default:

Icon EU 7 km

MF Arome 1.3

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 GRAPES 13

GFS global 13

BOM ACCESS 15

GEM Global 15

ECMWF IFS 25

GFS GraphCast 25

JMA gSM 55

MF Arpege 55

Model	Icon EU 7 km run: 08/05 07:55																																																																Icon Global 11 km run: 08/05 07:55																																		GFS 13 km run: 08/05 07:55
Date Optimal	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	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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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
Wind Dir.
Wind Spd. (kmh)	5	5	5	5	7	7	8	8	9	7	6	5	2	2	3	4	3	4	4	8	6	7	6	8	5	5	3	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	7	9	10	11	12	9	7	3	4	5	6	8	10	11	13	14	15	16	15	13	10	6	6	6	7	7	8	9	9	9	9	8	7	6	5	2	2	1	1	2	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	10	8	4	4	5	6	6	6	7	9	12	14	12	10	7	5	4	4	5	5	5	4	3	8	12	14	13	12	10	8	5	4	3	2	3	4	5	6	6	6	6	7	8	7	5	3	0	1	2	3	4	5	7	7	6	6	7	7	1	2	4	5	6	7	7	8	10	10	9	8	6	4	4	3	2	3	3	3	4	5	5	6	6	7	7	6	5	4	4	6	6	6	6	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	4	2	1	2	4	5	6	8	10	11	10	8	7	6	1	2	3	4	5	7	8	9	10	11	11	11	10	9	7	6	6	7	7	9	10	11	12	14	13	11	9	9
Gusts (kmh)	13	16	18	19	24	24	24	27	28	28	24	23	19	10	10	12	15	13	14	25	30	23	25	27	31	20	19	15	16	20	21	21	19	19	22	31	33	30	35	37	33	17	22	26	30	31	32	33	37	40	43	42	42	41	33	16	18	19	21	23	25	27	27	27	28	27	25	24	22	8	9	10	11	13	15	17	19	21	23	25	27	29	25	11	14	16	19	20	20	20	26	31	37	34	33	31	27	8	11	15	18	18	16	16	8	9	9	10	11	11	9	6	5	4	4	5	7	9	9	9	8	8	7	7	6	6	6	5	5	6	7	8	9	10	10	9	8	7	6	2	3	4	6	9	11	14	14	14	13	11	9	7	5	5	4	3	3	4	5	6	6	7	7	8	8	8	7	6	5	4	3	4	5	5	5	5	5	6	7	9	8	5	4	4	4	5	8	10	11	11	11	10	9	8	6	1	2	3	4	6	7	9	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	8	7	5	4	4	5	6	7	9	11	13	15	17	18
Temp. (°C)	11	13	14	15	16	16	16	16	15	15	14	13	12	9	10	11	12	13	12	12	12	13	13	12	11	11	10	8	9	10	11	11	11	11	12	12	11	11	11	10	10	7	8	9	10	11	11	12	12	13	13	13	12	11	10	7	8	10	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	8	9	11	12	13	13	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	11	7	8	10	12	13	14	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	13	7	8	11	13	15	17	18	18	18	18	17	16	15	13	8	11	14	17	18	20	21	22	22	22	21	20	18	16	11	14	17	19	21	22	22	23	23	23	22	21	19	17	13	14	16	18	19	21	22	22	22	22	21	20	18	16	11	12	15	17	18	20	21	22	22	22	22	21	20	17	12	14	17	20	21	22	23	24	24	24	24	23	21	19	14	16	19	21	23	24	24	24	24	23	22	20	18	16	12	13	13	13	14	15	16	18	20	21	20	19	17	15	10	12	14	17	18	19	20	21	21	21	21	20	19	17
Rain (mm)							0.1	0.6	0.9	1.4	2.0	1.6	1.3	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.7	0.3	1.0	4.6	3.6	0.9	1.8	1.9	2.3	0.5	0.7	0.7	0.8	1.2	1.2	0.6	0.7	1.9	1.9	1.7	2.4	1.3	2.2	0.8	1.7	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.3												0.2	0.2	0.2	0.6	0.6	0.6									0.3	0.3	0.3	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.2	0.2	0.2									0.7	0.7	0.7	0.2	0.2	0.2
Cloud Cov. (%)	86	74	79	76	81	77	70	99	94	97	93	93	86	94	90	84	84	91	100	100	92	96	96	100	100	100	86	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	79	80	82	83	83	82	82	79	77	74	75	75	76	68	97	97	96	96	97	99	100	99	99	98	95	93	90	90	95	87	79	71	72	74	75	76	77	78	72	67	61	65	59	73	86	100	98	97	95	97	98	100	100	100	100	82		11	23	34	42	51	59	51	37	23	17	12	6	16	57	55	53	51	36	22	7	14	22	29	45	61	77	85	16	20	25	29	53	76	100	99	98	97	98	99	100	90	100	100	100	100	88	76	64	46	27	9	7	5	3	15	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	91	81	72	61	48	45	43	40	44	49	53	59	65	71	68	66	63	45	95	90	84	79	82	84	87	91	96	100	100	100	100	100	69	79	90	100	100	100	100	80	59	39	31	23	15	10	81	87	94	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	68
High Cloud (%)							1	95	58	67	59	61	19			9	20	10	37	98	6	79	81	100	100	99	62	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100															4	3	1		19	39	58	44	31	17	11	6			53	35	18		1	1	2	1	1							33	67	100	74	48	22	48	74	100	100	100	100	68								3	5	8	6	5	3	13	53	51	49	47	33	19	5	11	18	24	40	55	71	81	13	16	20	23	49	74	100	99	97	96	97	99	100	90	100	100	100	100	68	37	5	4	3	2	2	3	3	14	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	89	79	68	57	43	40	37	34	39	43	48	55	61	68	65	61	58	40	94	88	81	75	78	80	83	89	94	100	100	100	100	100								1	1	2	6	10	14	9	79	86	93	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	68
Mid Cloud (%)	77	64	62	43	39	31	7	33	41	41	41	38	42	47	57	38	36	38	77	99	77	37	34	43	19	35	56	100	100	96	91	99	60	91	99	98	98	96	66	70	40	28	34	41	47	46	44	43	34	26	17	13	8	4	3	87	80	72	65	76	88	99	96	92	89	86	83	80	67	70	60	49	39	27	15	3	11	20	28	19	9		9					28	57	85	66	48	29	29	29	29	19																																										1	74	81	88	95	84	74	63	43	22	2	1	1				1	1	2	1	1		1	1	2	2	3	3	4	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	25	46	68	47	26	5	4															52	35	19	2	1	1										8	15	23	48	74	99	67	34	2	1	1
Low Cloud (%)	49	30	45	59	67	62	67	85	81	85	74	72	70	88	75	72	72	85	100	98	78	90	70	87	69	69	58	82	75	65	71	82	97	100	88	94	87	87	78	79	72	73	73	72	72	70	69	67	69	70	72	73	73	74	67	67	76	85	94	96	97	99	98	96	95	91	86	82	81	86	75	65	54	60	67	73	71	69	67	65	63	61	61	59	65	72	78	69	61	52	56	61	65	56	46	37	40		11	23	34	42	51	59	47	30	14	10	6	2	1								2	4	6	19	31	44	29																						2	3	5	3	2																																													60	73	87	100	100	100	100	79	58	37	25	12
CAPE	0	10	50	110	120	70	200	400	310	250	200	160	90	10	20	30	60	150	250	210	170	270	180	210	40	40	60	20	40	50	60	50	60	120	140	200	90	100	60	60	50	10	10	10	10	10	20	20	20	30	30	30	20	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	10	10	0	10	30	60	120	200	250	270	280	260	210	150	90	50	0	0	0	0	10	20	50	100	160	190	140	60	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	10	20	30	30	30	20	20	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	10	10	10	10	30	80	140	170	130	0	0	0	0	0	10	10	0	0	20	110	230	290	230	0	10	20	50	110	180	210	160	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	10	20	70	190	350	420	320	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	20	20	20	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	20	20	20	10	0	0
Ceiling (m)	963	1.0k	1.0k	1.1k	1.2k	1.4k	1.2k	1.1k	999	914	816	780	731	621	694	767	841	926	841	743	755	877	914	865	841	804	755	597	633	719	780	877	902	792	816	816	841	816	780	743	694	609	682	755	828	926	1.0k	1.1k	1.2k	1.3k	1.3k	1.3k	1.2k	1.1k	975	633	719	816	902	950	950	938	950	950	926	902	877	841	755	621	694	792	902	950	987	1.0k	1.0k	1.1k	1.1k	1.1k	1.1k	1.0k	914	694	816	963	1.1k	1.2k	1.2k	1.3k	1.3k	1.2k	1.2k	1.2k	1.2k	1.1k	999	719	804	914	1.0k	1.2k	1.4k	1.5k	1.9k	2.0k	1.9k	1.7k	1.5k	1.3k	1.0k	792	963	1.3k	1.5k	1.8k	1.9k	2.1k	2.2k	2.3k	2.2k	1.9k	1.6k	1.4k	1.2k	902	1.1k	1.3k	1.6k	1.7k	1.9k	1.9k	2.0k	2.1k	2.1k	1.9k	1.6k	1.4k	1.2k	889	975	1.1k	1.3k	1.4k	1.6k	1.8k	2.0k	2.2k	2.2k	2.1k	1.9k	1.6k	1.3k	950	1.1k	1.3k	1.5k	1.6k	1.8k	1.9k	2.0k	2.0k	2.0k	1.9k	1.6k	1.4k	1.1k	755	938	1.2k	1.5k	1.7k	1.9k	2.1k	2.2k	2.2k	2.2k	2.0k	1.8k	1.5k	1.3k	926	1.1k	1.3k	1.6k	1.8k	2.0k	2.2k	2.2k	2.3k	2.2k	2.0k	1.7k	1.4k	1.3k	1.0k	1.0k	975	950	950	975	1.1k	1.3k	1.7k	2.0k	1.9k	1.7k	1.5k	1.2k	853	963	1.2k	1.4k	1.5k	1.7k	1.8k	1.9k	2.0k	2.1k	2.1k	2.0k	1.8k	1.5k

El Cerdal is a popular paragliding site in Portugal, located near the border. It offers excellent thermal conditions, making it a frequently used spot for thermal soaring and some cross-country (XC) flights. The site is situated in the Viana do Castelo region, with a site record of 46.4 km, and also in the Valença do Minho region, with a site record of 30.0 km. The meeting point for pilots is at the entrance of the national road 5 towards Valença to Cerdal or at the old shooting range, which is used as the landing zone. Coordinates: Meeting Point: 41.991570, -8.641845 Landing Zone: 41.975476, -8.596981 The take-off altitude is approximately 552 meters, with a maximum altitude difference of 352 meters for this location. Access to the take-off site can be made by car (preferably a jeep) or on foot. For more information, you can visit their Facebook page: [Cerdal Parapente](https://www.facebook.com/cerdalparapente.cerdalparapente) Watch a video of the site here: [YouTube Video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TtRmOJ1hh4)

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