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: 19/05 01:01																																											GFS 13 km run: 19/05 01:01
Date Optimal	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	Sa 31 6h	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	Sa 31 17h	Sa 31 18h	Sa 31 19h	Sa 31 20h	Su 1 6h	Su 1 7h	Su 1 8h	Su 1 9h	Su 1 10h	Su 1 11h	Su 1 12h	Su 1 13h	Su 1 14h	Su 1 15h	Su 1 16h	Su 1 17h	Su 1 18h	Su 1 19h	Su 1 20h	Mo 2 6h	Mo 2 7h	Mo 2 8h	Mo 2 9h	Mo 2 10h	Mo 2 11h	Mo 2 12h	Mo 2 13h	Mo 2 14h	Mo 2 15h	Mo 2 16h	Mo 2 17h	Mo 2 18h	Mo 2 19h	Mo 2 20h	Tu 3 6h	Tu 3 7h	Tu 3 8h	Tu 3 9h	Tu 3 10h	Tu 3 11h	Tu 3 12h	Tu 3 13h	Tu 3 14h	Tu 3 15h	Tu 3 16h	Tu 3 17h	Tu 3 18h	Tu 3 19h	Tu 3 20h
Wind Dir.
Wind Spd. (mph)	4	8	10	11	11	8	9	9	9	11	13	14	13	14	13	1	5	11	11	16	15	15	14	17	9	11	15	19	18	17	6	6	6	6	5	4	2	1	3	4	4	4	4	3	1	4	3	2	2	1	2	4	7	8	8	6	7	8	5	3	8	9	7	6	5	3	0	1	3	4	4	3	4	10	14	8	8	6	3	0	3	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	3	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	5	6	7	8	9	9	8	7	5	8	8	8	7	7	7	8	12	14	14	15	15	15	14	14	6	4	2	0	1	3	7	11	14	17	22	24	21	17	13	5	4	4	3	4	5	4	5	7	9	10	11	10	9	9	10	14	16	16	15	14	12	11	10	11	12	14	13	13	13	7	6	4	2	1	3	3	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	3	4	5	6	6	6	7	8	9	8	6	3	14	14	15	15	16	18	19	21	23	24	24	24	20	15	12	6	6	6	8	10	12	12	12	11	9	9	12	14	14	14	8	9	10	10	10	9	8	7	7	9	13	16
Gusts (mph)	5	14	15	15	16	14	15	13	16	19	17	16	16	17	22	13	17	18	15	20	17	17	16	19	12	13	19	22	25	32	12	15	13	10	7	6	5	3	4	4	5	6	5	4	1	5	4	3	4	4	4	6	7	8	10	12	9	8	5	11	11	10	7	5	4	3	3	4	5	5	6	6	12	19	25	12	11	10	8	6	4	5	6	6	6	6	6	5	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	5	8	10	11	11	11	9	7	5	8	8	8	8	8	10	13	17	19	19	18	18	20	24	26	6	4	2	3	4	7	11	15	19	22	25	26	26	25	24	7	9	11	11	10	9	8	7	7	9	11	13	14	15	16	22	26	28	26	21	18	17	18	18	18	17	17	19	23	25	10	8	6	5	4	3	4	5	6	6	6	5	5	5	4	3	3	2	2	3	4	5	6	8	9	10	11	8	5	3	28	26	24	23	22	21	22	23	24	27	31	33	32	29	26	8	10	12	13	15	15	15	13	12	12	12	14	17	21	24	18	19	19	18	15	14	13	13	14	16	18	19
Temp. (°C)	6	9	9	9	10	11	12	14	15	16	16	15	14	13	11	4	6	8	10	12	13	14	15	14	13	14	13	14	12	10	4	6	9	10	12	13	14	15	16	17	17	17	17	16	15	10	11	11	12	13	14	14	14	15	16	17	18	16	16	15	7	9	10	12	13	14	16	17	17	18	19	19	18	16	14	8	10	12	14	15	17	18	19	20	20	21	21	20	19	18	12	13	15	16	18	19	21	23	24	25	25	25	24	23	21	15	17	19	20	21	23	24	25	26	26	26	25	23	20	17	13	14	16	18	19	21	22	23	23	22	21	20	18	16	15	11	11	11	12	13	14	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	7	9	11	13	14	16	17	19	20	20	20	20	19	17	15	10	12	14	15	17	19	20	21	22	23	24	24	24	22	21	13	15	17	19	20	22	23	25	26	27	28	28	27	26	24	15	16	18	19	20	21	22	22	21	19	16	14	12	11	10	5	6	7	9	10	12	13	14	14	14	14	14	13	12	11	6	7	9	10	11	12	12	13	14	15	15	15
Rain (mm)						0.1	0.3																																																																																																																																										0.1	0.1	0.1																																																										0.1	0.1	0.1	0.4	0.4	0.4
Cloud Cov. (%)	100	99	100	100	100	100	100	69	24	31	81	43	64	8		1			2	3	22	31	100	100	100	100	100	61	7							10	10	15	20	22	52	100	100	100	99	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	42	11	12	100	98	84	81	90	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	20	16	12	8	9	11	12	15	17	20	47	73	100	100	100	100	83	65	48	46	38	29	21	12	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	15	29	42	16	8		13	26	39	29	20	10	11	11	12	40	67	95	80	90	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	7	6	6	4	2		2	4	6	5	3	2	2	2	2	6	6	5	8	10	13	12	11	10	10	9	9	8	6	5				1	1	2	9	16	23	26	30	33	23	12	2				1	1	2	12	22	32	51	70	89	90	91	92	1	1		2	3	5	17	28	40	57	74	91	85	78	72	76	71	65	77	88	100	100	100	100	93	85	78
High Cloud (%)																																				5	5	5	5	5	41	100	100	100	12	100	100	100	100	100	100	54						5	5	78	77	89	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	21	5	5	3	2		8	9	10	11	13	14	43	71	100	100	100	100	81	62	43	45	36	27	19	11	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	14	26	38	15	8		13	25	38	27	16	5	7	8	10	38	66	94	79	90	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	96	92	88	80	73	65	60	55	50													1	1	2	6	4	3	5	8	10	9	8	7	6	6	5	4	4	3				1	1	2	9	16	23	26	30	33	23	12	2										12	23	35	46	56	67																36	47	57	67	76	86	80	74	68	47	26	5
Mid Cloud (%)	48	99	11		100	100	52																1	6	20	14	48											5	5	5	5	5	63	94	99	100	100	100	100	100	100	68	10	5								5	5	5	91	100	100	100	100	100	100	5	4	3	2							1	2	3	4	4	5	3	2																	2	1											1	1	2							1	1	2	14	26	38	53	67	82	100	100	100	89	79	68	66	65	63	71	80	88	92	96	100	2	3	3	2	1																																												1	1	2	11	20	29	42	55	68	75	83	90				1	2	3	14	24	35	52	68	85	58	32	5	61	44	26	51	75	100	92	84	76	58	41	23
Low Cloud (%)	100	45	100	100	100	100	100	69	24	31	81	43	64	8		1			2	3	22	31	100	100	100	100	100	58	5							5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	100	100	100	100	100	80	100	100	100	41	10	10	100	98	5	5	5	5	5					5	5	5	5	5	5	5																																					1	1	2	1	1																	8	16	24	82	81	79	65	51	37	55	74	92	84	76	68	59	49	40	4	4	3	2	1		2	3	5	4	3	2	1	1																																						1	1	2	20	38	56	62	69	75	1	1		1	1	2	14	25	37	47	58	68	68	69	69	5	5	5	19	33	47	57	66	76	74	73	71
CAPE	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	100	120	100	90	50	20	0	0	0	0	0	10	20	30	50	70	30	80	60	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	30	30	20	30	40	30	30	20	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	40	50	40	20	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	40	40	40	30	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	10	20	40	80	120	150	160	160	140	100	40	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	10	20	20	10	10
Ceiling (m)	1.8k	1.9k	2.0k	1.9k	1.8k	1.1k	1.1k	1.2k	1.5k	1.8k	1.9k	1.9k	1.7k	1.8k	1.6k	1.4k	1.5k	1.7k	2.0k	2.1k	2.4k	2.6k	2.7k	2.3k	2.2k	2.4k	2.0k	2.3k	2.0k	1.7k	1.1k	1.4k	1.7k	2.0k	2.2k	2.4k	2.5k	2.7k	2.8k	2.9k	3.0k	3.0k	2.9k	2.8k	2.3k	1.7k	1.8k	1.8k	1.9k	2.0k	2.1k	2.1k	2.1k	2.1k	2.3k	2.5k	2.5k	2.3k	2.3k	2.0k	1.3k	1.5k	1.8k	2.0k	2.2k	2.4k	2.5k	2.6k	2.7k	2.8k	2.9k	3.0k	2.8k	2.5k	2.3k	1.7k	1.9k	2.1k	2.3k	2.5k	2.7k	2.8k	2.9k	2.9k	3.1k	3.1k	3.1k	2.9k	2.5k	2.3k	1.7k	1.8k	2.0k	2.2k	2.3k	2.4k	2.6k	2.7k	2.9k	3.0k	3.1k	3.1k	2.9k	2.6k	2.4k	1.7k	1.8k	1.9k	2.0k	2.2k	2.3k	2.5k	2.7k	3.0k	3.2k	3.4k	3.3k	2.9k	2.4k	2.0k	1.7k	1.8k	2.0k	2.2k	2.4k	2.6k	2.6k	2.7k	2.7k	2.7k	2.8k	2.7k	2.5k	2.1k	1.9k	1.4k	1.4k	1.4k	1.4k	1.6k	1.6k	1.7k	1.7k	1.6k	1.6k	1.4k	1.3k	1.4k	1.5k	1.6k	1.2k	1.4k	1.6k	1.8k	2.1k	2.3k	2.6k	2.8k	3.0k	3.1k	3.1k	3.1k	2.8k	2.5k	2.3k	1.4k	1.6k	1.8k	2.1k	2.3k	2.5k	2.7k	2.8k	3.0k	3.1k	3.2k	3.1k	2.9k	2.6k	2.4k	1.7k	1.9k	2.1k	2.3k	2.5k	2.6k	2.8k	3.0k	3.2k	3.3k	3.4k	3.4k	3.1k	2.8k	2.5k	1.7k	1.8k	2.0k	2.1k	2.2k	2.3k	2.4k	2.5k	2.5k	2.3k	2.0k	1.7k	1.6k	1.4k	1.3k	1.4k	1.5k	1.7k	1.9k	2.2k	2.4k	2.6k	2.7k	2.7k	2.7k	2.6k	2.5k	2.4k	2.3k	2.1k	1.2k	1.4k	1.6k	1.8k	1.9k	2.0k	2.1k	2.2k	2.2k	2.3k	2.4k	2.5k	601	601	601

Saddle Mountain in the USA offers a launch height of 615 meters and a height difference of 480 meters. This site is occasionally used and is known for its thermalling conditions, making it a good spot for cross-country (XC) flying. The site record stands at an impressive 200.6 km. The launch takes south and west winds. For more information, you can visit: [Cloudbase](https://www.cloudbase.org/?page_id=334).

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