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    DMI HARMONIE
    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 DMI HARMONIE 2.5 km run: 16/06 10:09 IFS HD 2.5 km run: 16/06 10:09 GFS 13 km run: 16/06 10:09
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    Mo
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    Mo
    16
    20h
    Mo
    16
    21h
    Tu
    17
    5h
    Tu
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    6h
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    17
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    17
    21h
    We
    18
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    18
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    18
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    18
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    18
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    18
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    Th
    19
    5h
    Th
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    Th
    19
    21h
    Fr
    20
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    20
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    20
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    20
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    Fr
    20
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    Sa
    21
    5h
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    21
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    21
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    21
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    21
    18h
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    21
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    21
    20h
    Sa
    21
    21h
    Su
    22
    5h
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    22
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    22
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    22
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    22
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    22
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    22
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    22
    21h
    Mo
    23
    5h
    Mo
    23
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    Mo
    23
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    Mo
    23
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    Mo
    23
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    23
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    23
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    23
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    Mo
    23
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    Mo
    23
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    Tu
    24
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    24
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    24
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    24
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    24
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    We
    25
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    We
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    We
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    We
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    We
    25
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    Th
    26
    5h
    Th
    26
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    26
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    26
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    26
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    26
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    26
    21h
    Fr
    27
    5h
    Fr
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    6h
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    27
    8h
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    27
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    27
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    27
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    27
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    Fr
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    Fr
    27
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    Fr
    27
    18h
    Fr
    27
    19h
    Fr
    27
    20h
    Fr
    27
    21h
    Sa
    28
    5h
    Sa
    28
    6h
    Sa
    28
    7h
    Sa
    28
    8h
    Sa
    28
    9h
    Sa
    28
    10h
    Sa
    28
    11h
    Sa
    28
    12h
    Sa
    28
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    Sa
    28
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    28
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    28
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    28
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    28
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    Sa
    28
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    Sa
    28
    20h
    Sa
    28
    21h
    Su
    29
    5h
    Su
    29
    6h
    Su
    29
    7h
    Su
    29
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    Su
    29
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    Su
    29
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    29
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    29
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    29
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    29
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    29
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    Su
    29
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    Su
    29
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    Su
    29
    20h
    Su
    29
    21h
    Mo
    30
    5h
    Mo
    30
    6h
    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
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    Mo
    30
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    Mo
    30
    21h
    Tu
    1
    5h
    Tu
    1
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    Tu
    1
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    Tu
    1
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    Tu
    1
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    Tu
    1
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    Tu
    1
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    Tu
    1
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    Tu
    1
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    Tu
    1
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    Tu
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    Tu
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    Tu
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    Tu
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    Tu
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    Wind Dir.
    Wind Spd. (mph) 6 6 6 7 8 7 8 8 7 6 7 8 8 7 10 10 7 8 8 7 8 8 7 9 10 11 10 9 9 8 9 6 5 6 4 2 0 2 3 4 5 5 5 5 4 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 4 5 5 6 6 7 8 9 9 9 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 9 8 7 8 8 10 9 9 10 11 12 12 12 13 13 12 12 11 10 9 9 9 9 9 8 7 7 7 8 8 9 8 7 6 5 4 4 4 4 6 5 5 4 2 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 4 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 8 7 6 4 1 2 5 8 10 11 12 12 11 11 10 10 9 7 8 9 9 10 11 12 12 13 13 12 12 11 11 10 10 11 11 11 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 13 13 13 13 13 13 12 11 12 12 12 13 13 13 13 13 12 12 11 10 10 9 8 6 3 4 5 7 8 9 10 11 12 12 13 12 12 12 11 9 7 8 8 7 8 8 9 10 11 12 12 12 12 11 11 11 11 11 3 3 3 2 2 3 5 6 8 9 9 9 10 10 9 8 5
    Gusts (mph) 13 14 15 16 18 18 18 18 18 17 16 19 19 18 19 21 21 18 20 19 20 20 19 21 23 24 23 23 21 20 19 15 12 12 12 11 7 8 10 12 13 13 13 13 12 14 13 15 12 12 12 13 13 13 13 13 13 15 16 17 17 16 16 15 14 17 19 21 20 19 18 17 17 16 16 17 17 14 12 9 8 7 7 6 6 8 9 11 13 14 16 17 17 17 17 16 15 12 9 6 6 6 7 9 11 13 14 16 17 19 20 19 18 16 15 14 9 8 7 9 12 14 15 16 17 31 31 30 30 29 28 28 27 29 29 29 29 28 27 27 27 27 28 28 28 28 28 25 18 10 5 6 7 8 8 9 9 9 9 10 11 11 12 12 12 9 6 4 3 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 4 1 1 1 2 2 3 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 3 2 2 4 5 8 9 11 12 12 13 13 13 14 15 14 11 7 3 3 3 6 9 12 13 13 14 14 14 14 12 10 8 5 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 5 9 12 11 8 3 3 3 3 4 5 6 8 10 11 11 12 13 14 14 10 5
    Temp. (°C) 12 13 14 15 15 16 16 16 17 17 16 15 14 13 8 8 9 11 12 13 14 15 16 16 15 15 15 15 14 13 12 11 11 12 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 21 20 20 18 17 15 10 10 11 12 14 15 17 18 19 20 21 21 21 21 21 20 18 12 12 12 13 14 15 17 18 19 20 21 21 21 20 19 18 17 11 11 11 12 14 16 18 19 21 22 22 22 22 22 21 20 19 13 14 14 16 17 19 21 22 23 24 24 24 23 23 22 21 20 14 14 15 16 17 19 20 22 23 24 24 25 25 25 24 23 22 16 17 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 25 26 26 25 24 23 15 15 15 15 15 16 16 17 17 17 17 17 17 16 16 15 15 12 12 12 12 13 13 13 14 14 14 14 14 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 14 14 15 16 16 16 15 15 15 14 13 13 12 9 10 10 11 12 12 13 14 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 14 14 11 11 11 12 12 12 12 12 12 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 10 9 9 10 11 12 13 13 14 14 14 14 13 13 13 12 12 10 11 12 14 16 18 19 20 21 21 20 20 19 18 17 15 12
    Rain (mm) 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.1 0.1 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 1.4 1.4 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
    Cloud Cov. (%) 96 58 95 30 45 7 4 2 1 8 46 90 5 32 10 6 75 95 63 78 100 66 100 100 56 99 95 95 88 83 39 48 22 1 97 67 1 2 10 24 32 26 14 9 19 37 83 85 83 73 59 45 28 12 7 26 57 79 81 73 67 70 74 12 11 9 6 3 1 4 7 14 22 26 20 10 44 55 60 58 51 43 35 26 20 17 16 17 19 22 28 39 53 85 79 75 76 80 84 87 90 90 86 79 72 64 55 46 37 28 24 32 38 42 45 47 49 52 55 60 67 73 79 85 89 90 90 81 80 78 76 73 70 67 65 63 63 64 65 66 68 70 73 77 77 74 73 75 78 82 86 90 93 95 97 98 99 100 100 100 100 94 92 91 91 92 92 92 90 86 77 65 53 41 29 20 17 16 11 9 8 10 13 17 21 26 30 34 38 41 44 45 45 42 36 22 26 32 42 55 67 79 92 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 93 82 14 11 13 21 32 44 56 69 79 84 86 87 87 86 85 84 83 45 44 42 42 43 43 30 17 4 4 5 5 6 7 8 7 5
    High Cloud (%) 90 53 95 7 8 46 90 75 95 63 78 100 66 100 100 56 99 95 95 88 83 39 1 97 67 3 9 11 26 36 34 26 28 49 78 94 85 78 76 76 71 55 35 24 32 49 64 70 74 77 86 95 7 17 23 20 12 5 12 20 28 37 45 52 57 63 68 73 78 83 89 75 68 65 69 77 84 91 98 100 96 88 79 69 58 48 38 29 26 34 40 42 42 42 43 44 47 55 65 75 85 94 100 100 97 85 84 80 69 55 40 25 10 6 14 22 30 38 45 51 56 59 61 62 59 52 41 2 5 8 11 13 15 15 14 12 10 8 6 4 3 3 8 13 18 24 31 40 51 60 68 74 75 67 53 9 15 23 32 42 52 61 70 76 79 79 77 74 70 63 54 42 19 27 35 31 27 23 15 8 2 3 5 4 3
    Mid Cloud (%) 12 27 35 26 10 1 8 23 93 100 100 85 61 40 20 2 28 71 100 99 84 72 73 77 20 18 15 10 4 2 6 11 19 29 32 24 10 76 92 100 93 78 61 43 24 10 3 1 2 7 16 28 81 80 81 85 90 94 97 100 100 96 89 81 72 63 53 43 32 26 35 43 49 53 57 61 65 69 74 80 85 90 95 98 100 100 94 90 83 70 53 37 22 7 4 15 27 40 53 63 66 64 56 57 60 64 70 75 80 85 89 90 90 89 88 86 84 82 80 53 50 49 51 55 58 61 63 62 55 43 32 20 8 5 12 19 26 32 36 37 35 43 48 54 62 71 80 88 96 100 100 97 93 87 80 71 60 47 9 21 34 47 60 71 79 85 89 92 93 90 82 70 3 4 5 11 16 22 16 9 3 4 4 5 4 4 3 3 2
    Low Cloud (%) 60 10 14 25 45 7 4 2 1 5 32 10 5 1 1 1 5 48 22 5 12 19 13 8 5 3 2 1 1 5 15 28 40 52 63 70 69 63 56 49 41 36 38 43 50 46 42 38 35 32 30 28 29 32 37 43 49 55 61 66 70 74 71 68 66 64 62 60 57 54 49 44 38 32 27 23 21 21 12 10 9 11 14 18 22 25 28 29 29 29 28 26 24 21 16 4 11 18 25 33 42 53 65 75 84 92 96 93 85 16 10 7 6 7 9 11 14 15 14 12 11 11 11 14 22 32 24 12
    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 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 0 300 390 450 470 470 460 450 440 460 520 600 670 730 790 800 740 640 230 260 290 330 370 420 470 520 580 660 750 830 890 940 930 830 660 -70 -40 0 40 100 160 230 310 400 530 670 790 900 990 1000 900 720 40 110 180 250 330 410 480 550 600 620 610 600 580 540 500 440 370 80 90 90 80 60 50 40 30 20 20 30 30 30 40 40 40 50 20 10 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 70 60 50 40 30 20 20 10 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 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 0 0 0 10 10 20 20 30 30 30 30 30 30 20 20 20 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Ceiling (m) 515 601 723 796 796 881 942 954 991 1.0k 1.0k 930 808 747 491 515 576 686 784 881 906 942 1.0k 1.0k 954 954 930 906 857 747 662 454 479 564 747 967 1.0k 1.1k 1.2k 1.4k 1.4k 1.4k 1.5k 1.5k 1.5k 1.3k 1.2k 1.0k 820 796 832 906 1.0k 1.1k 1.2k 1.3k 1.4k 1.4k 1.5k 1.5k 1.5k 1.5k 1.5k 1.4k 1.3k 918 991 1.0k 1.1k 1.2k 1.2k 1.3k 1.4k 1.5k 1.7k 1.8k 1.8k 1.7k 1.6k 1.5k 1.5k 1.5k 1.1k 942 845 869 954 1.1k 1.3k 1.5k 1.8k 1.9k 2.1k 2.1k 2.1k 2.0k 1.9k 1.9k 1.9k 1.1k 1.1k 1.1k 1.1k 1.2k 1.4k 1.5k 1.6k 1.7k 1.7k 1.6k 1.5k 1.4k 1.2k 1.1k 991 845 491 527 601 674 796 918 1.1k 1.2k 1.3k 1.4k 1.4k 1.5k 1.5k 1.4k 1.4k 1.3k 1.3k 893 893 918 967 1.1k 1.1k 1.2k 1.3k 1.4k 1.4k 1.5k 1.6k 1.6k 1.6k 1.6k 1.5k 1.4k 845 808 784 771 771 771 771 796 796 796 832 820 808 820 796 747 686 442 466 479 515 552 601 649 674 698 686 637 601 552 515 479 466 466 491 491 515 588 649 698 796 857 942 979 979 1.0k 1.0k 991 1.0k 967 918 662 674 710 796 954 1.1k 1.2k 1.4k 1.5k 1.6k 1.6k 1.6k 1.7k 1.6k 1.5k 1.4k 1.2k 698 735 759 784 784 808 832 832 820 808 759 723 686 637 601 588 552 613 637 662 735 808 869 954 1.0k 1.0k 1.1k 1.1k 1.1k 1.1k 1.0k 967 906 832 1.3k 1.1k 1.1k 1.1k 1.2k 1.3k 1.4k 1.5k 1.6k 1.6k 1.6k 1.5k 1.4k 1.2k 1.1k 906 735
    This paragliding site, with an elevation of 418 meters, is rarely used and restricted to members only. Top landing is normal here. For more details, you can watch this video: [YouTube Video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThKpV8DvtFc). Take-off: The site is accessible from Crumlin or Pontypool via the A472. At Hafodyryns, take the minor road leading to the back of the common and a track. Vehicular access via the track requires permission from the Trustees of the Llanover Estate. Note that the ground can become very boggy during wet months. Alternatively, you can access the site by a public footpath up the shoulder of the hill. Parking: If using the footpath, park at the Mountain Air Picnic Site. Take-off: Minimal carry if using the track, but a long carry if using the footpath. The take-off area is awkward, with tall ferns and ditches to watch out for. Landing: The top landing area (A) is tricky for hang gliders and requires careful planning due to the presence of a mast. Paragliders will find slope landing difficult because of the steepness and bracken cover. Both hang gliders and paragliders can land on the first shoulder (B). Hang gliders should avoid landing on the broken ground near the car park (C), and paragliders need to be precise when landing there. Hang gliders can land on the flat part of the common near the Lamb Inn (D). High-performance hang gliders can also land at the sports field, but this is a long glide and not recommended for intermediate gliders. Flying: During the initial height gain, be cautious of turbulence from the trees below ridge level, which can become severe in strong winds. Hazards: There is a clay pigeon shooting range behind the Mountain Air Inn on Sundays; look for the red flag. Other Rules: This is a sensitive site. Please respect the rights of other users of the common. Site Status: This site is exclusively for members of the SE Wales Hang Gliding and Paragliding Club and the Welsh Free Flight Federation, flown with the permission of the Trustees of the Llanover and Pontypool Estates. For more information, visit: [Fly South Wales - Cwmbran Mountain Air](https://www.flysouthwales.co.uk/site-guides/cwmbran-mountain-air/).
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