default:

unknown

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 GRAPES 13

GFS global 13

GEM Global 15

BOM ACCESS 15

GFS GraphCast 25

ECMWF IFS 25

MF Arpege 55

JMA gSM 55

Model	unknown run: 05/05 16:23									Arome HD 1.3 km run: 05/05 16:23																						Arpege EU 11 km run: 05/05 16:23																																				Icon Global 11 km run: 05/05 16:23																																							GFS 13 km run: 05/05 16:23
Date Optimal	Mo 5 12h	Mo 5 13h	Mo 5 14h	Mo 5 15h	Mo 5 16h	Mo 5 17h	Mo 5 18h	Mo 5 19h	Mo 5 20h	Tu 6 6h	Tu 6 7h	Tu 6 8h	Tu 6 9h	Tu 6 10h	Tu 6 11h	Tu 6 12h	Tu 6 13h	Tu 6 14h	Tu 6 15h	Tu 6 16h	Tu 6 17h	Tu 6 18h	Tu 6 19h	Tu 6 20h	We 7 6h	We 7 7h	We 7 8h	We 7 9h	We 7 10h	We 7 11h	We 7 12h	We 7 13h	We 7 14h	We 7 15h	We 7 16h	We 7 17h	We 7 18h	We 7 19h	We 7 20h	Th 8 6h	Th 8 7h	Th 8 8h	Th 8 9h	Th 8 10h	Th 8 11h	Th 8 12h	Th 8 13h	Th 8 14h	Th 8 15h	Th 8 16h	Th 8 17h	Th 8 18h	Th 8 19h	Th 8 20h	Fr 9 6h	Fr 9 7h	Fr 9 8h	Fr 9 9h	Fr 9 10h	Fr 9 11h	Fr 9 12h	Fr 9 13h	Fr 9 14h	Fr 9 15h	Fr 9 16h	Fr 9 17h	Fr 9 18h	Fr 9 19h	Fr 9 20h	Sa 10 6h	Sa 10 7h	Sa 10 8h	Sa 10 9h	Sa 10 10h	Sa 10 11h	Sa 10 12h	Sa 10 13h	Sa 10 14h	Sa 10 15h	Sa 10 16h	Sa 10 17h	Sa 10 18h	Sa 10 19h	Sa 10 20h	Su 11 6h	Su 11 7h	Su 11 8h	Su 11 9h	Su 11 10h	Su 11 11h	Su 11 12h	Su 11 13h	Su 11 14h	Su 11 15h	Su 11 16h	Su 11 17h	Su 11 18h	Su 11 19h	Su 11 20h	Mo 12 6h	Mo 12 7h	Mo 12 8h	Mo 12 9h	Mo 12 10h	Mo 12 11h	Mo 12 12h	Mo 12 13h	Mo 12 14h	Mo 12 15h	Mo 12 16h	Mo 12 17h	Mo 12 18h	Mo 12 19h	Mo 12 20h	Tu 13 6h	Tu 13 7h	Tu 13 8h	Tu 13 9h	Tu 13 10h	Tu 13 11h	Tu 13 12h	Tu 13 13h	Tu 13 14h	Tu 13 15h	Tu 13 16h	Tu 13 17h	Tu 13 18h	Tu 13 19h	Tu 13 20h	We 14 6h	We 14 7h	We 14 8h	We 14 9h	We 14 10h	We 14 11h	We 14 12h	We 14 13h	We 14 14h	We 14 15h	We 14 16h	We 14 17h	We 14 18h	We 14 19h	We 14 20h	Th 15 6h	Th 15 7h	Th 15 8h	Th 15 9h	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	Sa 17 21h	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	Su 18 21h	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	Mo 19 21h	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	Tu 20 21h
Wind Dir.
Wind Spd. (mph)	9	9	8	9	7	9	10	11	10	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	8	6	5	6	8	10	9	9	2	0	2	6	5	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	5	5	10	10	10	11	12	12	11	10	10	10	8	7	5	4	5	6	8	9	10	10	10	9	11	11	11	11	10	9	7	14	11	12	13	15	17	17	18	18	17	16	15	14	13	12	11	11	12	13	14	16	17	19	21	21	20	20	19	18	17	16	17	17	19	20	21	21	21	21	17	18	18	17	16	15	15	7	7	7	8	9	9	8	7	6	5	5	5	4	4	3	14	15	16	16	17	17	17	16	16	15	14	14	12	12	13	8	9	10	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	10	9	8	7	5	5	6	8	9	8	7	6	6	6	7	6	5	5	6	11	11	13	16	17	18	18	18	18	16	15	14	14	13	14	15	17	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	18	18	17	17	16	16	16	16	15	15	16	17	17	18	18	17	16	14	12	11	12	13	13	14	12	13	14	16	16	13	10	9	10	11	12	12	12	11	9	7
Gusts (mph)	17	18	16	17	12	23	19	22	21	16	16	18	18	19	18	18	17	15	13	12	18	20	20	19	5	4	5	13	13	11	11	12	12	12	11	10	8	10	11	19	19	20	21	23	23	23	22	21	21	19	17	14	12	7	14	15	18	20	20	20	20	24	25	23	23	23	22	18	25	20	21	24	27	29	30	31	32	30	28	25	24	23	21	20	21	22	24	26	28	31	34	37	37	36	36	35	33	32	30	30	30	33	36	38	39	39	40	20	20	20	21	22	22	19	14	16	15	12	10	8	6	5	5	5	5	6	7	8	7	29	29	28	26	25	23	22	21	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	21	22	22	21	20	19	17	16	16	16	17	17	18	18	15	12	15	15	15	14	13	12	12	11	10	10	10	11	11	11	17	19	21	23	24	24	24	23	22	21	20	19	19	19	21	24	26	27	29	31	32	31	28	26	25	26	26	26	26	27	28	30	30	30	30	28	27	25	24	22	22	21	21	22	23	24	25	27	30	29	28	27	25	24	22	21	20	20	20	20	20	18	13	7
Temp. (°C)	9	9	10	11	11	12	12	12	11	5	6	7	7	7	8	9	9	10	11	12	11	10	9	9	5	6	9	9	10	10	11	13	14	14	15	15	14	14	13	8	7	8	9	9	10	10	11	12	13	13	14	14	14	12	7	8	9	9	10	11	13	14	15	16	16	16	16	15	12	7	7	8	9	11	12	14	15	16	16	16	16	15	15	13	7	8	9	10	11	13	15	17	18	19	19	18	18	17	15	7	7	8	9	11	13	15	16	10	10	10	10	9	9	8	5	6	7	8	9	9	10	10	10	10	9	8	8	7	7	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	14	15	14	14	13	12	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	12	13	13	13	12	12	11	7	7	8	9	10	11	12	12	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	8	7	8	8	9	9	10	11	12	12	12	12	11	11	10	10	9	9	8	8	9	10	12	13	14	14	14	13	12	11	11	10	7	7	8	9	10	12	13	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	11	7	7	8	10	11	11	11	11	12	13	14	14	14	13	13	11
Rain (mm)																																																																																																																																	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	0.2	0.2	0.2
Cloud Cov. (%)	75	94	23	85	3	38	46	16			1	32	51	61	34	6						100	3		100	100	98	74	87	51			81	78	62	65	61	41	33	4		2	62	73	75	39	43	8					2	13	16	31	37	30	6	8	13	11	8	1				20	71	63	60	43	28	12	32	52	72	76	81	85	82	78	75	60	32	37	45	52	60	53	45	38	50	62	74	65	56	47	31	64	67	64	61	58	52	47	41	84	67	51	46	41	36	55	25	30	53	77	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	95	96	74	51	29	30	30	31	26	21	16	13	11	8	7	35	48	59	69	80	70	60	50	67	83	100	100	100	100	100	22	4	10	16	22	29	35	42	61	80	99	99	99	99	99	70	60	73	85	98	97	95	94	76	58	40	39	37	36	45	55	100	100	100	100	100	96	93	89	84	78	73	72	70	69	62	55	62	73	72	70	69	58	46	35	53	71	89	93	96	100	97	95	56	36	40	45	49	66	83	100	95	90	85	86	88	89	93	96
High Cloud (%)				29		47	9	17														100	3		100	100	92	62	88	40			74	67	48	45	48	28	23			2	6	13	18	16	4								15	30	24	20	6	8	13	11	8	1																					6	2	13	25	36	24	12									18	27	27	26	26	17	9		7	8	8	6	5	3	28	21	25	50	75	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	99	97	96	93	9	8	7	6	5	12	19	26	20	13	7	5	2			31	44	55	66	77	66	54	43	62	81	100	100	100	100	100	13	2	7	12	17	24	31	38	48	57	67	46	26	5	5												1	1	2	2	3			11	22	33	45	56	68	53	38	23	16	9	2	2	2	42	50	35	20	5	3	2					22	44	66	67	68	39	25	17	8								23	45	68	79	89
Mid Cloud (%)					3																												33	34	27	27	21	13	13	3																												1	50	50	46	35	21	6	20	34	48	57	66	75	72	68	65	43									25	49	74	60	46	32	21									49	29	8	6	4	2	1									23	45	68	50	32	14	41	36	19	13	6					1	1	2	2	2	2	1						1	1	2	24	46	68	79	89	100	100	19	2	1	1					1	2	3	12	22	31	50												2	3	5	22	39			2	5	7	27	47	67	46	24	3	3	3	3	3	3	36	52	36	21	5	3	2					6	13	19	35	51	19	18	13	7	2	1	1								12	23
Low Cloud (%)	97	43	14	30	1							22	27	48	29	1																			1	11	4	6		1			59	69	69	27	41	8					2	13	2	1	17	13										20	37	30	30	30	18	7	22	36	51	47	44	40	44	47	51	44	26	36	34	32	30	33	35	38	25	13		10	20	30	20	63	65	60	55	50	47	44	41	81	62	43	39	35	31	29									4	8	12	41	71	100	100	90	95	72	49	26	18	10	2	3	4	5	5	5	5	5	1		2	3	5	3	2					2	3	5	5	2								18	35	53	68	83	98	97	68	59	72	84	97	96	94	93	74	56	37	34	32	29	30	31	100	100	100	100	100	96	91	87	79	70	62	62	61	61	55	48	27	37	46	54	63	53	44	34	52	70	88	71	55	38	29	19	25	6	19	32	45	63	82	100	94	89	83	76	69	62	44	25
CAPE	30	30	20	30	30	10	20	20	10	40	50	30	30	30	30	10	10	0	0	0	30	10	10	50	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	10	20	20	10	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	10	40	0	0	0	0	0	10	10	20	20	10	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	10	20	20	10	10	10	20	20	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	10	20	30	30	40	50	60	60	40	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	10	10	10	10	20	30	30	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	10	20	20	20	20	10	0	0	20	40	60	70	80	90	90	90	90	110	130	130	100	50	10	10	10	10	10	20	30	70	180	320	390	330	210	110	60	20	0	0	0	0	0	10	30	50	70	100	110	110	100	90	60	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	40	70	90	90	80	70	50	20
Ceiling (m)	1.1k	1.2k	1.3k	1.2k	1.1k	1.3k	1.3k	1.3k	1.2k	657	693	779	791	852	974	1.1k	1.1k	1.2k	1.3k	1.3k	974	876	876	913	461	437	596	742	669	705	974	1.2k	1.3k	1.4k	1.3k	1.2k	1.2k	1.1k	1.2k	705	681	754	657	657	730	840	998	1.1k	1.2k	1.3k	1.4k	1.4k	1.4k	974	364	449	535	596	681	791	1.0k	1.2k	1.5k	1.6k	1.6k	1.5k	1.5k	1.4k	1.1k	571	486	620	693	803	1.0k	1.4k	1.7k	1.9k	2.0k	2.1k	2.0k	1.9k	1.7k	1.6k	498	486	535	620	766	1.0k	1.4k	1.7k	1.9k	2.0k	2.0k	1.9k	1.7k	1.5k	1.3k	339	388	486	620	779	1.0k	1.3k	1.5k	559	681	815	901	1.0k	1.1k	1.1k	400	437	522	657	779	888	998	1.0k	998	876	779	657	522	425	364	364	364	449	571	718	840	986	1.1k	1.1k	1.2k	1.2k	1.1k	962	827	693	339	364	449	535	644	742	815	901	986	1.0k	1.0k	949	852	742	669	315	352	449	608	766	840	888	925	925	901	852	803	754	705	620	425	461	461	437	449	437	461	510	608	705	754	681	535	425	364	327	254	254	254	266	327	498	718	876	876	779	681	583	498	449	449	486	425	425	461	522	620	742	925	1.0k	962	852	754	681	608	559	535	510	339	352	425	547	632	559	449	376	364	388	413	413	413	388	364	327

This site in Somerset, UK, offers a magnificent ridge run suitable for all skill levels, though low airtime pilots will need a thorough site briefing. The site is occasionally used for coastal soaring and is best flown during the winter months, from October to late March, due to the influence of the Bristol Channel on wind direction during warmer months. The wind direction is primarily NNE. The takeoff area is small and sheltered, located lower than the main ridge, with wind often stronger than it appears. Caution is advised in winds over 8-10mph at launch. Both hang gliding (HG) and paragliding (PG) pilots should communicate to avoid any clashes. For bottom landing, PG pilots can land at Greenaleigh Farm (BL1), immediately below takeoff. This is also the emergency HG bottom landing. All fields slope, so land across them. Another option is BL2, a grass triangle near the harbour, though it is often used by dog walkers. The best option is BL3 on Minehead Beach in front of Somerwest World holiday camp, but only if the tide is out. Top landing for HG is around the car park in the V in the road near Bratton Ball, west of takeoff. For PG, top landing is at the takeoff area, with additional suitable areas near the tracks on the hill to the left of takeoff, depending on the height and extent of the gorse bushes. The site offers XC potential, with the possibility of soaring from Minehead to Bossington Hill and jumping the gap west to Porlock Hill for a 26-mile coastal ridge run to Ilfracombe. However, there is a significant risk of going down into the sea and rocks. Hazards include the risk of being blown over the back of the hill into rotor if flying south of the road while top landing. Additionally, beware of the steep wind gradient and spine-back. For more information, visit the Devon & Somerset Condors Club website: [Devon & Somerset Condors](http://www.dscondors.co.uk/) Directions to the site can be found here: [Site Directions](https://www.dscondors.co.uk/cms/node/241) Watch a video of the site: [YouTube Video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2NvUdE3mZI)

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