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    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 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 unknown run: 15/06 17:57 Arome HD 1.3 km run: 15/06 17:57 Arpege EU 11 km run: 15/06 17:57 Icon Global 11 km run: 15/06 17:57 GFS 13 km run: 15/06 17:57
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    Wind Spd. (mph) 13 11 8 8 3 2 3 3 2 2 3 4 4 4 3 4 4 6 7 7 6 0 2 1 2 4 5 6 6 7 7 8 8 9 9 9 9 8 5 5 4 5 7 6 7 6 6 5 5 6 7 7 8 9 9 5 7 8 9 11 11 11 11 12 13 13 14 14 14 15 6 4 4 4 4 5 7 9 10 11 11 11 10 10 10 9 9 9 9 5 5 5 7 9 11 12 12 12 12 11 11 10 10 9 7 5 4 4 4 6 8 9 10 10 11 11 10 10 9 8 7 6 3 4 4 4 5 7 8 9 11 11 10 9 9 9 9 8 7 5 10 10 11 12 13 14 14 13 13 13 12 12 12 11 11 12 13 11 11 11 13 15 16 16 15 15 15 15 15 13 11 10 11 13 11 11 11 11 11 11 10 10 10 10 9 8 7 5 4 4 4 0 2 3 2 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 3 7 10 9 6 3 3 3 3 4 5 5 5 5 4 2 0 3 6 9 9 7 3 4 4 6 8 10 11 13 14 15 15 15 16 16 16 13 10 13 14 15 16 17 18 18 19 20 22 24 25 24 21 18 17 15
    Gusts (mph) 23 21 17 15 7 7 6 6 7 8 9 10 12 12 12 11 11 14 14 15 13 4 2 2 6 9 11 13 14 15 15 16 17 17 17 17 17 15 9 9 9 11 13 14 15 15 15 15 14 14 15 15 14 14 15 8 10 14 17 19 20 21 21 22 23 24 24 25 25 25 12 10 8 8 8 11 13 16 17 19 20 20 19 19 19 18 17 17 16 11 11 11 14 17 20 21 22 22 22 21 21 20 18 17 15 12 7 8 8 11 14 17 18 19 19 19 19 19 18 17 16 13 9 3 3 3 5 8 11 13 14 15 14 13 12 12 13 13 9 5 23 24 24 22 19 17 15 15 14 14 13 14 14 15 17 20 24 30 29 28 26 24 22 21 19 19 19 20 20 19 18 18 21 26 22 22 23 23 24 24 23 21 20 19 18 16 14 12 10 11 11 6 4 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 5 8 10 9 6 6 6 5 5 6 6 6 6 5 4 3 2 4 6 9 12 16 7 10 12 12 11 11 11 12 13 14 15 16 16 17 17 16 15 26 27 28 28 28 28 28 29 29 30 32 32 31 28 27 27 28
    Temp. (°C) 15 15 15 14 12 12 12 14 15 16 18 19 20 20 20 21 21 20 20 18 16 9 8 10 13 15 16 17 19 20 20 20 20 20 20 19 18 16 12 12 13 14 15 17 19 20 21 22 23 23 23 23 23 22 21 15 15 15 16 18 20 21 22 23 23 24 24 24 23 22 20 19 13 13 13 14 16 17 19 20 21 22 22 22 22 22 21 20 19 12 12 13 14 17 19 21 22 24 24 25 25 25 24 23 22 20 14 15 16 18 20 22 23 25 26 27 27 27 27 26 25 23 21 19 19 20 22 24 26 27 28 29 29 29 28 27 26 24 22 19 12 12 13 14 16 18 19 21 22 23 23 23 23 23 22 21 19 11 12 12 14 16 18 20 21 22 23 24 24 24 23 22 20 17 12 11 11 11 11 10 10 10 10 10 11 11 11 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 11 13 14 15 16 16 16 17 16 16 15 14 13 10 9 10 11 12 14 16 17 18 19 20 20 20 19 19 18 17 15 11 11 12 14 16 18 19 20 20 20 19 18 18 16 15 14 12 14 14 14 14 15 15 16 16 16 17 18 18 17 17 16 14 13
    Rain (mm) 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.1
    Cloud Cov. (%) 100 86 11 1 100 100 100 100 94 100 100 100 98 96 68 87 97 78 7 26 100 100 97 11 18 73 63 85 24 12 55 41 27 8 17 100 100 100 100 50 33 28 21 19 6 1 2 1 1 1 27 40 49 30 15 20 33 39 32 19 14 11 8 18 33 54 64 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 67 33 19 38 57 50 44 20 40 60 59 57 56 46 35 25 36 47 58 53 49 87 89 90 70 50 30 21 12 3 20 36 53 69 84 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 89 79 25 47 70 80 90 100 100 100 100 88 76 64 58 53 47 54 61 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 89 77 66 70 75 79 86 93 100 99 99 98 77 57 55 67 78 80 83 85 67 49 31 50 70 89 85 82 78 72 66 68 35 3 18 33 48 65 83 100 100 100 100 95 91 86 91 95 94 87 81 78 75 72 81 91 100 69 39 8 8 8 8 28 48
    High Cloud (%) 2 21 71 100 99 100 11 69 54 79 15 3 55 41 27 6 17 21 18 21 30 36 30 28 21 16 6 1 2 1 1 1 27 40 49 30 15 20 33 39 32 19 14 11 8 18 33 54 64 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 67 33 5 11 16 11 5 1 1 2 10 17 25 36 47 58 47 36 38 22 5 5 5 5 4 4 3 18 34 49 66 83 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 95 90 85 78 71 25 47 70 80 90 100 100 100 100 86 71 57 38 19 11 22 100 100 100 89 78 67 45 24 2 13 24 35 57 78 100 100 100 100 100 100 67 35 2 1 1 1 1 2 5 9 34 51 67 71 75 79 59 38 18 30 42 54 49 43 38 27 16 23 12 15 29 44 63 81 100 100 100 100 95 89 84 89 95 87 74 61 42 24 5 4 3 2 1 1 1 2 3 25 46
    Mid Cloud (%) 4 17 3 3 33 67 100 75 49 24 16 8 17 33 50 46 41 20 40 60 58 57 55 37 18 7 14 52 70 89 68 47 26 17 9 7 14 21 36 51 100 100 100 95 89 84 64 44 24 27 31 34 51 69 86 60 33 7 13 20 28 37 45 53 60 37 68 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 86 73 59 70 82 93 95 98 97 95 92 64 35 7 5 2 1 1 3 2 1 2 3 2 1 1 1 2 3 4 67 35 2 1 1 1 1 2 4 5 7 7 7 7 8 9 56 29 2 1 1
    Low Cloud (%) 100 86 9 1 100 100 100 100 70 67 83 89 95 95 71 81 97 91 15 6 100 100 18 9 3 9 17 11 1 2 100 100 100 100 22 3 4 1 1 33 16 82 91 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 87 73 60 66 72 78 85 93 100 99 99 98 73 48 22 17 13 11 9 7 7 7 7 27 48 68 70 72 74 67 60 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 6 7 5 4 2 2 3 3 4 4 84 68 52 57 62 67 78 89 100 69 39 8 7 6 5 3 2
    CAPE 10 0 0 10 10 10 20 10 10 20 20 20 40 30 20 20 20 30 20 0 0 40 40 60 80 80 40 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 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 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 70 120 170 230 300 410 530 600 600 550 460 310 130 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 10 10 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 20 30 40 40 40 40 60 80 90 70 30 0 0 0 20 40 60 70 80 80 60 40 20 10 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 10 10 10 20 30 30 30 20 10 10 0 0 0 0
    Ceiling (m) 736 638 602 467 199 199 236 297 419 602 797 955 1.1k 1.2k 1.2k 1.2k 1.3k 992 943 699 614 236 199 211 358 528 626 748 907 1.1k 1.1k 1.1k 1.1k 1.0k 992 992 1.2k 943 236 236 260 333 528 687 846 1.0k 1.2k 1.2k 1.4k 1.5k 1.7k 1.7k 1.7k 1.6k 1.6k 1.1k 858 1.2k 1.4k 1.6k 1.6k 1.7k 1.8k 1.8k 1.9k 1.9k 2.0k 2.2k 2.3k 2.3k 1.3k 1.1k 1.2k 1.1k 1.0k 1.0k 1.1k 1.1k 1.3k 1.4k 1.6k 1.6k 1.6k 1.6k 1.6k 1.6k 1.5k 1.4k 1.3k 724 675 687 760 919 1.1k 1.2k 1.4k 1.6k 1.8k 1.9k 2.1k 2.2k 2.2k 2.2k 2.0k 1.8k 663 760 870 992 1.1k 1.2k 1.4k 1.7k 1.9k 2.1k 2.2k 2.2k 2.2k 2.1k 2.0k 1.7k 1.4k 1.1k 1.0k 992 1.1k 1.3k 1.5k 1.7k 1.9k 2.0k 1.9k 1.8k 1.6k 1.5k 1.3k 1.2k 980 797 748 821 870 931 1.0k 1.1k 1.2k 1.3k 1.5k 1.6k 1.7k 1.8k 1.8k 1.7k 1.6k 1.7k 1.8k 833 797 821 1.0k 1.3k 1.6k 1.7k 1.8k 1.9k 2.0k 2.0k 2.0k 1.9k 1.7k 1.6k 1.6k 1.6k 675 492 345 297 272 272 272 272 272 297 321 345 333 272 236 236 236 223 211 248 370 565 748 919 1.1k 1.2k 1.2k 1.2k 1.2k 1.2k 1.1k 1.0k 821 626 382 406 443 577 772 968 1.2k 1.3k 1.5k 1.5k 1.5k 1.5k 1.4k 1.3k 1.1k 870 614 516 516 553 687 833 980 1.1k 1.2k 1.3k 1.2k 1.2k 1.1k 1.0k 968 882 736 553 260 333 406 504 614 711 821 919 1.0k 1.2k 1.3k 1.3k 1.3k 1.1k 968 833 699
    This site in England is rarely used and is primarily suitable for local soaring with a southwest wind. There are several takeoff options available. The site is located at a height of 222 meters above sea level, with a top-to-bottom height of 200 feet. For more information, visit: [Avon Hang Gliding and Paragliding Club](http://www.avonhgpg.co.uk/sites/sites.php). **Coordinates:** - Grid Reference: ST806 345 - Latitude: 51.109463 - Longitude: -2.278496 **Wind Directions:** - Suitable for S, SSW, SW, WSW winds. **Site Details:** - Height ASL: 760 feet - Site Code: 2.037 - Open site, accessible to any rated pilot. No training allowed. **Parking:** - Park on the main track without blocking it or the gates into the surrounding fields. Do not drive into any of the fields. **Rigging:** - Rig in the bowl behind takeoff and in front of the fence. **Takeoff:** - Take off anywhere in the bowl facing the prevailing wind. Paragliders should avoid launching directly in front of rigging hang glider pilots. In stronger winds, it may be challenging to penetrate out from the bowl. **Local Flying:** - The site can be turbulent if the wind is not from the southwest due to rotor effects from the spurs on either side. These conditions can lead to rapid height losses and canopy deflations. Always check the true wind direction before flying. Spencer’s Bowl is a better option on weekdays. **XC Flying:** - Be cautious of the Salisbury Plain ranges 7 miles to the northeast and the wildlife park at Longleat, 4 miles to the north. **Top Landing:** - Difficult for hang gliders due to restricted space. Land on the spur to the west in a SW-WSW wind or just behind the bowl in an S wind. Avoid disturbing farm animals. Paragliders can land in the bowl area but should be cautious of the barbed wire fence and thorny bushes. **Bottom Landing:** - Only possible if the field below takeoff is not in crop. If you land in the crops, walk out with minimal damage and apologize to the farmer at Wood Farm. Paragliders have ample space to land within the bowl area but should avoid the small tree plantation at the bottom. **Directions:** - From Frome, head south on the B3092. Two miles after Maiden Bradley, turn left immediately after the Red Lion pub into Long Lane. Follow the main track up the hill until you reach a water works site with a large aerial in a field to the right. Park here and access the site along the small track to the works and then through a gate to the left. Close all gates. For additional details, you can watch these videos: - [Video 1](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qq6gqL0YgpU) - [Video 2](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqRMnVLL0CY) - [Video 3](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AxsnJx6soo)
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