 3 18h	Sa 3 19h	Sa 3 20h	Su 4 7h	Su 4 8h	Su 4 9h	Su 4 10h	Su 4 11h	Su 4 12h	Su 4 13h	Su 4 14h	Su 4 15h	Su 4 16h	Su 4 17h	Su 4 18h	Su 4 19h	Su 4 20h	Mo 5 7h	Mo 5 8h	Mo 5 9h	Mo 5 10h	Mo 5 11h	Mo 5 12h	Mo 5 13h	Mo 5 14h	Mo 5 15h	Mo 5 16h	Mo 5 17h	Mo 5 18h	Mo 5 19h	Mo 5 20h	Tu 6 7h	Tu 6 8h	Tu 6 9h	Tu 6 10h	Tu 6 11h	Tu 6 12h	Tu 6 13h	Tu 6 14h	Tu 6 15h	Tu 6 16h	Tu 6 17h	Tu 6 18h	Tu 6 19h	Tu 6 20h	We 7 7h	We 7 8h	We 7 9h	We 7 10h	We 7 11h	We 7 12h	We 7 13h	We 7 14h	We 7 15h	We 7 16h	We 7 17h	We 7 18h	We 7 19h	We 7 20h	Th 8 7h	Th 8 8h	Th 8 9h	Th 8 10h	Th 8 11h	Th 8 12h	Th 8 13h	Th 8 14h	Th 8 15h	Th 8 16h	Th 8 17h	Th 8 18h	Th 8 19h	Th 8 20h	Fr 9 7h	Fr 9 8h	Fr 9 9h	Fr 9 10h	Fr 9 11h	Fr 9 12h	Fr 9 13h	Fr 9 14h	Fr 9 15h	Fr 9 16h	Fr 9 17h	Fr 9 18h	Fr 9 19h	Fr 9 20h	Sa 10 7h	Sa 10 8h	Sa 10 9h	Sa 10 10h	Sa 10 11h	Sa 10 12h	Sa 10 13h	Sa 10 14h	Sa 10 15h	Sa 10 16h	Sa 10 17h	Sa 10 18h	Sa 10 19h	Sa 10 20h	Su 11 7h	Su 11 8h	Su 11 9h	Su 11 10h	Su 11 11h	Su 11 12h	Su 11 13h	Su 11 14h	Su 11 15h	Su 11 16h	Su 11 17h	Su 11 18h	Su 11 19h	Su 11 20h	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 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 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 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
Wind Dir.
Wind Spd. (kmh)	15	16	18	18	17	17	15	13	12	9	8	10	16	17	16	15	16	17	15	14	15	12	7	5	18	23	21	21	21	19	23	22	21	22	22	20	18	16	16	17	19	20	22	25	26	26	26	27	26	23	20	18	5	6	9	11	12	14	16	17	18	19	18	17	15	13	1	3	6	8	11	13	15	17	18	18	19	19	18	17	9	12	15	18	18	17	16	17	19	20	20	21	20	17	4	6	8	10	11	12	13	21	23	24	24	24	24	21	22	23	26	28	29	30	30	32	33	33	32	29	27	24	8	11	14	17	18	18	19	20	22	22	22	20	18	14	4	5	7	9	8	8	9	11	14	16	17	16	14	12	3	2	2	1	1	5	9	13	17	20	20	19	17	14	2	1	1	2	4	6	8	10	11	13	14	15	14	12	3	4	5	7	6	4	4	6	10	13	16	19	20	17	7	8	9	11	11	11	13	16	19	22	23	23	22	20	5	6	8	10	13	18	21	22	20	19	19	19	19	19
Gusts (kmh)	31	34	38	37	38	36	35	32	28	24	24	27	32	35	33	33	33	34	34	31	31	31	24	14	35	44	50	46	41	43	46	45	46	45	46	45	40	37	34	37	40	43	47	50	54	55	57	59	54	50	45	39	17	19	21	23	26	29	32	34	37	39	37	35	33	30	7	11	14	18	22	26	31	33	35	37	37	37	37	34	23	27	32	36	35	34	33	35	37	40	40	40	41	36	13	15	18	21	23	24	26	19	20	23	25	27	29	32	35	35	36	36	36	36	36	37	38	39	38	37	36	35	16	18	20	22	22	20	20	20	22	23	23	22	20	15	4	6	10	13	13	11	10	11	13	14	14	14	14	11	2	2	2	2	4	6	7	9	11	12	14	15	16	17	3	2	2	3	5	6	8	9	10	11	13	15	16	13	3	5	7	8	8	7	6	6	7	10	14	18	22	24	7	9	13	15	14	12	11	12	14	16	20	23	26	28	5	6	9	12	15	18	20	20	19	18	19	20	22	24
Temp. (°C)	14	15	15	15	16	15	15	15	14	13	10	11	12	13	15	16	17	17	18	18	17	16	15	14	12	12	13	14	15	15	16	17	17	17	16	16	15	14	12	13	13	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	11	12	13	14	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	14	10	12	13	15	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	15	14	11	12	13	15	16	17	17	18	17	17	16	15	14	13	9	10	12	13	14	15	15	16	16	15	15	14	13	11	11	11	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	9	10	12	14	15	15	15	16	16	16	15	15	14	13	12	13	14	15	15	16	17	17	17	16	16	15	15	13	10	11	13	15	17	18	18	18	18	17	17	16	15	14	11	11	11	12	13	15	16	16	16	16	15	14	13	13	12	13	14	15	17	18	19	20	19	19	18	17	16	14	9	11	13	15	17	18	19	19	19	18	17	15	14	13	10	11	13	14	15	16	17	17	17	17	16	15	15	14
Rain (mm)																											0.1	0.2	0.6	0.5									0.1	0.9	0.9	0.9	2.6	2.6	2.6	0.5	0.5	0.5																																																																																																																					0.1																					0.1	0.1	0.1																				0.1	0.1	0.1
Cloud Cov. (%)	100	73	78	58	57	61	60	59	56	42	100	31	90	100	44	64	79	94	99	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	86	71	67	79	94	93	74	66	71	65	75	83	92	100	100	100	100	97	94	91	94	97	100	91	66	73	81	88	92	96	100	90	81	71	75	79	83	85	93	87	80	74	76	78	80	69	58	47	47	48	48	51	45	50	56	61	59	57	55	54	54	53	35	18			56	71	85	100	100	100	100								100	100	100	100	99	98	97	98	99	100	93	86	79	71	68	61	53	46	64	82	100	84	67	51	41	32	22	24	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	98	76	54	32	48	65	81	80	78	77	56	35	14	43	100	100	100	100	90	81	71	77	83	89	87	86	84	86	100	79	58	37	31	24	18	30	41	53	58	63	68	61	71	81	90	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	55	52	50	47	45	44	42	28	14					16
High Cloud (%)	100							6	9		100		79	100	4	5		3				8	100	100	100	100	100	100		10	15	39	9							33	67	100	100	100	100	67	33		28	56	84	56		14	29	43	62	81	100	67	33		18	35	53	35		10	21	31	21	10																1	1	2	1	1			30	53	77	100	100	100	100																							1	1	2	14	25	37	26	14	3	4	6	7	7					23	45	68	79	89	100	100	100	100	100	91	62	33	4	29	55	80	68	56	44	31	18	5	37	33	22	11																						22	45	67	60	70	80	90	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Mid Cloud (%)	100	42	33						13		100					12	37	82	99	100	100	100	100	100	86	58	68	51	46	21			77	75						15	29	44	48	51	55	55	54	54	69	85	100	67					22	44	66	44	22					23	81	54	27		8	17	25	17	8																								2	3	5												1	1	2	1	1						25	17	8		1	1	2	2	3	3	2	1										22	45	67	66	64	63	44	78	61	45	28	29	30	31	40	49	58	41	24	7	24	100	99	98	97	86	75	64	45	26	7	18	29	40	34																			22	45	67	78	89	100	98	97	95	97
Low Cloud (%)	62	57	63	58	57	61	60	58	47	42	18	31	36	43	42	55	63	58	37	20				11	78	88	87	88	77	60	64	64	65	70	74	66	71	65	75	78	81	84	84	85	85	84	84	83	76	70	63	66	66	73	81	88	82	76	70	70	71	71	68	65	62	64	53	56	58	61	63	65	67	60	54	47	47	48	48	51	45	50	56	61	59	57	55	54	53	52	35	17			34	37	41	44	52	61	69								100	100	100	100	99	97	96	97	99	100	93	85	78	70	67	60	52	45	63	82	100	83	66	49	38	26	15	17	100	100	100	100	91	82	73	74	76	77	56	35	14	9	3	3	3	3	2	1		6	13	19	13	6		2	100	100	100	100	89	79	68	75	82	89	86	84	81	83	100	79	58	37	31	24	18	30	41	53	36	19	2	1								5	9	14	9	5			54	51	49	46	44	43	41	27	14					16
CAPE	80	70	180	290	300	320	230	150	100	20	0	0	0	0	10	30	10	10	10	0	10	0	0	10	0	0	10	40	50	10	10	10	10	30	60	60	40	20	60	90	130	150	130	90	70	70	90	100	120	140	140	100	0	0	0	0	10	20	30	30	30	30	20	10	0	0	0	0	0	10	20	30	40	40	40	40	30	20	10	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	10	10	10	20	40	60	80	80	80	70	70	70	70	60	40	30	20	0	10	30	40	50	50	50	40	20	10	10	20	20	20	30	30	40	40	40	40	40	30	20	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	30	70	100	110	110	100	70	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	50	70	60	30	10	10	20	30	40	50	50	40
Ceiling (m)	706	889	865	889	1.0k	987	987	950	877	767	462	511	560	657	877	1.1k	1.3k	1.4k	1.4k	1.4k	1.3k	1.3k	1.0k	853	401	401	365	426	511	621	682	816	889	816	755	694	621	523	328	365	401	450	487	511	523	560	572	596	596	596	572	511	401	499	633	755	828	877	889	865	792	731	718	682	633	548	316	426	548	682	779	889	950	975	975	950	889	792	694	572	462	560	706	828	938	1.0k	1.1k	1.0k	938	889	914	987	975	865	413	523	657	804	877	926	962	1.3k	1.2k	1.2k	1.1k	1.0k	889	792	926	914	889	865	877	877	865	840	816	792	755	731	718	816	474	621	816	999	1.1k	1.1k	1.1k	1.2k	1.2k	1.3k	1.2k	1.0k	865	731	743	828	926	1.0k	1.2k	1.3k	1.4k	1.4k	1.3k	1.2k	1.2k	1.2k	1.1k	877	438	609	865	1.1k	1.3k	1.5k	1.6k	1.5k	1.4k	1.3k	1.3k	1.2k	1.1k	950	474	499	499	560	706	901	1.1k	1.1k	1.0k	987	901	804	718	682	694	828	987	1.1k	1.3k	1.4k	1.4k	1.4k	1.4k	1.3k	1.3k	1.2k	1.0k	804	377	523	755	987	1.2k	1.3k	1.4k	1.5k	1.4k	1.4k	1.2k	1.1k	950	840	389	499	657	828	987	1.1k	1.2k	1.3k	1.3k	1.3k	1.2k	987	853	755

This site in Sintra, Portugal, features a hill with a height difference of 70 meters. It is occasionally used for soaring. The hill is bounded on the right by a high voltage pole (note that the air cables are not visible) and eucalyptus trees on the left. In front, there are several fields, with the first one after the road, which has a house in ruins, being the usual landing spot. There are two take-off points: one lower and one at the top of the hill. Due to the ridge formation, it is crucial to monitor wind speed to maintain a safe distance from the top of the hill to avoid being pushed to the leeward side, which can be dangerous. The site is thermodynamic, with cycles that tend to come in forcefully and flow through the tips of the mountain, near the high voltage cables (not advisable) and the eucalyptus trees. This location is used for training in weak conditions and is good for some basic flights. Access to the take-off points is on foot via some very discreet trails. The base of the hill is cultivated, so to maintain good relations with the landowner, it is advisable to go around the cultivated area. Please note that flying at this site is expressly forbidden during the operating hours of the nearby Air Base, which is until 5 pm on weekdays. For more information, visit: [AVLS](http://www.avls.pt/DesktopDefault.aspx?tabid=217)

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