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    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
    JMA gSM 55
    MF Arpege 55
    Model GFS HRRR 3 km run: 09/05 13:19 GFS 13 km run: 09/05 13:19
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    Wind Dir.
    Wind Spd. (mph) 8 12 15 15 14 14 15 14 13 11 10 7 4 4 6 8 10 12 13 14 14 15 15 14 12 10 8 4 5 5 7 10 12 13 15 16 18 18 16 14 11 7 9 9 10 11 11 10 9 9 11 8 7 8 10 10 9 4 5 5 5 6 8 10 12 11 13 13 13 11 11 11 4 4 5 6 7 7 7 7 8 8 8 7 5 5 6 3 2 1 1 1 2 4 7 9 10 12 13 12 11 10 2 2 2 2 2 3 5 7 9 10 11 12 11 9 8 3 3 3 5 7 9 10 10 10 12 15 17 16 13 10 4 3 2 2 3 5 6 8 10 11 12 12 11 11 11 5 5 5 8 11 13 14 15 16 17 18 18 16 14 12 4 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 10 12 14 15 13 12 10 1 1 2 2 4 6 9 12 14 16 18 19 18 16 14 2 1 1 3 5 7 9 11 13 13 12 12 12 13 13 1 2 2 3 5 6 7 7 6 7 13 17 18 17 16 8 10 12 13 15 16 17 19 19 19 19 18 16 15 13
    Gusts (mph) 17 20 21 23 25 24 26 26 23 18 14 11 6 7 12 17 22 26 27 30 29 29 29 25 23 17 12 10 10 13 15 17 21 22 20 20 22 22 20 21 16 9 21 18 17 14 12 11 11 11 13 8 10 11 8 7 6 6 5 4 5 5 6 6 7 6 8 8 8 8 8 8 11 10 9 10 12 12 11 8 6 7 8 9 9 9 8 7 5 4 4 4 4 5 6 7 8 8 9 10 10 10 4 4 4 4 4 5 6 6 7 8 8 9 9 9 9 8 7 7 9 11 13 13 13 13 14 16 17 17 16 15 8 7 6 6 6 7 9 13 15 16 15 15 17 20 20 10 11 12 14 17 19 20 21 22 23 23 24 24 25 24 6 8 11 11 12 13 14 15 15 15 14 13 12 11 10 4 5 7 8 10 12 15 19 21 23 23 23 22 21 20 4 4 5 7 9 12 14 15 16 15 13 11 11 11 11 2 2 2 3 4 5 5 5 6 7 9 10 11 12 12 13 15 17 17 17 17 18 19 21 22 23 24 24 24 24
    Temp. (°C) 11 13 15 16 17 19 19 19 19 18 16 15 7 8 10 12 14 14 16 16 16 16 16 15 14 12 11 4 5 5 5 6 6 9 8 9 9 7 8 7 6 4 0 0 0 2 3 3 4 5 5 3 2 3 3 3 1 -1 0 0 0 2 4 4 4 4 5 4 4 3 2 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 4 5 4 4 3 2 1 1 -2 0 1 3 5 7 9 10 11 11 11 10 9 7 6 1 2 4 6 8 10 12 13 13 14 14 13 12 10 8 5 5 6 7 9 10 10 10 10 10 10 9 8 7 5 0 2 5 7 9 11 13 14 15 15 15 14 13 11 10 5 6 7 8 10 11 13 14 15 14 13 11 10 9 8 1 3 4 6 8 9 11 12 13 13 13 12 11 9 7 0 1 3 5 7 10 11 13 13 13 12 11 9 7 5 -1 0 1 3 5 7 8 9 10 11 11 10 9 7 5 0 1 3 5 7 8 10 11 12 12 12 11 9 8 6 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 3 3 3 2 2 1 0 0
    Rain (mm) 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.4 0.2 0.4 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1
    Cloud Cov. (%) 9 99 89 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 68 12 100 100 100 100 100 100 98 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 79 100 100 100 89 100 100 100 100 100 97 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 99 97 96 97 99 100 12 12 12 22 31 41 45 48 52 47 41 36 57 79 100 99 100 100 100 99 99 86 73 60 61 63 64 75 86 97 100 100 100 95 91 86 91 95 100 79 58 37 26 15 4 6 6 7 9 11 13 18 22 27 35 43 51 49 48 46 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 99 97 96 85 73 62 23 46 69 68 68 67 45 22 1 1 2 1 1 2 3 3 4 6 9 11 19 28 36 55 75 94 48 25 2 7 13 18 30 43 55 70 85 100 100 100 100 75 77 80 87 93 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 92 83 75 83 92 100 100 100 100 91 82 73
    High Cloud (%) 9 99 86 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 82 100 100 100 100 100 5 5 100 100 100 100 100 100 5 87 75 87 100 87 73 60 42 23 5 14 22 31 54 77 100 3 2 2 14 25 37 40 43 46 40 35 29 53 76 100 94 96 98 98 99 99 84 70 55 53 51 49 61 74 86 90 80 70 69 68 67 68 70 71 59 47 35 24 14 3 4 4 3 4 4 5 8 11 14 22 29 37 38 39 40 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 79 58 37 25 14 2 23 45 68 68 67 67 45 22 1 1 2 2 3 3 6 8 11 19 27 35 54 73 92 26 14 2 7 11 16 29 41 54 69 85 100 100 100 100 73 75 78 85 93 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 89 78 67 33 67 100 71 41 12 8 4
    Mid Cloud (%) 8 99 89 100 100 14 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 67 14 100 100 100 100 63 5 100 100 62 100 99 100 90 77 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 88 85 77 78 14 59 5 5 5 5 14 5 89 79 68 56 45 33 23 12 2 1 1 2 3 5 60 42 24 17 9 2 1 1 13 26 39 42 46 49 95 91 86 58 30 2 2 3 3 2 1 2 3 5 6 6 7 7 8 8 10 11 13 10 6 3 27 16 5 37 68 100 100 100 100 98 96 94 72 51 29 1 1 2 45 23 11 21 32 55 77 100 4 5 7 15 23 31 48 66 83 81 79 77 82 86 91 89 79 70 57 44 31 43 54 66 58 51 43 30 16 3
    Low Cloud (%) 100 100 100 100 100 100 73 65 9 5 5 6 5 34 100 100 5 5 5 72 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 47 61 100 59 100 100 100 87 100 100 100 100 100 96 100 100 100 100 87 75 62 73 84 95 97 98 100 98 97 95 90 84 79 7 8 8 5 3 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 3 5 5 5 5 59 79 100 88 75 63 72 82 91 62 32 3 2 1 1 2 3 4 3 2 1 1 1 2 3 20 37 54 53 51 50 1 1 2 1 1 2 3 4 5 64 36 7 17 27 37 57 78 98 99 99 100 90 80 70
    CAPE 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 10 10 30 30 0 10 20 30 40 20 20 0 10 10 10 30 40 30 70 200 110 10 20 30 50 30 70 0 0 0 0 10 20 40 20 30 40 20 20 20 20 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 20 20 20 20 20 20 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 10 30 40 30 20 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 10 10 20 20 30 30 30 30 30 20 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 10 20 20 30 30 40 40 40 30 30 20 10 10
    Ceiling (m) 3.7k 3.8k 4.3k 4.7k 4.8k 5.1k 4.9k 4.8k 4.7k 4.8k 4.3k 4.0k 3.1k 3.1k 3.3k 3.5k 3.7k 3.9k 4.4k 4.6k 4.6k 4.5k 4.3k 4.3k 4.2k 4.1k 3.8k 2.6k 2.7k 2.8k 2.9k 3.0k 3.1k 3.9k 4.0k 4.1k 4.0k 3.5k 3.6k 3.6k 3.4k 2.9k 2.3k 2.4k 2.6k 2.8k 2.9k 3.0k 3.2k 3.2k 3.0k 2.7k 2.5k 2.7k 2.7k 2.5k 2.1k 2.2k 2.4k 2.5k 2.6k 2.8k 3.0k 3.1k 3.0k 3.1k 3.1k 2.9k 2.8k 2.6k 2.6k 2.5k 2.1k 2.3k 2.4k 2.4k 2.4k 2.4k 2.6k 2.9k 3.0k 2.9k 2.7k 2.5k 2.4k 2.4k 2.3k 2.2k 2.5k 2.8k 3.1k 3.4k 3.7k 4.0k 4.2k 4.2k 4.1k 3.9k 3.7k 3.5k 3.3k 3.1k 3.0k 3.2k 3.4k 3.7k 4.1k 4.3k 4.3k 4.1k 4.0k 4.0k 3.9k 3.7k 3.5k 3.2k 2.9k 2.4k 2.4k 2.5k 2.7k 2.9k 3.1k 3.1k 3.2k 3.1k 3.3k 3.3k 3.4k 3.3k 3.1k 2.9k 2.5k 3.0k 3.6k 4.0k 4.3k 4.6k 4.9k 5.0k 5.0k 4.8k 4.5k 4.1k 3.7k 3.3k 3.0k 2.4k 2.6k 2.7k 2.8k 3.0k 3.2k 3.4k 3.7k 3.8k 3.7k 3.5k 3.3k 3.2k 3.1k 3.0k 2.5k 3.0k 3.4k 3.8k 4.2k 4.4k 4.7k 4.9k 4.9k 4.9k 4.8k 4.5k 4.2k 3.8k 3.5k 2.4k 2.7k 3.1k 3.5k 4.1k 4.7k 5.1k 5.2k 5.1k 4.9k 4.7k 4.3k 3.9k 3.5k 3.2k 2.8k 3.2k 3.7k 4.1k 4.5k 4.9k 5.1k 5.1k 5.0k 5.1k 5.0k 4.8k 4.4k 4.0k 3.7k 2.7k 2.9k 3.1k 3.3k 3.6k 3.8k 4.1k 4.2k 4.3k 4.3k 4.1k 3.9k 3.8k 3.6k 3.3k 2.3k 2.4k 2.4k 2.5k 2.6k 2.7k 2.7k 2.7k 2.7k 2.6k 2.5k 2.4k 2.4k 2.3k 2.3k
    At an elevation of 1922 meters with a height difference of 480 meters, this paragliding site in Oregon, USA, offers excellent cross-country (XC) potential. The site is occasionally used and is unregulated, making it suitable for H3 pilots and H2 pilots with an instructor. To reach the launch site, drive up to the observatory and take a right at the campground. Continue driving up to the towers and park your vehicle. From there, go over the fence and head down to a small clearing. The launch faces southwest and is known for funneling winds and strong thermals, making it a popular spot for hang gliders as well. Be cautious of the landing area, which is somewhat canyonesque. Hiking back up to your car is likely the best way to return. This site is known for its strong conditions, so be prepared. The ideal wind direction for this site is between 200 and 250 degrees. For more information, visit: [Pine Mountain Site](http://www.bhgc.org/sites/#site_pine-mountain-or) Check the weather forecast here: [Weather Forecast](https://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=43.790775&lon=-120.946723&site=rev&unit=0&lg=en&FcstType=text#.Y1lf7T1Bypo)
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    Created 11 Jun 2024 by Kiteslave

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