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Icon Global 1

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	Icon Global 11 km run: 16/05 17:42																																																																GFS 13 km run: 16/05 17:42
Date Optimal	Fr 16 13h	Fr 16 14h	Fr 16 15h	Fr 16 16h	Fr 16 17h	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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
Wind Dir.
Wind Spd. (kmh)	9	9	8	8	8	6	6	7	7	7	13	13	14	14	13	10	17	19	20	20	20	21	22	24	23	23	23	24	22	26	26	25	26	27	27	25	24	22	22	21	20	20	19	19	18	18	17	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	14	12	11	4	5	5	7	7	7	7	7	8	7	4	5	8	9	10	10	10	10	9	9	6	7	9	10	12	14	15	16	15	15	11	11	12	12	11	10	9	9	10	11	11	11	11	12	13	14	15	14	13	13	8	10	12	14	14	15	17	17	15	14	7	7	9	10	8	7	6	4	3	3	8	9	16	24	27	27	28	29	29	29	14	14	15	16	16	15	15	16	17	17	5	5	5	5	3	2	2	3	5	6
Gusts (kmh)	21	20	19	18	18	12	13	16	16	18	27	28	29	28	28	26	35	38	41	41	41	43	45	49	49	48	47	49	49	53	54	52	54	56	56	55	52	46	45	44	43	42	41	41	39	37	35	27	28	28	29	30	30	31	30	30	29	11	15	19	22	23	23	24	24	24	24	15	19	23	26	26	26	26	25	23	22	5	7	10	14	17	20	23	26	29	32	13	15	18	19	18	16	14	14	15	15	13	15	19	22	23	24	25	27	30	32	12	16	23	28	29	29	28	26	24	20	5	7	10	11	13	13	13	10	6	3	14	22	34	44	47	46	45	44	41	40	30	30	31	31	28	25	23	23	23	22	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	7	7	7
Temp. (°C)	18	18	18	18	18	13	14	15	17	18	19	19	19	18	18	18	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	17	17	18	18	18	18	17	17	11	12	13	15	16	18	18	18	18	17	10	12	14	16	18	19	19	19	18	17	13	14	16	17	18	19	20	19	18	16	9	11	13	15	16	17	17	17	16	15	7	8	10	12	13	14	15	15	15	14	6	9	12	14	15	15	16	15	15	14	9	10	11	12	13	14	14	14	15	14	8	9	11	13	15	16	16	16	16	15
Rain (mm)	0.9	0.8	0.5														0.2	0.3	0.4	0.1	0.1			0.1				1.9	1.7	0.1																													0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.1	0.1	0.1																												0.1	0.1	0.1
Cloud Cov. (%)	100	100	100	100	100	91	54	87	21	54	48	36	43	44	42	25	85	73	81	87	86	87	88	95	86	79	56	100	100	100	100	98	100	64	73	100	100	95	87	80	72	78	85	91	90	90	89	85	82	78	75	81	87	93	67	42	16	62	68	74	80	81	82	83	81	80	78	79	81	82	84	82	81	79	75	72	68	41	31	21	11	41	70	100	89	77	66		1	1	2	15	27	40	53	65	78	100	98	97	95	72	49	26	30	33	37	2	30	58	86	59	33	6	6	6	6	5	5	6	6	4	2		6	12	18		6	12	18	17	15	14	43	71	100	39	57	74	92	95	97	100	89	78	67	38	36	35	33	22	11		2	4	6
High Cloud (%)	100	100	100	100	100	68	1	73																				100	100	100	100	83	100	23	17	100	100																																													33	67	100	88	75	63		1	1	2	14	26	38	51	63	76	100	79	58	37	25	12																1	2	3	2	1		5	11	16																												2	3	5
Mid Cloud (%)	59	65	67	18	37	10	20	22	10	32	9						54	39	46	48	60	61	68	75	67	56	19	100	100	100	100	75	100	40	37	42	33	90	80	69	59	68	78	87	84	82	79	75	70	64	59	68	78	87	63	40	16	49	54	58	63	58	52	47	48	48	49	52	52	51	51	47	44	40	27	13		2	1	1					17	35	52											100	98	96	94	70	47	23	27	31	35		2	3	5	3	2
Low Cloud (%)	63	65	69	58	34	58	45	31	17	37	43	36	43	44	42	25	68	56	66	72	74	78	59	72	55	50	45	59	31	51	44	48	41	31	48	61	39	81	61	42	22	39	56	73	66	58	51	58	56	55	53	50	48	45	30	15		34	37	41	44	53	61	70	65	59	54	57	60	64	67	67	67	67	67	68	68	41	31	21	11	7	4																			1	2	3	4	6	7	2	29	56	83	57	31	5	5	5	5	5	4	3	2	1	1		1	1	2		5	11	16	15	15	14	43	71	100	38	56	74	92	95	97	100	89	78	67	38	36	35	33	22	11
CAPE	60	80	80	100	140	0	0	10	100	350	110	110	140	130	70	70	60	50	40	20	20	20	10	20	20	10	10	130	90	50	20	10	10	10	10	10	0	0	0	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	30	40	50	50	40	20	10	10	10	10	70	70	60	60	60	60	60	70	80	90	150	180	220	240	250	250	240	220	200	190	0	20	40	50	50	50	40	30	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	40	60	80	110	130	140	150	140	0	30	60	80	70	50	30	30	40	40	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	10	20	20	30	30	30	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ceiling (m)	393	405	393	430	332	149	186	308	442	515	747	747	698	710	771	686	417	466	503	527	625	686	710	625	649	649	649	417	722	1.0k	1.1k	1.1k	1.0k	1.1k	1.1k	1.0k	1.1k	722	844	1.0k	1.2k	1.2k	1.1k	1.1k	1.1k	1.1k	1.1k	637	613	613	661	857	1.1k	1.3k	1.3k	1.2k	1.1k	564	539	515	515	539	564	564	539	491	442	247	271	320	356	405	417	442	442	454	417	222	259	344	454	625	857	991	1.0k	930	869	344	454	649	808	966	1.1k	1.1k	1.0k	796	661	405	527	686	844	991	1.2k	1.2k	1.1k	857	674	417	600	881	1.2k	1.3k	1.5k	1.5k	1.4k	1.3k	1.1k	527	674	857	1.1k	1.2k	1.4k	1.5k	1.4k	1.3k	1.1k	393	564	832	1.1k	1.2k	1.3k	1.3k	1.2k	1.1k	942	649	722	832	954	991	1.0k	991	966	918	857	393	564	796	1.0k	1.2k	1.3k	1.3k	1.2k	1.0k	857

The flying site 'Merewether' is located just 1km south of Merewether Beach in Newcastle, NSW, Australia. To reach the site, park your car at the large water tower on stilts situated up on the hill, south of the beach. From there, follow the track to the start/takeoff clearing. This spot offers a good view of the beach below and is often used by students learning to fly. The site is occasionally used for coastal soaring, particularly when the wind is coming from the south. It has a height of 81 meters and a length of 1,600 meters. The site record is 6.3 km. There are no facilities available, so make sure to bring your own water. Landing options include either the top or the beach. For more information, you can contact the Hunter Sky Sailors. For a visual overview, you can watch this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8eqdYiU6qw.
For additional details, visit the Newcastle Hang Gliding Club website: [NHGC](http://www.nhgc.asn.au/).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnB1Q7o7zTE

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