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: 16/06 12:13																																			Icon Global 11 km run: 16/06 12:13	Icon EU 7 km run: 16/06 12:13																																						Icon Global 11 km run: 16/06 12:13																																				GFS 13 km run: 16/06 12:13
Date Optimal	Mo 16 8h	Mo 16 9h	Mo 16 10h	Mo 16 11h	Mo 16 12h	Mo 16 13h	Mo 16 14h	Mo 16 15h	Mo 16 16h	Mo 16 17h	Mo 16 18h	Mo 16 19h	Mo 16 20h	Mo 16 21h	Tu 17 7h	Tu 17 8h	Tu 17 9h	Tu 17 10h	Tu 17 11h	Tu 17 12h	Tu 17 13h	Tu 17 14h	Tu 17 15h	Tu 17 16h	Tu 17 17h	Tu 17 18h	Tu 17 19h	Tu 17 20h	Tu 17 21h	We 18 7h	We 18 8h	We 18 9h	We 18 10h	We 18 11h	We 18 12h	We 18 13h	We 18 14h	We 18 15h	We 18 16h	We 18 17h	We 18 18h	We 18 19h	We 18 20h	We 18 21h	Th 19 7h	Th 19 8h	Th 19 9h	Th 19 10h	Th 19 11h	Th 19 12h	Th 19 13h	Th 19 14h	Th 19 15h	Th 19 16h	Th 19 17h	Th 19 18h	Th 19 19h	Th 19 20h	Th 19 21h	Fr 20 7h	Fr 20 8h	Fr 20 9h	Fr 20 10h	Fr 20 11h	Fr 20 12h	Fr 20 13h	Fr 20 14h	Fr 20 15h	Fr 20 16h	Fr 20 17h	Fr 20 18h	Fr 20 19h	Fr 20 20h	Fr 20 21h	Sa 21 7h	Sa 21 8h	Sa 21 9h	Sa 21 10h	Sa 21 11h	Sa 21 12h	Sa 21 13h	Sa 21 14h	Sa 21 15h	Sa 21 16h	Sa 21 17h	Sa 21 18h	Sa 21 19h	Sa 21 20h	Sa 21 21h	Su 22 7h	Su 22 8h	Su 22 9h	Su 22 10h	Su 22 11h	Su 22 12h	Su 22 13h	Su 22 14h	Su 22 15h	Su 22 16h	Su 22 17h	Su 22 18h	Su 22 19h	Su 22 20h	Su 22 21h	Mo 23 7h	Mo 23 8h	Mo 23 9h	Mo 23 10h	Mo 23 11h	Mo 23 12h	Mo 23 13h	Mo 23 14h	Mo 23 15h	Mo 23 16h	Mo 23 17h	Mo 23 18h	Mo 23 19h	Mo 23 20h	Mo 23 21h	Tu 24 7h	Tu 24 8h	Tu 24 9h	Tu 24 10h	Tu 24 11h	Tu 24 12h	Tu 24 13h	Tu 24 14h	Tu 24 15h	Tu 24 16h	Tu 24 17h	Tu 24 18h	Tu 24 19h	Tu 24 20h	Tu 24 21h	We 25 7h	We 25 8h	We 25 9h	We 25 10h	We 25 11h	We 25 12h	We 25 13h	We 25 14h	We 25 15h	We 25 16h	We 25 17h	We 25 18h	We 25 19h	We 25 20h	We 25 21h	Th 26 7h	Th 26 8h	Th 26 9h	Th 26 10h	Th 26 11h	Th 26 12h	Th 26 13h	Th 26 14h	Th 26 15h	Th 26 16h	Th 26 17h	Th 26 18h	Th 26 19h	Th 26 20h	Th 26 21h	Fr 27 7h	Fr 27 8h	Fr 27 9h	Fr 27 10h	Fr 27 11h	Fr 27 12h	Fr 27 13h	Fr 27 14h	Fr 27 15h	Fr 27 16h	Fr 27 17h	Fr 27 18h	Fr 27 19h	Fr 27 20h	Fr 27 21h	Sa 28 7h	Sa 28 8h	Sa 28 9h	Sa 28 10h	Sa 28 11h	Sa 28 12h	Sa 28 13h	Sa 28 14h	Sa 28 15h	Sa 28 16h	Sa 28 17h	Sa 28 18h	Sa 28 19h	Sa 28 20h	Sa 28 21h	Su 29 7h	Su 29 8h	Su 29 9h	Su 29 10h	Su 29 11h	Su 29 12h	Su 29 13h	Su 29 14h	Su 29 15h	Su 29 16h	Su 29 17h	Su 29 18h	Su 29 19h	Su 29 20h	Su 29 21h	Mo 30 7h	Mo 30 8h	Mo 30 9h	Mo 30 10h	Mo 30 11h	Mo 30 12h	Mo 30 13h	Mo 30 14h	Mo 30 15h	Mo 30 16h	Mo 30 17h	Mo 30 18h	Mo 30 19h	Mo 30 20h	Mo 30 21h	Tu 1 7h	Tu 1 8h	Tu 1 9h	Tu 1 10h	Tu 1 11h	Tu 1 12h	Tu 1 13h	Tu 1 14h	Tu 1 15h	Tu 1 16h	Tu 1 17h	Tu 1 18h	Tu 1 19h	Tu 1 20h	Tu 1 21h
Wind Dir.
Wind Spd. (kmh)	2	2	0	2	3	5	1	7	11	10	12	11	9	7	3	2	3	4	7	8	10	12	11	12	12	12	10	7	4	2	1	1	0	2	5	6	5	4	15	6	8	6	8	6	4	5	4	1	6	3	0	5	13	16	11	4	6	6	6	4	3	3	3	5	7	9	13	16	19	20	21	21	21	20	9	14	16	18	18	18	18	19	20	20	20	20	20	19	18	16	17	18	18	19	20	20	21	21	21	20	18	17	16	16	10	12	14	15	15	15	15	30	32	33	33	33	33	32	30	20	22	27	30	30	30	30	30	29	28	29	29	28	23	17	3	5	8	9	10	11	8	1	15	25	26	22	19	16	12	4	1	3	5	5	9	13	16	19	21	20	19	17	15	13	5	7	10	11	10	11	11	11	15	19	19	16	13	11	10	3	4	5	6	9	12	15	18	20	22	23	23	22	20	17	13	15	18	21	23	25	27	29	31	32	32	33	32	29	25	25	27	30	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	34	35	34	31	27	12	14	17	20	20	20	20	22	24	25	26	26	25	23	19
Gusts (kmh)	7	9	9	8	11	15	14	19	27	26	26	31	29	25	8	9	10	11	17	19	23	27	27	27	28	28	27	22	20	7	8	9	7	8	14	16	16	15	34	35	20	20	20	20	6	12	11	27	40	29	23	29	36	42	34	27	19	18	16	9	10	11	13	16	19	23	29	36	42	43	45	47	47	47	33	26	29	33	33	34	35	36	37	38	38	37	37	35	32	28	31	33	36	36	37	38	39	41	42	39	36	33	32	31	19	23	25	29	29	30	30	35	37	40	42	44	47	50	54	52	48	42	38	36	36	35	34	33	33	34	36	37	37	37	2	4	7	10	9	6	6	10	15	19	22	23	22	17	11	3	2	2	3	5	7	10	13	16	18	20	20	20	16	11	4	6	8	10	11	11	11	13	15	16	16	16	15	12	9	3	4	5	5	6	6	7	10	14	18	20	22	24	28	32	28	29	29	30	31	32	33	35	37	40	41	43	45	47	49	49	49	48	47	46	44	43	42	41	42	43	46	48	50	51	29	28	26	24	22	20	19	20	22	24	26	28	30	33	35
Temp. (°C)	18	23	26	28	31	33	34	33	30	30	29	27	26	24	21	23	25	27	29	30	31	30	30	30	29	28	27	25	23	17	19	22	24	27	29	31	32	34	32	30	30	28	24	21	19	20	22	24	26	29	31	33	34	34	32	29	26	25	23	17	19	21	23	25	27	28	27	25	23	21	20	19	18	17	15	17	17	18	19	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	18	17	17	17	18	18	19	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	18	18	17	16	17	17	18	19	19	19	25	25	24	23	22	20	19	17	16	17	19	21	22	23	24	24	24	24	23	22	20	18	15	15	19	23	26	30	33	35	34	31	29	28	27	26	24	21	18	21	24	27	29	31	32	32	30	28	27	26	25	22	19	18	21	23	26	28	30	31	32	31	30	28	26	24	21	18	17	19	22	25	27	28	29	29	28	26	25	23	21	19	17	16	18	20	22	24	26	27	27	27	27	26	24	22	20	18	17	19	21	22	24	25	26	27	27	26	25	23	21	19	17	15	17	20	22	24	26	27	27	27	26	25	24	22	20	17
Rain (mm)																																																	0.1			0.1	0.1	0.1
Cloud Cov. (%)					9	6					16	11	5	27							100	100	100	6	5	4				60	66		100	100	100	6		40	88	65	25	96	100	100	100	41	94	100	100	100	100	82	63	45	49	54	58	60	63	55	49	43	37	40	43	46	59	72	85	73	62	50	61	71	53	91	84	77	72	66	61	44	28	11	28	45	62	60	57	94	89	85	80	71	61	52	62	71	81	76	72	67	69	72	87	89	91	93	95	98	100							8	16	76	61	47	32	21	11																																																																				3	7	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	96	92	88	92	96	100	84	68	52	35	17										64	51	37	24	16	8
High Cloud (%)					9	6															100	100	100	6	5	4				60	66		100	100	100	6		40	88	65	13	91	100	100	100	4	83	100	100	100	100	67	33					1	1														18	35	17	64	37	9	26	44	61	42	23	4	14	24	34	26	19																	16	31	47	65	82	100																																																																																				100	80	61	41	61	80	100	100	100	100	96	91	87	91	96
Mid Cloud (%)											16	11	5	27																									1		13	10	40	6	21	38	64	48	63	53	71	62	54	45	49	54	58	60	63	55	49	43	37	37	38	38	49	60	71	57	42	28	19	9																13	9	4					19	39	58	56	53	51	51	52		3	7	10	7	3																																																																																																		1	1
Low Cloud (%)																																																																3	7	10	18	27	35	35	34	34	45	57	53	80	77	74	49	25		2	5	7	16	26	35	42	50	89	86	83	80	71	61	52	51	50	49	42	36	29	35	42	87	84	80	77	69	60	52							8	16	75	61	46	32	21	11																																																																				3	7	100	89	78	67	45	22								5	10	100	84	68	52	35	17										63	50	36	23	15	8
CAPE	0	0	0	0	0	10	20	640	850	350	120	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	10	140	420	230	120	90	50	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	120	420	630	480	960	70	310	220	10	0	0	0	0	0	30	480	600	550	390	290	330	420	470	440	360	0	0	0	10	230	520	660	520	230	10	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	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	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	20	50	60	50	30	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	40	90	150	230	310	360	360	320	260	180	70	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	0	0	0
Ceiling (m)	877	1.4k	1.7k	2.0k	2.5k	2.9k	3.2k	2.5k	1.9k	2.2k	2.0k	2.0k	2.0k	1.9k	1.9k	1.7k	1.9k	1.9k	2.0k	2.1k	2.1k	2.1k	2.1k	2.1k	2.1k	2.0k	1.9k	1.8k	1.5k	987	1.1k	1.3k	1.5k	1.7k	2.0k	2.1k	2.3k	2.7k	2.2k	2.3k	2.1k	1.7k	1.3k	1.1k	1.1k	1.1k	1.2k	1.4k	1.5k	2.0k	2.4k	2.8k	3.1k	3.1k	2.6k	2.1k	1.6k	1.4k	1.2k	511	645	828	1.0k	1.2k	1.3k	1.4k	1.3k	1.2k	1.1k	975	889	779	621	499	426	511	572	682	767	901	987	1.0k	987	938	877	804	731	621	535	426	499	584	682	767	853	901	877	828	767	755	755	718	657	560	426	511	596	694	755	804	828	1.9k	1.8k	1.7k	1.5k	1.3k	1.1k	828	548	438	621	926	1.2k	1.4k	1.5k	1.7k	1.7k	1.8k	1.7k	1.7k	1.5k	1.2k	914	596	682	999	1.5k	2.0k	2.5k	3.0k	3.2k	3.0k	2.5k	2.2k	2.1k	2.1k	2.0k	1.6k	1.2k	1.1k	1.4k	1.8k	2.2k	2.6k	2.8k	3.0k	2.9k	2.6k	2.4k	2.3k	2.2k	1.9k	1.3k	743	1.2k	1.5k	1.9k	2.3k	2.5k	2.7k	2.7k	2.6k	2.5k	2.3k	2.1k	1.8k	1.5k	1.1k	694	889	1.1k	1.4k	1.7k	1.9k	2.1k	2.3k	2.3k	2.2k	2.0k	1.7k	1.4k	1.1k	804	499	401	645	1.0k	1.4k	1.8k	2.1k	2.4k	2.5k	2.5k	2.4k	2.0k	1.5k	1.1k	792	511	487	645	901	1.2k	1.4k	1.6k	1.8k	1.8k	1.9k	1.8k	1.6k	1.4k	1.1k	865	621	365	584	926	1.3k	1.5k	1.7k	1.8k	1.9k	1.8k	1.7k	1.6k	1.4k	1.2k	877	535

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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