default:

Icon EU 7 km

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: 16/05 09:23																																																																Icon Global 11 km run: 16/05 09:23																																					GFS 13 km run: 16/05 09:23																																																																unknown run: 16/05 09:23
Date Optimal	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 6h	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 6h	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 6h	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	Sa 24 6h	Sa 24 7h	Sa 24 8h	Sa 24 9h	Sa 24 10h	Sa 24 11h	Sa 24 12h	Sa 24 13h	Sa 24 14h	Sa 24 15h	Sa 24 16h	Sa 24 17h	Sa 24 18h	Sa 24 19h	Sa 24 20h	Su 25 6h	Su 25 7h	Su 25 8h	Su 25 9h	Su 25 10h	Su 25 11h	Su 25 12h	Su 25 13h	Su 25 14h	Su 25 15h	Su 25 16h	Su 25 17h	Su 25 18h	Su 25 19h	Su 25 20h	Mo 26 6h	Mo 26 7h	Mo 26 8h	Mo 26 9h	Mo 26 10h	Mo 26 11h	Mo 26 12h	Mo 26 13h	Mo 26 14h	Mo 26 15h	Mo 26 16h	Mo 26 17h	Mo 26 18h	Mo 26 19h	Mo 26 20h	Tu 27 6h	Tu 27 7h	Tu 27 8h	Tu 27 9h	Tu 27 10h	Tu 27 11h	Tu 27 12h	Tu 27 13h	Tu 27 14h	Tu 27 15h	Tu 27 16h	Tu 27 17h	Tu 27 18h	Tu 27 19h	Tu 27 20h	We 28 6h	We 28 7h	We 28 8h	We 28 9h	We 28 10h	We 28 11h	We 28 12h	We 28 13h	We 28 14h	We 28 15h	We 28 16h	We 28 17h	We 28 18h	We 28 19h	We 28 20h	Th 29 6h	Th 29 7h	Th 29 8h	Th 29 9h	Th 29 10h	Th 29 11h	Th 29 12h	Th 29 13h	Th 29 14h	Th 29 15h	Th 29 16h	Th 29 17h	Th 29 18h	Th 29 19h	Th 29 20h	Fr 30 6h	Fr 30 7h	Fr 30 8h	Fr 30 9h	Fr 30 10h	Fr 30 11h	Fr 30 12h	Fr 30 13h	Fr 30 14h	Fr 30 15h	Fr 30 16h	Fr 30 17h	Fr 30 18h	Fr 30 19h	Fr 30 20h	Sa 31 6h	Sa 31 7h	Sa 31 8h	Sa 31 9h	Sa 31 10h	Sa 31 11h	Sa 31 12h	Sa 31 13h	Sa 31 14h	Sa 31 15h	Sa 31 16h	Sa 31 17h	Sa 31 18h	Sa 31 19h	Sa 31 20h
Wind Dir.
Wind Spd. (kmh)	5	5	6	8	9	10	11	14	12	11	9	9	8	9	13	13	14	15	15	16	15	14	15	16	15	15	13	10	7	6	9	10	12	14	15	16	15	16	18	18	16	12	9	11	13	14	16	17	17	17	17	17	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	6	6	6	7	7	8	9	9	10	10	10	10	9	7	5	5	6	7	8	9	11	12	12	12	11	10	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	10	13	14	13	10	8	8	8	7	5	5	7	5	5	7	9	10	10	10	8	7	6	6	5	3	2	4	4	5	7	9	10	12	12	12	11	10	9	8	5	1	6	5	5	7	10	12	14	15	14	13	12	11	9	6	4	7	4	2	5	7	8	9	9	9	8	9	9	8	5	3	8	5	3	5	7	8	9	10	11	11	11	12	10	7	4	3	3	3	4	6	9	10	11	11	10	10	9	8	4	2	8	8	7	7	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	9	7	7	7	8	9	11	11	10	7	5	5	5	5	4	5
Gusts (kmh)	38	40	47	47	52	52	51	55	56	49	46	41	43	43	56	59	61	61	62	60	51	47	50	49	51	51	48	43	37	38	39	39	35	34	37	40	42	50	50	46	52	54	45	47	49	50	51	52	52	53	54	59	63	68	69	69	57	56	55	52	51	49	47	45	43	46	49	52	55	58	36	36	36	36	33	29	27	27	26	26	26	25	25	23	21	33	34	35	36	38	40	42	42	42	43	46	49	52	51	51	54	53	53	52	55	58	60	60	60	60	10	10	9	7	5	5	5	6	7	8	8	8	7	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	6	7	10	11	12	13	13	13	13	12	11	11	10	7	5	6	6	6	7	8	10	11	10	10	9	9	8	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	9	9	8	6	5	5	6	7	6	6	6	8	11	13	13	11	10	10	11	12	14	15	28	27	23	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	17	14	11	6	7	9	11	12	13	14	14	14	13	12	11	10	9	6	6	6	5	4	6	8	10	10	10	10	9	7	6	5	5
Temp. (°C)	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	-3	-3	-2	-1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	-1	0	0	1	2	3	3	4	3	4	4	3	3	2	0	1	2	3	3	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	3	3	0	0	0	1	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	1	-1	0	0	2	3	4	4	5	5	6	6	6	6	5	3	0	1	3	5	6	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	6	5	3	4	5	6	6	7	8	8	7	7	8	8	7	6	4	2	3	4	6	7	7	7	6	5	4	3	3	3	2	2	-1	0	0	2	3	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	4	3	2	0	1	3	5	6	7	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	5	3	1	3	5	7	9	10	11	11	12	12	12	11	11	9	7	5	6	8	10	11	12	13	14	14	14	14	13	12	10	7	1	3	4	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	6	5	4	3	2	0	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	2	1	0	0	2	4	5	7	7	8	7	7	7	7	7	6	4
Rain (mm)	2.4	2.4	1.5	1.1	2.1	1.7	1.2	1.0	0.2	0.9	0.4	0.2	1.7	1.0							0.1	0.1															0.3	0.2														0.4	0.4	0.4	1.0	1.0										0.1	0.1	0.1																																								1.0	1.0	1.0	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.2					0.1	0.1	0.1	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.3	0.3					0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2													0.1	0.1	0.1																															0.1	0.1					0.2	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.2	0.2	0.1				0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1
Cloud Cov. (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	81	81	72	52	73	83	96	83	74	76	50	71	75	25	70	51	60	63	68	64	89	93	87	82	72	74	85	60	58	68	73	73	74	74	82	89	97	97	96	96	97	99	75	82	89	88	87	86	88	91	93	93	92	92	90	88	17	13	10	6	31	55	80	84	87	91	82	72	63	44	26	24	33	41	50	61	71	82	88	94	100	100	100	100	96	92	44	55	65	76	81	86	91	94	97	100	47	49	50	60	70	71	81	90	100	100	99	99	99	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	42	51	59	68	70	72	74	76	79	81	59	38	16	19	22	10	8	6	4	6	7	9	8	6	5	12	19	26	23	19	29	40	51	62	52	41	31	36	41	46	63	81	98	99	99	40	52	65	77	85	92	100	100	100	100	78	55	33	23	14	37	58	79	100	100	100	100	76	52	28	21	14	7	24	41	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	94	88	75	61	46	32	40	48	56	70	85	99	99	100	100	100	100
High Cloud (%)	100	100	96	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100																										1	3													7	14	21	47	74																														24	29	35	40	45	49	54	50	45	41	61	80	100	67	33								33	67	100	27	17	7	30	54	70	75	79	84	68	51	35	47	58	70	80	90	100	100	100	2	3	4	5	19	34	48	55	61	68	45	23		1	1	5	3	2													27	38	49	60	49	39	28	34	39	45	62	80	97	98	99	37	49	62	74	83	91	100	100	100	100	78	55	33	23	13	35	57	78	100	100	100	100	67	33							100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	90	80	70	48	27	74	60	45	31	21	12	2	1	1		1	2	3	35	68
Mid Cloud (%)	100	100	98	95	100	100	96	100	100	100	100	99	84	83									9	28	3	10	16	19							6	52	45	19	10	14	54	25							31	62	93	91	89	87	91	96				2	3	5	27	49	71	73	76	78	73	67								26	51	77	51	26					4	8	12	25	38	51	67	84	100	89	77	66	70	73		22	44	66	70	73	77	79	82	84	14	10	5	7	8	26	51	75	100	99	99	98	99	99	100	100	100	100	100	100	21	30	40	49	37	24	12	11	11	10	7	3		1	2		1	1	2	1	1					1	2	3	3	2														1	1		1	1	2	1	1											7	13	20	27	33	40	34	29	23	16	10	3	14	24	100	94	89	83	70	58	45	32	20	7	5	2											22	44	66	56	45	35	23	12
Low Cloud (%)	100	100	98	100	100	99	99	100	100	99	100	100	100	100	81	81	72	52	73	83	96	83	73	65	47	64	68	15	70	51	60	63	68	64	88	74	79	71	69	69	72	49	58	68	73	73	74	74	79	83	88	89	89	90	93	97	75	82	89	88	86	85	84	83	82	76	70	64	70	76	17	13	10	6	31	55	80	77	73	70	68	65	63	44	26					13	26	39	29	18	8	5	3		10	20	44	53	63	72	66	59	53	66	80	93	17	29	41	27	14		1	1	2	25	48	71	81	90	100	100	100	100	94	87	37	46	55	64	52	39	27	26	26	25	22	18	15	17	18	5	4	3	2	4	6	8	7	6	5	11	16	22	19	17																															2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	5	22	39	13	26	40	53	65	78	90	93	97	100	100	100	100	93	87	6	4	2		18	35	53	68	84	99	99	100	100	72	44
CAPE	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	10	10	10	20	10	10	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	50	40	20	0	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	30	50	70	80	0	10	10	10	0	0	0	10	10	10	0	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	10	30	40	40	30	20	430	420	370	270	130	0	0	0	0	10	20	30	30	20	20	20	10	10	10	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	10	20	30	40	40	40	0	0	10	60	180	330	440	470	460	470	550	640	660	540	330	0	20	60	110	190	280	390	530	670	760	750	680	570	410	210	20	20	20	20	20	10	10	10	10	10	10	20	20	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	20	80	220	400	540	590	590	590	600	590
Ceiling (m)	2.5k	2.5k	2.6k	2.5k	2.5k	2.5k	2.5k	2.5k	2.5k	2.5k	2.5k	2.4k	2.5k	2.5k	2.5k	2.6k	2.6k	2.8k	2.7k	2.8k	2.8k	2.8k	3.0k	3.1k	3.1k	3.2k	3.1k	2.9k	2.6k	2.7k	2.9k	2.9k	3.0k	3.0k	3.2k	3.2k	2.8k	3.0k	3.2k	3.3k	3.0k	3.0k	2.7k	2.7k	2.8k	2.9k	3.0k	3.1k	3.2k	3.2k	3.2k	3.0k	2.9k	2.7k	2.6k	2.5k	2.6k	2.6k	2.6k	2.7k	2.7k	2.7k	2.7k	2.7k	2.7k	2.7k	2.7k	2.6k	2.6k	2.6k	2.6k	2.7k	2.8k	3.0k	3.1k	3.2k	3.2k	3.3k	3.4k	3.4k	3.4k	3.4k	3.4k	3.2k	3.0k	3.0k	3.0k	3.1k	3.1k	3.1k	3.1k	3.1k	3.2k	3.3k	3.3k	3.3k	3.2k	3.1k	3.0k	2.9k	3.1k	3.1k	3.1k	3.1k	3.1k	3.2k	3.1k	3.0k	2.9k	2.8k	3.0k	3.0k	2.9k	2.8k	2.7k	2.6k	2.6k	2.7k	2.8k	3.0k	3.1k	3.1k	3.0k	2.7k	2.5k	2.5k	2.5k	2.5k	2.5k	2.5k	2.6k	2.6k	2.6k	2.7k	2.8k	2.8k	2.9k	2.9k	2.9k	2.9k	2.9k	2.8k	2.8k	2.7k	2.7k	2.7k	2.7k	2.9k	3.0k	3.1k	3.2k	3.3k	3.3k	3.3k	3.3k	3.2k	3.1k	2.9k	2.8k	2.7k	2.9k	3.0k	3.2k	3.3k	3.5k	3.6k	3.7k	3.8k	3.7k	3.7k	3.6k	3.5k	3.3k	3.0k	2.8k	3.1k	3.2k	3.4k	3.5k	3.6k	3.7k	3.7k	3.8k	3.8k	3.8k	3.8k	3.7k	3.5k	3.2k	2.9k	2.7k	2.8k	2.9k	3.0k	3.0k	3.0k	2.9k	2.9k	2.9k	2.9k	2.8k	2.7k	2.6k	2.6k	2.7k	2.5k	2.5k	2.5k	2.5k	2.5k	2.5k	2.5k	2.5k	2.5k	2.5k	2.5k	2.6k	2.6k	2.6k	2.5k	2.5k	2.6k	2.7k	2.8k	2.9k	3.1k	3.2k	3.2k	3.1k	3.0k	3.0k	3.1k	3.0k	2.9k	2.7k

At an elevation of 2407 meters, this site in the Rila region of Bulgaria is occasionally used for paragliding, with some potential for cross-country (XC) flights. The entire ridge offers multiple launch options, including alternative takeoffs to the west. The site record for distance is 16.8 km. You can find more information and flights near this point on the provided link: [Paraglide Bulgaria - Kalin](http://www.paraglidebulgaria.com/en/kalin). To reach the takeoff, follow the road to Rila Monastery up to Pastra, then take the detour on the concrete road, which is steep and has many turns leading to the top. The designated landing zone is the stadium in Rila city. This site features a denivelation of 2000 meters and is suitable for flying in calm winds. Additionally, there is a northwest takeoff less than an hour's hike from the main takeoff point.

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