default:

GFS HRRR 3 km

GEM HRDPS 2.5

GFS HRRR 3

GEM regional 10

UKMO Global 10

DWD ICON Global 11

GFS GRAPES 13

GFS global 13

BOM ACCESS 15

GEM Global 15

ECMWF IFS 25

GFS GraphCast 25

ECMWF AIFS 28

ECMWF IFS 44

JMA gSM 55

MF Arpege 55

Model	GFS HRRR 3 km run: 15/05 14:30																																							GFS 13 km run: 15/05 14:30
Date Optimal	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 6h	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 6h	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 6h	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 6h	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 6h	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	We 21 21h	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	Th 22 21h	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	Fr 23 21h	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	Sa 24 21h	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	Su 25 21h	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	Mo 26 21h	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	Tu 27 21h	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	We 28 21h	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	Th 29 21h	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	Fr 30 21h
Wind Dir.
Wind Spd. (mph)	2	2	4	5	5	5	6	6	6	5	5	1	3	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	1	0	1	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	3	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	5	4	1	0	1	1	1	1	2	4	5	6	6	7	6	6	5	4	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	4	4	5	6	7	6	6	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	0	0	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	3	2	2	0	0	0	1	2	4	5	5	4	4	5	6	6	5	5	5	3	4	4	3	3	3	4	3	3	2	3	3	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	3	3	3	3	1	2	3	3	4	4	4	3	2	1	0	1	2	2	2	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	3	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	5	5	5	6	6	5
Gusts (mph)	9	8	8	8	9	9	10	11	12	12	11	6	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	2	2	2	3	3	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	2	2	2	2	3	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	5	6	8	10	9	8	8	10	10	8	9	9	8	7	8	8	8	4	4	4	5	6	7	7	8	8	8	8	7	8	8	8	1	2	3	3	3	4	5	6	8	8	7	7	7	7	6	6	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	5	5	6	6	7	7	5	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	2	2	2	1	1	3	4	4	4	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	3	4	5	7	8	10	11	11	10	9	10	11	11	9	8	7	7	6	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	5	5	6	6	7	8	8	7	7	6	5	4	4	4	4	5	5	6	6	7	7	8	8	9	11	11	8	4	2	1	1	2	3	3	4	4	4	5	5	6	6	6	7	9	10	8
Temp. (°C)	9	10	11	11	10	9	9	9	8	8	7	5	6	7	7	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	9	9	8	5	6	6	7	8	8	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	7	8	9	9	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	10	9	5	6	6	7	8	10	9	9	10	9	10	9	8	7	5	3	4	5	7	9	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	9	8	2	4	6	8	10	12	13	13	13	13	11	10	9	8	7	7	5	5	6	7	9	10	11	12	12	13	13	12	11	10	9	8	4	6	8	10	13	15	16	18	18	19	19	19	18	17	15	13	7	9	11	14	16	19	20	22	22	22	22	22	21	20	18	16	11	12	14	15	17	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	17	15	13	12	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	6	6	6	6	7	7	9	12	13	14	13	12	12	12	11	10	7	8	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	6	8	11	14	17	20	22	24	25	26	26	26	25	23	21	18	11	13	15	18	21	24	25	25	25	25	25	25	23	22	20	19
Rain (mm)								0.3	0.2																		0.4	0.4	0.4				0.5	0.5	0.4	0.4	0.4	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				0.2	0.2	0.2	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
Cloud Cov. (%)	30	16	40	95	99	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	94	88	89	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	70	100	100	92	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	90	90	77	100	100	81	61	42	42	41	41	60	80	99	99	100	100	89	79	68	27	46	65	77	88	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	99	98	97	97	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	87	73	60	68	52	31	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	11	13	14	33	52	71	65	95	90	85	72	58	45	35	25	15	13	10	8	13	18	23	37	100	100	100	100	100	100	92	83	75	83	92	100	100	100	100	100	93	86	80	87	93	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	96	92	88	91	94	97	96	95	94	94	89	94	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	99	99	84										1	1	2	1	1		1	53	36	20	20	20	20	15	11	6	29	51	74	72	69	67	55
High Cloud (%)	5	16	40	95	99	100	100	100	100	53									15	100	100	74	93	85	62	31	100	100	100	94	60	20	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	5	100	100	5											100	100	100	100	100	100	58		100					5	100	71	41	12	10	7	5	3	2		2	5	7	5	2		20	39	59	73	86	100	99	98	97	79	60	42	30	17	5	4	12	20	27	32	36	41	38	36	33	24	14	5	4	4	3	3				1	1	2	2	3	3	4	6	7	9	11	13	16	93	86	79	67	55	43	33	22	12	9	5	2	6	10	14	29	100	100	100	100	100	100	90	80	70	80	90	100	100	100	100	96	22	30	37	58	79	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	78	57	35	23																	35	68	100	96	92	88	71	54	37	27	17	7	27	48	68	52										1	1	2	1	1		1	51	35	18	19	19	20	15	10	5	27	49	71	70	68	67	45
Mid Cloud (%)	30	9	16	17	42	87	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	94	34	89	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	84	100	42	38	98	5	54	59	10	5	10						5	100	100	100	100	89	97	100	88	89	5	71	70	5	87	5	5	5	6	6	7	17	28	38	59	79	100	85	69	54	5	9	14	17	19	22	39	56	73	82	91	100	99	97	96	73	2	3	5	22	38	55	70	85	100	95	90	85	74	64	53	37	1	1											15	30	45	31	47	24	2	1	1					1	1	2	3	4	5	5	77	89	100	100	100	100	90	80	70	70	71	71	81	90	100	100	66	50	33	46	59	72	81	91	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	98	97	95	95	94	94	89	83	78	75	71	68	47	26	5	26	72	77	83	81	80	78	81	85	88	81	75	68	52	36	20	29
Low Cloud (%)	5	8	16	32	38	100	100	100	100	90	60	23	41	81	67	64	88	87	91	100	98	91	82	77	75	80	76	89	100	99	92	94	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	38	58	64	81	88	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	78	70	53	79	99	56	100	100	100	100	86	82	73	100	100	11	16	22	24	26	28	52	75	99	98	97	96	81	66	51	5	5	5	20	34	49	66	83	100	92	85	77	75	72	70	75	100	100	100	100	100	100	97	93	90	93	97	100	73	46	19	40	51	28	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	20	36	51	47	4	3	2	1	1					2	3	5	5	5	5	5	14	23	31	44	56	69	69	68	68	45	23		12	25	37	58	77	77	76	84	92	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	93	85	78	84	90	96	95	94	93	93	50	60	70	75	81	86	91	95	100	100	100	100	96	91	87	69																																10
CAPE	0	0	0	10	30	50	60	70	70	50	30	0	0	0	0	20	30	30	30	30	40	40	50	40	30	20	0	0	10	20	50	80	10	10	10	20	20	20	10	10	10	0	10	10	10	10	20	20	20	20	20	20	10	10	10	0	20	20	20	20	30	60	50	20	50	40	30	30	30	30	10	10	20	30	40	60	70	70	70	70	70	60	50	40	30	20	0	0	0	10	30	50	60	70	70	60	40	30	20	20	10	10	20	20	30	40	50	50	50	50	40	30	30	20	20	10	10	10	0	0	0	0	10	10	10	20	20	20	10	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	30	130	260	340	320	240	180	150	130	110	80	40	30	20	10	10	10	10	20	20	20	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	20	20	30	30	20	20	20	10	10	10	10	10	10	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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ceiling (m)	1.5k	1.6k	1.7k	1.7k	1.6k	1.4k	1.3k	1.2k	1.2k	1.1k	1.1k	1.0k	1.1k	1.1k	1.1k	1.2k	1.3k	1.3k	1.3k	1.3k	1.2k	1.2k	1.2k	1.2k	1.2k	1.1k	904	916	904	928	953	1.0k	831	831	831	831	806	806	806	843	831	867	940	1.1k	1.2k	1.4k	1.5k	1.6k	1.6k	1.7k	1.7k	1.8k	1.7k	1.7k	1.6k	1.3k	940	1.0k	1.2k	1.2k	1.5k	1.8k	1.7k	1.6k	1.6k	1.6k	1.6k	1.5k	1.5k	1.2k	1.1k	928	1.1k	1.4k	1.6k	1.9k	2.1k	2.2k	2.2k	2.2k	2.1k	2.0k	1.8k	1.8k	1.7k	1.6k	928	1.1k	1.3k	1.6k	2.0k	2.3k	2.5k	2.7k	2.6k	2.3k	1.9k	1.6k	1.5k	1.4k	1.4k	1.4k	1.0k	1.1k	1.2k	1.4k	1.6k	1.9k	2.1k	2.3k	2.4k	2.4k	2.2k	2.1k	1.9k	1.6k	1.5k	1.5k	953	1.1k	1.3k	1.6k	1.9k	2.2k	2.5k	2.7k	2.9k	3.0k	3.1k	3.1k	2.8k	2.5k	2.2k	2.0k	1.3k	1.5k	1.7k	2.0k	2.3k	2.7k	2.9k	3.0k	3.2k	3.2k	3.2k	3.2k	2.9k	2.6k	2.4k	2.2k	1.6k	1.7k	1.8k	2.0k	2.2k	2.4k	2.3k	2.2k	2.1k	2.2k	2.3k	2.3k	1.9k	1.4k	1.1k	1.0k	940	940	940	940	940	940	940	940	965	977	1.0k	1.1k	1.0k	989	940	940	818	818	831	818	818	879	1.1k	1.4k	1.6k	1.7k	1.7k	1.7k	1.6k	1.6k	1.5k	1.2k	879	953	1.0k	1.0k	916	879	879	879	904	916	916	940	953	953	953	916	916	1.0k	1.2k	1.5k	1.9k	2.3k	2.7k	3.0k	3.3k	3.5k	3.6k	3.5k	3.1k	2.7k	2.3k	2.0k	1.0k	1.2k	1.5k	1.8k	2.1k	2.4k	2.6k	2.6k	2.7k	2.8k	2.8k	2.7k	2.4k	2.1k	1.8k	1.6k

McKenzie Creek in British Columbia, Canada, is one of the top paragliding sites in the country, offering excellent cross-country (XC) potential. The site features two launches: Upper McKenzie and Lower McKenzie. The elevation difference between the launch and landing zone (LZ) is significant, providing ample opportunity for extended flights. The site record for McKenzie Creek stands at 136.1 km, showcasing its potential for long-distance flights. The launch areas are accessible via a rough 4x4 road, and shuttle services are available from the primary LZ. Hazards to be aware of include the Whistler Express, a strong wind that can be difficult to detect from the launch. Look for the big white windsock on "the Dome" in front of the lower launch to gauge wind conditions. North and East winds can also create turbulent air and leeside conditions. The launch area is a groomed gradual slope with space for over 10 gliders, though it can get crowded during peak times. The primary LZs are located along Pemberton Meadows Road, with the sports field being the main LZ and Wray’s field as an alternate. Hang gliders have specific LZ requirements and should be aware of the technical nature of the landings. Site regulations require HPAC and WCSC memberships, which can be purchased online or via the shuttle driver. These memberships are mandatory for using the site and shuttle services. The flying season with the best XC potential is from July to September. House thermals are located near the upper launch, and various XC routes are available, including routes to Owl Mountain, Goat Mountain, and beyond. Hike and fly options are popular, with several trails leading to the launches. The "Cloudbase Grind" trail from the train trestle on Urdal Rd to the lower launch is well-marked. The "Middle Earth" trail connects the lower and upper launches. Shuttle services run regularly during the main flying season, with costs ranging from $10 to $20 depending on the launch. Custom schedules can be arranged for groups of four or more pilots. For more information, visit the West Coast Soaring Club's project page on McKenzie Mountain: [West Coast Soaring Club](https://www.westcoastsoaringclub.com/project/mckenzie-mountain/). Watch a video of the site here: [YouTube Video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNrHigxLyT8). Contact the British Columbia PG + HG Association for additional details: [BCHPA Contact](http://www.bchpa.ca/contact-us.html).

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