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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: 08/06 06:58 IFS HD 2.5 km run: 08/06 06:58 GFS 13 km run: 08/06 06:58 unknown run: 08/06 06:58
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    Wind Dir.
    Wind Spd. (mph) 13 13 13 14 14 15 16 16 16 15 15 16 16 14 15 13 12 8 8 8 8 8 8 9 11 16 16 12 10 10 8 10 11 15 17 17 16 15 13 13 12 11 12 11 11 10 10 9 9 7 5 4 6 7 8 8 8 8 8 7 6 6 6 7 8 9 8 7 11 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 9 8 6 6 7 8 8 7 10 11 11 12 12 13 12 12 11 11 12 11 10 7 6 5 4 4 3 3 3 3 4 5 7 8 9 10 10 11 11 11 10 9 4 4 5 6 7 7 8 9 9 9 9 9 9 8 8 7 6 2 2 2 2 3 4 4 5 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 7 7 8 8 8 8 7 5 7 8 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 8 8 9 9 9 9 9 8 8 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 5 5 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 3 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 3 4 5 5 6 6 6 8 8 9 9 8 6 3 3 4 5 6 8 8 9 9 9 9 8 7 6 5
    Gusts (mph) 23 23 25 26 27 30 31 32 32 30 29 31 32 34 28 28 25 16 15 16 16 17 17 17 21 30 32 31 24 19 19 20 21 28 34 33 32 31 28 24 24 22 22 22 21 14 12 11 9 8 10 10 8 11 13 15 17 18 18 19 16 14 11 15 18 21 21 21 39 41 43 39 36 33 31 28 25 31 37 44 41 39 37 36 36 32 27 22 22 22 22 19 16 13 18 22 27 27 26 26 29 32 19 15 10 13 15 18 19 19 20 23 25 28 27 25 23 24 25 18 18 18 18 17 17 17 17 18 13 13 13 12 11 10 8 5 0 0 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 6 7 6 6 4 3 3 4 3 3 4 6 9 11 13 13 14 14 13 13 14 14 14 11 7 5 7 9 9 8 7 7 8 8 9 10 10 10 9 8 7 6 4 5 7 10 13 16 16 15 15 14 14 14 15 16 17 16 14 11 12 13 13 14 14 15 15 16 15 13 12 11 11 10 8 5 0 0 1 2 3 4 4 5 6 6 7 8 10 11 12 9 6 5 7 8 8 8 7 7 6 6 5 5 5 8 11 13 10 6 3 4 5 7 8 11 13 15 17 18 19 20 21 23 23 23 23
    Temp. (°C) 6 7 7 8 9 8 10 11 11 12 11 12 11 10 11 10 10 9 9 9 9 10 10 10 10 11 10 9 9 9 10 10 10 10 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 12 15 15 14 14 13 11 12 12 12 13 14 15 16 17 17 18 19 19 19 19 19 18 16 14 15 15 15 16 16 16 17 17 17 17 17 17 16 16 15 15 14 13 13 14 15 16 17 17 18 19 19 19 18 17 16 16 17 15 15 15 15 16 17 17 17 18 18 17 17 16 15 15 14 13 11 11 11 12 13 13 14 15 15 16 16 16 16 15 15 14 13 8 9 10 11 12 14 15 17 18 18 18 18 18 17 16 15 14 9 10 11 12 13 15 16 18 19 19 19 19 19 18 18 17 16 11 11 11 11 12 12 13 14 14 14 14 14 13 13 12 12 11 9 9 10 11 11 12 13 14 14 14 14 14 14 13 13 12 11 9 10 11 12 13 15 16 17 18 19 19 19 19 19 18 17 15 10 11 11 13 15 16 18 20 21 21 22 22 21 21 20 19 18 14 14 15 16 17 19 20 21 22 22 22 11 11 11 10 9 8 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 11 12 12 12 12 12 11 11
    Rain (mm) 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.3 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 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.7 1.7 1.7 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.3 0.3 1.7 1.7 1.7 0.2 0.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1
    Cloud Cov. (%) 8 2 58 2 32 100 94 88 93 100 100 3 66 15 18 38 78 100 93 99 100 72 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 93 91 84 77 68 58 66 68 65 51 33 23 30 45 56 58 55 49 34 15 6 15 34 79 84 87 88 89 90 93 97 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 84 62 86 90 94 98 100 100 91 78 68 61 57 58 72 92 100 82 51 76 77 79 84 91 96 100 100 100 87 68 49 31 13 5 12 29 41 25 12 7 5 5 5 7 7 5 2 13 31 66 55 47 43 41 40 40 41 43 48 55 61 67 72 74 70 63 27 27 29 33 39 44 50 56 59 59 56 53 50 48 48 53 62 91 88 83 77 69 61 53 44 37 31 26 21 16 12 9 6 5 4 10 16 21 27 30 30 29 27 25 22 21 22 25 13 7 3 1 3 6 13 10 7 4 2 7 17 28 39 50 60 68 76 80 75 70 66 62 58 54 50 48 47 48 41 51 62 72 51 30 99 99 98 99 99 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
    High Cloud (%) 100 63 81 90 66 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 82 91 100 93 100 92 38 98 97 94 98 98 100 100 98 100 100 100 100 93 82 3 9 16 28 42 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 91 80 74 83 99 100 72 30 2 6 14 35 55 74 92 100 92 75 56 36 15 10 25 23 9 1 4 14 24 35 47 55 58 58 56 54 51 47 42 37 5 4 4 6 9 12 15 18 19 17 14 10 6 3 72 88 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 87 69 51 33 14 1 1 14 33 52 70 88 100 100 95 89 82 74 70 74 82 40 22 9 3 1 14 35 54 39 32 37 49 62 77 93 100 100 100 1 1 2 1 1 87 74 61 74 87 100 100 100 100 88 77 65 73 82 90 93 97
    Mid Cloud (%) 1 3 90 28 8 2 13 100 100 98 89 100 100 100 100 91 99 86 100 87 95 100 100 100 100 70 7 16 22 20 15 10 5 2 17 38 69 78 86 92 97 100 100 100 100 94 85 81 89 100 100 72 30 14 33 44 39 26 17 17 20 22 18 12 14 31 55 71 69 59 39 21 13 21 39 57 75 92 100 92 74 55 35 15 2 5 7 9 11 12 10 8 5 2 4 9 10 4 2 5 13 28 47 64 80 95 100 91 74 10 24 37 50 62 70 72 69 65 60 53 45 37 29 13 31 50 69 87 100 100 100 100 100 100 91 78 65 51 36 30 27 29 70 75 81 86 90 95 84 73 62 56 51 45 42 39 36 30 24
    Low Cloud (%) 8 2 58 2 32 100 93 88 93 100 100 3 53 7 18 38 78 100 82 95 100 6 15 34 39 6 4 4 10 100 7 27 3 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 96 70 67 59 52 45 38 74 76 72 57 37 25 28 40 48 51 52 47 33 14 7 7 6 2 12 30 45 54 59 63 66 67 66 62 56 86 78 75 83 95 100 91 74 61 55 52 55 72 94 100 74 31 54 69 79 84 85 84 82 78 71 59 45 32 20 9 6 17 35 46 27 13 6 3 1 8 20 60 56 52 47 42 37 32 26 21 16 10 6 3 4 10 35 33 31 28 24 21 18 14 12 11 11 12 14 17 23 35 50 80 69 59 49 40 31 22 14 8 6 5 6 7 9 10 9 7 1 1 3 7 13 11 8 6 4 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 39 49 59 69 48 28 9 14 18 39 60 81 87 94 100 100 100 100 98 96 94 72 49
    CAPE 10 0 20 0 0 10 40 50 80 50 30 20 10 30 30 60 30 70 50 80 50 10 40 50 40 0 0 0 0 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 10 10 20 10 10 0 0 0 20 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 30 50 60 60 70 110 150 180 180 170 140 100 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 20 30 40 40 30 20 10 -10 210 260 280 260 220 170 120 60 20 0 -10 -10 -10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 10 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 0 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 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 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 20 30 30 20 10 0 0 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 50 40 30 50 80 90 70 30
    Ceiling (m) 533 582 619 728 899 582 692 814 863 960 911 1.0k 1.0k 509 680 631 606 411 387 411 460 728 619 545 558 814 765 631 509 545 448 545 558 509 338 338 338 338 338 338 338 338 350 350 399 838 814 728 667 570 460 387 423 497 594 704 802 850 875 911 960 1.0k 1.1k 1.1k 1.1k 1.0k 936 863 545 533 570 582 594 606 558 497 448 436 411 399 399 399 399 387 387 399 387 411 497 619 716 765 765 789 838 887 875 716 509 423 484 631 436 436 436 448 521 558 606 655 692 728 728 741 728 716 680 631 558 411 472 533 606 704 802 899 997 1.1k 1.2k 1.2k 1.3k 1.3k 1.3k 1.2k 1.0k 887 289 301 362 448 570 716 863 1.0k 1.2k 1.2k 1.2k 1.2k 1.1k 1.1k 972 887 753 338 338 375 448 558 667 789 911 985 1.0k 997 948 887 838 777 704 606 436 460 533 619 704 789 899 997 1.0k 1.1k 1.0k 1.0k 972 911 863 814 741 606 631 667 716 789 838 899 948 997 1.0k 1.0k 1.0k 1.0k 985 936 863 802 497 545 594 680 777 899 1.0k 1.2k 1.2k 1.3k 1.4k 1.4k 1.3k 1.3k 1.2k 1.0k 875 375 423 484 594 716 863 1.0k 1.2k 1.3k 1.4k 1.4k 1.3k 1.3k 1.2k 1.2k 1.0k 936 582 619 692 765 863 972 1.1k 1.2k 1.3k 1.3k 1.3k 789 728 594 509 472 448 545 533 509 509 533 533 497 436 411 448 509 570 643 704 716 338 338
    Foel Lûs is a paragliding site located on the north coast of Wales, east of Penmaenmawr. Standing at just over 360 meters (1,100 feet) high, it offers good soaring opportunities in both NE and NW winds. The site is occasionally used and is primarily for local soaring and glides down. It is a members-only site, so make sure you have the necessary permissions before planning your visit. The site offers various takeoff options, all conveniently located near the path. The takeoff height for both NE and NW faces is approximately 304 meters (1,000 feet). The landing height is at sea level, with the primary landing area being the beach. However, be cautious of the tide as there is little beach left at high tide. Foel Lûs provides the possibility of ridge runs along the coast, though these can be challenging due to tricky jumps and the presence of power lines. Top landing can be tricky in strong conditions, and pilots should be aware of the power lines to the west. Parking is available at the end of the surfaced road near two prominent stone gateposts (Map reference SH731759). From there, you can carry up the track until you find a clear footpath bearing left towards the summit. Follow the footpaths to find a suitable takeoff point according to the wind direction. The site has no airspace restrictions but is within the Valley AIAA. The minimum pilot rating required is Club Pilot. For more detailed information, you can visit the Snowdonia Sky Sports Club website: - [Snowdonia Sky Sports Club - Foel Lûs](https://www.snowdoniaskysports.co.uk/cms/node/116) - [Snowdonia Sky Sports Club - General Information](https://www.snowdoniaskysports.co.uk/cms/node/22) Additional site information can be found here: - [North Wales Hang Gliding and Paragliding Club - Foel Lûs](http://www.nwhgpc.org/flyingsites/foel-lus) Remember to respect the local guidelines and avoid parking in a way that blocks gateways or tracks. Do not land on the golf course or attempt to land on the beach at high tide.
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    Created 08 Jun 2024 by Kiteslave

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