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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 07:42																																									IFS HD 2.5 km run: 08/06 07:42																																																																GFS 13 km run: 08/06 07:42																					unknown run: 08/06 07:42
Date Optimal	Su 8 5h	Su 8 6h	Su 8 7h	Su 8 8h	Su 8 9h	Su 8 10h	Su 8 11h	Su 8 12h	Su 8 13h	Su 8 14h	Su 8 15h	Su 8 16h	Su 8 17h	Su 8 18h	Su 8 19h	Su 8 20h	Su 8 21h	Mo 9 5h	Mo 9 6h	Mo 9 7h	Mo 9 8h	Mo 9 9h	Mo 9 10h	Mo 9 11h	Mo 9 12h	Mo 9 13h	Mo 9 14h	Mo 9 15h	Mo 9 16h	Mo 9 17h	Mo 9 18h	Mo 9 19h	Mo 9 20h	Mo 9 21h	Tu 10 5h	Tu 10 6h	Tu 10 7h	Tu 10 8h	Tu 10 9h	Tu 10 10h	Tu 10 11h	Tu 10 12h	Tu 10 13h	Tu 10 14h	Tu 10 15h	Tu 10 16h	Tu 10 17h	Tu 10 18h	Tu 10 19h	Tu 10 20h	Tu 10 21h	We 11 5h	We 11 6h	We 11 7h	We 11 8h	We 11 9h	We 11 10h	We 11 11h	We 11 12h	We 11 13h	We 11 14h	We 11 15h	We 11 16h	We 11 17h	We 11 18h	We 11 19h	We 11 20h	We 11 21h	Th 12 5h	Th 12 6h	Th 12 7h	Th 12 8h	Th 12 9h	Th 12 10h	Th 12 11h	Th 12 12h	Th 12 13h	Th 12 14h	Th 12 15h	Th 12 16h	Th 12 17h	Th 12 18h	Th 12 19h	Th 12 20h	Th 12 21h	Fr 13 5h	Fr 13 6h	Fr 13 7h	Fr 13 8h	Fr 13 9h	Fr 13 10h	Fr 13 11h	Fr 13 12h	Fr 13 13h	Fr 13 14h	Fr 13 15h	Fr 13 16h	Fr 13 17h	Fr 13 18h	Fr 13 19h	Fr 13 20h	Fr 13 21h	Sa 14 5h	Sa 14 6h	Sa 14 7h	Sa 14 8h	Sa 14 9h	Sa 14 10h	Sa 14 11h	Sa 14 12h	Sa 14 13h	Sa 14 14h	Sa 14 15h	Sa 14 16h	Sa 14 17h	Sa 14 18h	Sa 14 19h	Sa 14 20h	Sa 14 21h	Su 15 5h	Su 15 6h	Su 15 7h	Su 15 8h	Su 15 9h	Su 15 10h	Su 15 11h	Su 15 12h	Su 15 13h	Su 15 14h	Su 15 15h	Su 15 16h	Su 15 17h	Su 15 18h	Su 15 19h	Su 15 20h	Su 15 21h	Mo 16 5h	Mo 16 6h	Mo 16 7h	Mo 16 8h	Mo 16 9h	Mo 16 10h	Mo 16 11h	Mo 16 12h	Mo 16 13h	Mo 16 14h	Mo 16 15h	Mo 16 16h	Mo 16 17h	Mo 16 18h	Mo 16 19h	Mo 16 20h	Mo 16 21h	Tu 17 5h	Tu 17 6h	Tu 17 7h	Tu 17 8h	Tu 17 9h	Tu 17 10h	Tu 17 11h	Tu 17 12h	Tu 17 13h	Tu 17 14h	Tu 17 15h	Tu 17 16h	Tu 17 17h	Tu 17 18h	Tu 17 19h	Tu 17 20h	Tu 17 21h	We 18 5h	We 18 6h	We 18 7h	We 18 8h	We 18 9h	We 18 10h	We 18 11h	We 18 12h	We 18 13h	We 18 14h	We 18 15h	We 18 16h	We 18 17h	We 18 18h	We 18 19h	We 18 20h	We 18 21h	Th 19 5h	Th 19 6h	Th 19 7h	Th 19 8h	Th 19 9h	Th 19 10h	Th 19 11h	Th 19 12h	Th 19 13h	Th 19 14h	Th 19 15h	Th 19 16h	Th 19 17h	Th 19 18h	Th 19 19h	Th 19 20h	Th 19 21h	Fr 20 5h	Fr 20 6h	Fr 20 7h	Fr 20 8h	Fr 20 9h	Fr 20 10h	Fr 20 11h	Fr 20 12h	Fr 20 13h	Fr 20 14h	Fr 20 15h	Fr 20 16h	Fr 20 17h	Fr 20 18h	Fr 20 19h	Fr 20 20h	Fr 20 21h	Sa 21 5h	Sa 21 6h	Sa 21 7h	Sa 21 8h	Sa 21 9h	Sa 21 10h	Sa 21 11h	Sa 21 12h	Sa 21 13h	Sa 21 14h	Sa 21 15h	Sa 21 16h	Sa 21 17h	Sa 21 18h	Sa 21 19h	Sa 21 20h	Sa 21 21h	Su 22 5h	Su 22 6h	Su 22 7h	Su 22 8h	Su 22 9h	Su 22 10h	Su 22 11h	Su 22 12h	Su 22 13h	Su 22 14h	Su 22 15h	Su 22 16h	Su 22 17h	Su 22 18h	Su 22 19h	Su 22 20h	Su 22 21h	Mo 23 5h	Mo 23 6h	Mo 23 7h	Mo 23 8h	Mo 23 9h	Mo 23 10h	Mo 23 11h	Mo 23 12h	Mo 23 13h	Mo 23 14h	Mo 23 15h	Mo 23 16h	Mo 23 17h	Mo 23 18h	Mo 23 19h	Mo 23 20h	Mo 23 21h
Wind Dir.
Wind Spd. (mph)	10	10	11	13	11	11	14	13	13	12	11	12	13	13	12	10	8	6	5	5	5	6	5	6	11	12	12	11	8	6	6	8	8	9	11	12	11	10	9	9	9	9	8	7	7	9	9	9	8	7	5	4	5	7	7	7	8	7	7	6	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	11	12	12	13	14	14	13	12	11	10	8	7	6	5	5	5	5	8	9	9	10	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	8	6	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	9	10	10	10	10	9	5	5	6	6	7	7	8	9	9	9	8	8	8	7	7	6	5	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	5	6	6	6	7	7	7	6	5	4	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	5	6	6	7	7	6	5	6	9	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	11	11	10	10	11	11	11	10	10	9	9	9	8	8	8	7	7	6	5	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	2	3	4	5	4	3	2	2	3	3	4	4	5	6	6	6	6	7	9	10	10	7	4	3	3	3	4	6	7	8	9	10	10	9	8	8	7	7
Gusts (mph)	20	18	21	25	25	22	26	27	25	25	24	23	25	25	25	21	18	10	9	10	10	12	12	11	20	23	24	23	20	15	12	14	16	17	23	22	22	20	19	18	17	19	17	16	14	14	14	13	9	5	4	4	5	4	9	13	17	19	19	21	21	21	21	19	17	15	14	14	26	28	29	28	27	26	25	24	23	24	26	28	25	23	21	20	18	14	11	8	9	10	11	13	15	17	19	20	22	21	21	20	19	18	16	13	10	12	15	17	17	18	18	19	21	23	23	23	23	21	19	10	10	10	13	17	21	21	21	21	10	9	9	9	8	8	7	5	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	14	16	17	18	18	18	19	20	9	6	4	3	4	5	7	10	12	13	13	13	13	13	12	10	7	35	31	28	24	20	17	16	16	16	15	15	14	15	16	15	11	6	3	3	4	5	8	10	12	14	15	16	17	17	19	20	20	18	13	4	6	8	9	9	10	10	10	11	11	11	12	13	14	14	15	16	6	8	9	10	9	9	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	8	8	6	4	1	1	1	2	3	5	5	6	6	7	7	8	10	12	13	13	10	7	12	16	16	14	12	12	11	10	9	8	7	7	6	6
Temp. (°C)	5	5	7	8	9	10	10	11	11	12	11	10	12	11	11	11	10	8	8	8	9	10	9	10	10	11	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	16	15	14	14	13	12	11	11	12	13	14	15	16	16	17	18	18	18	18	19	18	17	16	14	14	14	14	15	16	16	17	17	17	16	16	16	17	17	16	15	13	13	13	14	15	16	17	18	18	19	19	19	19	18	17	17	17	14	15	15	15	16	17	17	17	18	18	17	17	16	16	15	14	13	10	11	11	12	13	13	14	15	15	16	16	15	15	15	14	13	12	8	8	9	11	12	14	16	17	18	19	19	18	18	17	16	15	14	9	9	10	12	13	15	17	18	19	19	19	19	19	18	17	16	16	11	11	11	11	11	12	13	13	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	11	11	9	9	10	10	11	12	12	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	11	9	9	10	11	13	14	16	17	18	19	19	19	19	18	18	17	15	9	9	10	12	14	16	18	20	21	21	21	21	20	19	18	17	16	13	13	14	15	17	18	20	22	22	23	23	12	12	11	11	9	8	5	5	6	7	9	10	11	12	13	13	13	13	13	12	12
Rain (mm)							0.1					0.2											0.1					0.4	0.5	0.7	0.8	0.1			0.3			0.3	0.1	0.3	0.5	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1									0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1															1.1	1.1	1.1	2.3	2.3	2.3	0.7	0.7	0.7									0.1	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.2	1.7	1.7	1.7	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	0.1
Cloud Cov. (%)	55		17	72	5	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	5	23	58	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	82	78	70	62	53	43	68	53	40	31	24	25	37	57	74	89	100	100	71	29	2	4	22	81	92	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	83	60	84	82	79	77	74	72	72	74	72	63	50	47	63	88	100	84	56	98	97	97	98	99	100	100	100	100	86	66	47	28	10		2	12	17	7			2	6	10	15	17	14	9	5	1			8	21	48	41	39	43	52	61	70	79	86	91	94	96	96	95	90	79	64	4	7	12	19	28	36	45	53	59	61	60	59	58	56	57	61	66	100	100	100	92	81	69	57	45	36	32	30	29	28	28	27	23	18			1	5	11	16	21	26	30	32	32	32	31	31	30	31	31	11	6	2													7	18	41	35	28	21	14	8	3			7	18	30	42	55	67	76	84	80	73	69	68	70	72	74	77	78	78	78	93	80	66	53	48	43	70	41	13	11	8	6	6	5	5	7	9	11	12	14	15
High Cloud (%)																		94	75	35	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	21	98	76	100	99	99	89	98	96	99	99	100	100	98	100	93	84	79	87	100														1	6	20	39	97	88	83	87	95	100	98	92	88	86	86	87	94	100	100	71	30																14	34	27	8		10	31	51	71	91	100	93	75	56	36	15																			12	28	26	10	2	5	16	28	41	55	68	78	87	94	99	100	100	89	73	2	5	8	11	13	16	19	21	22	20	15	11	7	3				73	89	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	87	69	51	33	14	1					2	15	33	51	69	87	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	37	20	7	1																													14	35	52	37	30	35	48	61	76	92	100	100	100																1	1	2	6	9	13
Mid Cloud (%)						4		6	4	4		100	2	100		4					4	84	100	99	100	67	97	100	100	100	100	100	98	22	100	100	100	100	100	100	99																	4	9	14	19	23	24	16	5		8	23	56	81	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	99	97	86	59	25	13	30	40	35	24	15	15	18	19	15	9	10	23	41	55	56	53	55	41	34	41	55	69	82	96	100	91	73	54	35	14																			3	7	7	3								15	36	56	75	92	100	94	78				7	16	25	34	43	49	51	51	50	48	44	39	33	26																																																													13	31	50	69	87	100	100	100	100	100	100	93	83	73	62	50	45	43	44					1	2
Low Cloud (%)	55		17	72	5	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	4	19	58	100	100	100	3	100	100	57	5	4	100	3	15	29	54	69	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	58	56	51	43	30	14	75	58	44	34	27	27	38	57	73	88	100	100	72	31				20	18	16	13	10	12	22	37	49	55	58	61	68	75	77	69	56	85	71	61	61	66	69	70	69	67	59	48	46	64	91	100	74	32	58	74	85	91	93	93	92	88	81	68	52	37	22	7		4	15	19	7			3	7	11	16	18	16	12	8	4	1		3	10	40	40	43	49	56	63	69	73	73	65	52	38	24	10				7	9	11	13	16	18	20	23	25	26	27	28	30	32	37	45	56	100	100	100	87	70	52	35	18	7	5	10	15	21	27	30	28	22																																	8	20	45	38	31	25	19	13	8	3				2	4	6	8	10	11	3			2	7	11	16	21	23	24	23	92	78	65	51	45	39	69	40	11	9	7	5	5	5	5	6	8	9	6	3
CAPE	10	10	0	20	0	20	30	40	20	20	20	20	10	20	10	10	30	50	40	20	30	50	20	60	10	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	10	20	30	20	20	10	10	10	0	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-10	0	20	50	70	80	90	120	200	300	340	260	110	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	20	30	50	100	170	190	130	40	290	360	400	390	340	290	230	170	120	90	60	40	20	10	0	-10	-10	0	0	0	0	10	10	10	10	10	10	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	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	40	40	30	20	10	10	0	0	0	10	20	30	40	60	60	50	30	20	30	60	70	50	20
Ceiling (m)	605	568	690	849	1.1k	1.0k	897	1.0k	1.0k	1.2k	1.1k	922	1.2k	1.1k	922	897	836	495	470	531	568	702	702	678	812	971	897	678	556	495	495	495	458	483	422	397	397	397	397	409	385	422	422	458	458	922	873	800	702	641	556	434	470	544	641	788	885	922	958	983	1.0k	1.1k	1.1k	1.1k	1.1k	1.0k	995	910	544	531	568	592	653	666	653	629	592	556	483	458	458	483	495	507	483	458	458	495	580	714	800	836	861	861	910	995	995	836	653	544	605	775	531	519	519	544	568	617	653	702	739	800	812	824	849	849	836	775	690	519	556	629	702	800	897	995	1.1k	1.2k	1.2k	1.2k	1.2k	1.2k	1.2k	1.1k	971	836	373	385	446	544	690	849	1.0k	1.2k	1.3k	1.4k	1.4k	1.3k	1.3k	1.2k	1.1k	946	824	446	483	519	605	714	836	958	1.1k	1.1k	1.2k	1.1k	995	922	812	714	653	580	495	544	580	641	727	788	873	958	1.0k	1.0k	1.0k	1.0k	1.0k	983	934	885	824	653	702	739	800	812	861	922	958	995	1.0k	1.0k	1.0k	1.0k	983	971	910	836	556	556	592	678	800	922	1.1k	1.2k	1.3k	1.3k	1.3k	1.3k	1.3k	1.2k	1.1k	958	824	361	409	458	556	714	849	1.0k	1.2k	1.3k	1.3k	1.3k	1.2k	1.1k	1.0k	958	910	861	678	702	763	849	946	1.1k	1.2k	1.4k	1.5k	1.5k	1.5k	1.3k	1.2k	1.1k	934	739	531	434	434	495	690	1.0k	1.3k	1.4k	1.5k	1.5k	1.5k	1.5k	1.4k	1.3k	1.2k	1.1k	385	385

The west side of Penycloddiau in North Wales is infrequently flown due to its limited cross-country potential, often overlooked in a west/south-westerly wind. However, it offers a good day out for ridge soaring and can be worth the visit. Wind directions: SW - W Take-off height: 1220ft (371m) Top to bottom: 700ft (213m) Restrictions: Unknown Minimum pilot rating: None XC potential: Good to W & S, but restricted airspace downwind Airspace: Class A at 3000ft (920m) 1 mile to E. Clear to W Non-member fee/day: None Paraglider distance record: 25.2 Km by Noel Humphreys on 25/10/1997 Site description: A spacious site suitable for both hang gliders and paragliders, Penycloddiau West offers good thermal flying with occasional wave action. XC downwind is limited by the coast being only 10 miles (16km) away. The site may be affected by NW sea breezes. Bottom landing areas are difficult due to sloping fields near the base of the hill, making it a top landing site for hang gliders. Be cautious of fast jets over-flying the area on weekdays and sailplanes from the nearby gliding club. Parking: Either at map reference SH121689 as for Penycloddiau East, or at Fron Gelyn Farm (map reference SJ119673). Ask Mr. Cattel where to park. Alternatively, drive north past Fron Gelyn and take the first right up the hill (a very rough track!) past Finger Cottage. Turn right at the T junction and park in the field next to the track after the second gate (in the area of map reference SJ120678). Do not attempt to drive any higher up. Carry-up: From map reference SH121689, continue to the old hill fort and then bear right to the take-off area. From map reference SJ119673, it's about half a mile (1km) and a 300ft (100m) gain in height to the take-off area. Takeoff and top landing: Take-off for paragliders is straightforward, as should be top landing, but it can be difficult to get down if the hill is working well since the PG 'top landing' area isn't at the top. HG pilots will need to land well back behind take-off, on top of the hill. Bottom landing: For paragliders, in the fields shown on the site map. Due to sloping fields and trees around field boundaries, hang gliders are advised to avoid these bottom landing fields and either top land or land further out in the Clwyd Vale, in the field at map reference SJ114670 for which landing permission has been arranged. Note that this field is 1km in front of take-off and the surrounding fields all have power lines crossing them. Landings can also be made in the field to the west of the road at the bottom opposite Fron Gelyn farm in front of take-off, but beware of the power line crossing it. For more information, visit: https://vimeo.com/28630440 http://www.nwhgpc.org/flyingsites/penycloddiau-west

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