default:

Arome HD 1.3

MF Arome 1.3

UKMO UK 2

DMI HARMONIE 2

MF Arome 2.5

KNMI EU 5.5

DWD ICON EU 7

UKMO Global 10

DWD ICON Global 11

MF Arpege EU 11

GFS global 13

GFS GRAPES 13

GEM Global 15

BOM ACCESS 15

GFS GraphCast 25

ECMWF IFS 25

ECMWF AIFS 28

ECMWF IFS 44

JMA gSM 55

MF Arpege 55

Model	Arome HD 1.3 km run: 30/04 10:43																												Arpege EU 11 km run: 30/04 10:43																														Icon Global 11 km run: 30/04 10:43																																													GFS 13 km run: 30/04 10:43																																																																unknown run: 30/04 10:43
Date Optimal	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	Th 15 21h
Wind Dir.
Wind Spd. (mph)	13	13	13	14	14	14	15	15	15	16	15	15	14	10	12	13	15	15	15	14	12	11	3	5	7	5	4	4	3	3	4	3	3	4	4	3	4	5	4	8	8	9	9	13	14	14	13	13	13	14	15	13	12	13	13	12	12	9	20	19	16	17	17	18	19	18	16	13	10	9	9	9	10	7	8	10	12	13	14	14	14	16	17	19	19	18	17	16	6	7	8	10	12	13	13	14	16	18	19	19	18	16	16	3	2	3	5	7	9	12	14	10	11	11	11	10	10	9	9	8	9	10	10	11	11	12	12	11	11	10	10	10	9	4	5	6	8	10	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	9	6	7	7	8	9	10	10	10	10	8	7	7	6	5	5	3	4	5	7	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	7	7	2	3	3	4	5	6	6	7	7	8	9	9	8	8	7	7	8	9	10	12	13	14	14	14	14	13	13	12	11	10	7	8	10	12	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	12	11	9	8	8	9	11	12	13	12	12	13	13	13	11	10	8	7	7
Gusts (mph)	24	24	23	24	24	25	26	27	27	27	27	26	25	18	20	22	25	25	27	25	24	31	19	12	15	12	10	9	9	7	8	8	8	10	11	10	10	12	12	13	14	15	15	19	22	22	23	23	21	23	25	25	22	21	21	21	19	17	31	31	24	25	26	27	28	29	27	24	21	19	17	15	16	12	13	16	19	21	21	22	22	24	27	29	28	27	26	25	12	12	14	16	19	20	21	22	25	27	29	29	28	28	26	8	6	8	9	11	15	18	22	11	12	13	14	15	15	16	17	16	16	16	16	15	14	13	13	12	12	13	15	15	14	11	10	11	11	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	13	15	14	11	9	9	10	10	9	8	6	6	5	5	5	5	6	7	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	11	10	9	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	7	8	9	10	11	11	10	17	17	17	17	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	17	19	19	19	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	17	17	15	13	12	12	14
Temp. (°C)	13	14	16	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	17	16	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	17	16	16	19	19	18	18	17	16	11	11	11	12	12	13	13	15	16	17	18	17	14	13	13	13	12	12	13	13	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	10	10	10	9	9	10	10	11	12	12	13	13	12	12	11	7	7	8	8	8	9	9	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	6	7	7	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	10	10	9	7	7	8	10	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	10	10	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	8	7	7	8	8	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	8	7	5	6	7	9	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	10	10	8	5	6	7	9	11	12	12	13	13	13	13	12	12	11	10	6	7	8	10	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	10	9	7	8	9	10	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	10	9	8	9	10	11	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	11	10	10	11	11	12	13	13	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	11	10
Rain (mm)																																												0.8	0.3		0.1	0.4	0.7	0.5	0.4	0.6	0.4	0.3	0.1		0.2				0.5	0.5	0.5	0.1	0.1	0.1																																														0.1	0.1	0.1																																								0.1	0.1	0.1
Cloud Cov. (%)														100	100	100	100	100	56	100	100	100	91	92	100	95	100		100	100	100	100	100	100	90	17	46	53	43	57	69	85	100	100	97	100	100	100	100	100	100	95	98	87	80	68	39	15	16	9	85	71	56	40	25	9	9	9	9	6	3		9			67	46	24	28	31	35	38	40	43	55	68	80	63	24	35	23	12		16	33	49	51	52	54	43	33	22	15	21	31	21	10		6	13	19	92	85	77	85	92	100	100	88	82	88	94	100	96	92	88	92	96	100	100	100	100	94	100	100	88	75	63	49	35	21	20	19	18	14	11	7	5	14	18	21	25	28	52	75	99	99	100	100	91	81	72	54	53	64	63	62	61	60	58	57	45	33	21	19	16	14	12	15	17	16	15	14	13	13	12	12	13	13	12	12	11	19	34	39	54	69	84	87	90	93	95	98	100	91	82	73	72	32	23	23	22	22	21	19	18	16	14	12	26	41	55	49	67	89	88	86	85	86	86	87	91	96	100	100	100	100	100	100
High Cloud (%)														100	100	100	100	100	31	100	100	100	94			75	100			11	51	47	84	63	23	10	46	53	43	57	69	85	100	100	89	100	100	100	100	100	99	69	50	76				1	7		4	7	11	7	4																																												6	13	19	81	63	44	63	81	100	100	37	10	9	8	7	17	28	38	48	58	68	46	25	3	16	55	75	54	34	13	12	11	10	8	7	5	4	4	3	3	5	7	6	6	5	4	4	3	3	3	3	5	6	8	7	46	58	57	55	54	52	51	49	37	25	13	10	8	5	5	6	8	9	9	10	9	8	7	6	6	5	5	5	5	14	30	36	47	59	70	74	78	82	88	94	100	83	66	49	52	21	13	12	11	10	8	7	5	6	6	7	22	36	51	46									23	45	68	72	76	80	75	69
Mid Cloud (%)															31		82	98	41	100	30	23		95	100	79																3		89	80	66	89	58	63	53	89	86	94	40	6	15	19	1		1	85	70	55	37	18											53	26								23	45	68	55	1								6	11	17	19	20	22	15	21	31	21	10					18	34	50	33	17		12	35	5	3	2											1																																																															2	3	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	18	31	44	32	5	5	6	7	8	7	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4												1	1	2	1	1
Low Cloud (%)																													100	100	100	100	100	100	87	8								23	17	4	20	26	11	12	2	7	15	46	80	63	28	15	10	8				3	6	9	9	9	9	6	3		9			42	33	24	28	31	35	38	40	43	44	45	46	31	23	35	23	12		16	33	49	47	44	42	28	14											76	65	53	41	29	17	13	76	76	84	92	100	93	85	78	80	82	84	89	95	100	86	100	100	85	69	54	38	23	7	9	11	13	10	6	3	2	9	11	14	17	20	46	73	99	99	100	100	89	77	66	45	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	3	2	5	5	3	2		1	1	2	3	4	5	4	4	3	2			7	13	20	30	41	51	36	22	7	5	2								1	3	4	3	1						66	88	87	85	84	85	85	86	90	93	97	96	94	93	95	98
CAPE	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	10	0	10	0	0	0	10	30	10	20	90	50	80	0	40	0	10	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	310	280	280	280	290	300	320	320	310	290	260	230	190	160	130	10	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	10	10	0	0	0	10	10	10	0	0	0	10	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50	40	30	30	20	20	10	20	30	40	50	50	40	30	20	20	20	20	20	30	30	20	20	10	10	20	20	20	20	20	20	10	10	10	10	10	10	0	0	20	40	60	60	60	50	40	40	30	20	20	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	10	20	30	40	40	40	40	40	40	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	10	10	20	20	10	10	10	20	30	30	30	20	20	20	10	10	10	10	10	10	0	0	0	10	10	10	10	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	20	30	30	20	10	10	10	10	10	20	20	10	10
Ceiling (m)	759	869	954	991	991	1.0k	1.1k	1.2k	1.2k	1.2k	1.2k	1.3k	1.1k	1.6k	1.3k	1.1k	1.0k	881	820	783	759	747	942	869	783	893	905	613	210	234	222	234	222	283	356	454	564	661	686	491	417	442	405	600	515	478	576	527	491	527	564	442	430	466	527	576	491	405	796	735	661	613	588	637	735	832	905	1.0k	1.0k	991	905	832	783	771	844	893	918	942	1.0k	1.1k	1.2k	1.2k	1.1k	1.1k	1.0k	979	905	820	759	832	893	918	942	1.0k	1.0k	1.1k	1.0k	954	918	954	979	979	881	649	649	722	869	991	1.1k	1.1k	1.1k	600	637	637	600	539	466	405	308	320	344	381	417	515	625	710	747	771	771	747	698	649	625	454	515	613	722	820	881	881	881	905	930	893	857	747	649	564	308	320	405	503	613	661	710	722	783	796	820	808	771	698	613	515	552	649	796	905	991	1.0k	1.1k	1.0k	991	918	844	710	613	503	308	344	478	710	905	1.0k	1.1k	1.1k	1.1k	1.1k	991	905	783	686	564	332	356	442	552	637	735	820	857	893	857	832	783	710	637	527	381	442	539	686	808	881	918	918	918	869	808	735	613	527	442	271	283	320	405	466	552	649	722	747	722	674	600	515	442	381	320

Carn Brea is a challenging paragliding site with an altitude of 720 feet and a height difference of 300 feet from top to bottom. It is rarely used and primarily suited for thermal soaring with the possibility of small cross-country flights. The takeoff area is small and the terrain is rough and rocky, covered with gorse and ferns. The site is located near Redruth, with coordinates 50° 13′ 17″ N, 5° 14′ 46″ W. The wind direction suitable for this site is NNW-N. Both hang gliders and paragliders can use this site, but it is recommended for pilots who are members of the BHPA and have a pilot-level qualification. Access to the site can be tricky, and parking requires careful consideration to avoid obstructing landing areas. The nearest village is Carnkie, located 2 miles southwest of Redruth. From Carnkie, proceed west and look for the turning to the right signposted Carn Brea. Top landing at Carn Brea can be necessary, and the terrain is rough with hidden rocks and holes. Bottom landing is more straightforward, but the field is bordered by power lines, trees, and bushes, which may require a crosswind landing to avoid obstacles. The site can be turbulent in thermic conditions and does not ridge soar well. Hazards include gorse, large boulders, holes, and hidden stone walls. Slope landing is not recommended due to the risk of entangling risers in the gorse. Carn Brea is in a Military Low Flying Area, with a MATZ and Culdrose ATZ downwind. Pilots should check with Culdrose before attempting cross-country flights and be aware of good landing options behind the site, stopping when reaching the coast. For weather information, Dialmet services are available for RAF St. Mawgan and RNAS Culdrose. Pilots should also use the Military Freephone (0800 51 55 44) for midweek flying and check for Red Arrows, Royal Flights, and TRAs at 0500 35 48 02. For more information, visit [KHPA](http://www.khpa.co.uk/?page_id=91). Videos: - [Vimeo](https://vimeo.com/126543287) - [YouTube 1](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrS9mM4Dy0k) - [YouTube 2](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uD2nUsYYQCU) Contact: - Hang gliding: Graham Phipps 01209 842877 or 07785 593559 - Paragliding: Steve Dredge 01208 851442 or 07889 702879 - Site Warden: Graham May 01209 84 33 80

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