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: 30/04 08:45																														GFS 13 km run: 30/04 08:45																																																																unknown run: 30/04 08:45
Date Optimal	We 30 6h	We 30 7h	We 30 8h	We 30 9h	We 30 10h	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 6h	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 6h	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 6h	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 6h	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 6h	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 6h	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 6h	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 6h	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 6h	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 6h	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 6h	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 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
Wind Dir.
Wind Spd. (mph)	7	9	7	6	5	5	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	4	1	7	7	8	10	11	11	12	11	10	10	9	8	8	8	8	4	3	2	4	5	6	8	8	8	7	6	8	8	8	8	8	7	6	7	8	8	8	8	9	9	10	11	12	13	12	12	12	13	12	13	13	13	13	16	17	18	15	11	9	7	6	5	4	4	4	5	6	6	6	6	5	5	3	3	5	4	4	3	3	3	4	5	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	5	4	3	4	5	6	6	7	7	8	8	7	6	5	6	6	6	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	12	11	11	9	8	7	5	4	4	4	5	6	7	8	8	8	8	8	6	5	6	5	4	4	4	5	6	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	6	6	6	5	5	5	4	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	5	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	7	7	5	5	6	5	4	3	3	4	6	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	7	7	8	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	8	7	7	7	7	7	9	9	8	7	7	7	7	8	10	12	13
Gusts (mph)	11	16	11	9	8	6	6	6	7	6	6	6	6	6	5	11	12	19	21	21	19	19	17	15	15	14	13	11	13	13	3	2	1	2	3	5	6	7	7	6	5	8	11	13	13	11	10	10	12	15	16	16	17	18	20	21	21	23	24	21	25	27	28	23	21	20	20	20	23	24	20	18	15	14	10	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	8	7	6	5	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	6	8	9	10	11	10	9	8	4	4	4	5	6	7	8	8	9	8	7	6	6	6	6	9	11	12	12	13	13	14	15	15	15	14	13	12	11	10	6	5	5	5	6	6	6	7	8	8	7	7	6	5	4	4	4	4	5	6	6	7	7	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	8	7	6	6	5	5	5	5	6	8	8	8	7	6	5	5	5	4	4	3	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	6	6	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	6	7	7	6	6	6	7	8	11	12	14	15	15	16	17	17	18	18	19	19	20	21	21	19	19	19	19	18	18	19	21	22	21	21	21	22	24	26
Temp. (°C)	4	4	6	7	8	10	11	12	13	14	14	14	13	13	11	8	9	12	13	14	15	16	18	19	19	20	20	19	18	16	8	10	13	15	16	18	19	20	21	21	21	19	15	13	11	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	7	7	6	5	0	1	2	4	5	6	6	7	8	8	10	10	9	8	5	4	6	8	10	13	15	16	17	18	18	19	18	16	13	11	8	10	12	14	16	18	20	21	21	21	20	19	17	14	12	9	11	13	15	17	18	20	21	22	22	22	21	19	16	14	10	11	12	12	13	14	14	15	16	16	17	16	15	12	10	6	8	10	12	15	16	18	19	20	20	20	19	17	14	12	8	10	12	14	16	18	19	20	20	20	19	18	15	13	11	6	6	7	9	11	12	12	12	12	10	9	8	8	8	9	6	8	10	12	14	16	18	19	20	21	21	20	19	16	14	10	12	14	16	18	20	21	22	23	23	23	22	20	17	15	7	8	9	10	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	9	9	8	7	3	3	3	4	4	5	4	4	3	3	4	4	3	3	2
Rain (mm)																																										0.1	0.1	0.2	0.3		0.1	0.4	1.0	0.2	0.1																																																																																																																									0.1	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.2																																																	0.1	0.1	0.1				0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2
Cloud Cov. (%)	6	8		3	2			9	48	43	53	10	3			5	2		1	2	4	8	7	18	1										5	6	6	5	5		5		100	100	100	98	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	11	6	6	6	6	7	7	6	6	6	7	62	100	100	7	1	3	4	32	60	88	85	82	79	70	62	53	54	56	57	59	80	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	51	74	97	78	59	40	36	31	27	43	60	76	58	39	21	100	100	100	91	81	72	60	47	35	23	12					2	1											23	45	68	89	79	68	51	33	16	27	39	50	67	83	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	90	80	70	7	6	5	17	28	40	49	58	67	50	34	17	13	9	5	9	8	8	9	11	12	9	5	2	2	3	3	2	1		13	24	35	57	78	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	79	90	100	100	100	100	86	71	57	64	70	77	66	54	43
High Cloud (%)	6	8		3	2			9	48	43	53	10	3			5	2		1	2	4	8	7	18	1										5	5	5	5	5		5			5	5	68	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	5															1	2	3	31	59	87	83	80	76	68	59	51	52	52	53	57	79	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	45	69	94	75	56	37	32	27	22	33	44	55	40	25	10	100	100	100	67	35	2	13	24	35	23	12					2	1											23	45	68	89	78	67	49	31	13	24	34	45	63	82	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	93	87	80	87	93	100	79	57	36	6	6	5	16	28	39	48	57	66	49	32	15	12	8	5	8	7	7	8	9	10	7	5	2	1	1					13	24	35	57	78	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Mid Cloud (%)																																											100	100	100	89	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	94													100																								2	3	5	29	53	77	77	77	77	15	23	31	21	12	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1		29	41	53	35	18																										2	1					2	3	5	34	64	93	93	94	94	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	73	45	18																																		11	22	33	52	72	91	94	97	100	100	100	100							1	2	3	3	4	4	3	1
Low Cloud (%)																																											10		5	71	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	47	39	11	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	60	100	100	5																															4	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	3	21	40	58	42	27	11	1	1	2	25	47	70	47	23																																						8	13	19	13	8	2	35	67	100	100	100	100	80	60	40										1	1	2	1	1											1	2	3	2	1											3	6	9	30	50	71	79	89	100	100	100	100	84	69	53	60	68	75	63	52	40
CAPE	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	10	30	60	90	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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	10	10	20	20	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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	10	10	30	40	40	30	30	40	50	60	60	70	60	40	20	0
Ceiling (m)	2.2k	2.1k	2.1k	2.2k	2.0k	1.8k	2.0k	2.1k	2.3k	2.5k	2.6k	2.3k	2.1k	1.9k	1.8k	2.1k	2.2k	2.4k	2.3k	2.3k	2.5k	2.6k	2.9k	3.1k	3.2k	3.3k	3.3k	3.3k	3.2k	3.3k	2.0k	1.9k	2.2k	2.3k	2.4k	2.4k	2.5k	2.6k	2.6k	2.6k	2.5k	2.3k	1.7k	1.5k	1.4k	977	989	989	989	989	1.0k	1.1k	1.1k	1.1k	1.1k	1.2k	1.4k	1.5k	1.5k	1.4k	1.3k	1.5k	1.7k	1.9k	2.0k	2.0k	1.9k	2.0k	2.1k	2.2k	2.5k	2.5k	2.3k	2.1k	1.6k	1.6k	1.7k	2.0k	2.2k	2.6k	2.9k	3.1k	3.2k	3.3k	3.3k	3.2k	3.0k	2.5k	2.0k	1.7k	1.8k	1.9k	2.1k	2.2k	2.5k	2.7k	2.8k	2.9k	3.0k	2.9k	2.9k	2.7k	2.4k	2.0k	1.7k	1.6k	1.7k	1.8k	2.0k	2.2k	2.4k	2.6k	2.7k	2.8k	2.8k	2.7k	2.4k	2.1k	1.7k	1.4k	1.0k	1.1k	1.2k	1.4k	1.5k	1.6k	1.8k	1.9k	2.1k	2.2k	2.3k	2.3k	2.0k	1.7k	1.5k	1.5k	1.7k	1.9k	2.2k	2.5k	2.8k	3.0k	3.1k	3.1k	3.2k	3.2k	3.0k	2.6k	2.2k	1.9k	2.1k	2.1k	2.3k	2.4k	2.7k	3.0k	3.1k	3.2k	3.2k	3.1k	3.0k	2.8k	2.5k	2.1k	1.8k	1.9k	2.1k	2.3k	2.5k	2.6k	2.6k	2.5k	2.3k	2.1k	1.7k	1.4k	1.2k	1.2k	1.4k	1.5k	1.3k	1.5k	1.7k	2.0k	2.2k	2.5k	2.7k	2.7k	2.8k	2.8k	2.9k	2.8k	2.4k	2.0k	1.7k	1.6k	1.8k	2.0k	2.2k	2.3k	2.5k	2.6k	2.8k	2.9k	2.9k	2.8k	2.7k	2.3k	2.0k	1.8k	1.2k	1.3k	1.5k	1.6k	1.8k	2.0k	1.9k	1.7k	1.6k	1.6k	1.6k	1.6k	1.5k	1.3k	1.1k	1.0k	1.0k	1.0k	1.1k	1.2k	1.3k	1.2k	1.0k	940	916	952	989	1.0k	1.1k	1.1k

Bald Butte North (BBN) is a scenic paragliding site located in Hood River, Oregon, USA. It offers a launch altitude of approximately 3000 feet with a landing zone (LZ) at about 1500 feet, providing a 4.2:1 glide ratio to the LZ. The site is occasionally used and is known for its scenic flights and thermal soaring opportunities. The launch faces WNW, with a secondary lower west face for higher wind launches. The launch area is fairly shallow, making it unsuitable for no-wind launches. The site is accessible by car, although the road has large gravel chunks and a steep grade, making it challenging for 2WD vehicles. There is a camping spot right behind the launch area, next to a trail suitable for hiking, mountain biking, and motorcycling. The site is rated P3, H3, M2 and is suitable for winds from W to NNW at 5-15 MPH. It is a good option for cross-country (XC) flights and can be used when other nearby sites like Bingen and Bald Butte are too windy. For directions, take exit 64 from I-84 and head south on Hwy 35 for 10.3 miles to Pinemont Rd. Turn left on Pinemont and go 1.7 miles, then turn right on the gravel road going up the hill. Continue for 2.1 miles and take a right up the steep dirt road. After 0.3 miles, turn left on the next dirt road, go 0.2 miles, and turn right into the clear cut to reach the launch area. For more information, you can visit the Cascade Paragliding Club's site guide: [Cascade Paragliding Club Site Guide](http://cascadeparaglidingclub.org/site-guide/). Local contact: Erik Otterholt Coordinates: Launch: N 45.5512 W -121.5349 LZ: N 45.5503 W -121.5570

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