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: 16/05 17:39																		GFS 13 km run: 16/05 17:39																																																																unknown run: 16/05 17:39
Date Optimal	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	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	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
Wind Dir.
Wind Spd. (mph)	9	8	6	6	6	2	5	3	3	2	8	17	17	19	18	21	22	13	22	23	24	25	24	24	5	5	6	6	5	6	5	5	5	5	2	1	2	3	3	5	4	3	4	7	7	6	5	5	6	5	4	4	3	1	1	2	3	3	4	4	6	5	5	1	0	2	3	4	5	2	1	4	5	5	5	6	6	6	5	4	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	2	3	4	4	3	3	1	1	4	4	5	5	6	7	6	2	4	8	7	5	4	7	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	1	1	3	4	5	6	7	7	7	7	7	6	5	3	1	2	1	2	3	4	5	5	6	5	5	4	3	1	1	3	5	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	5	5	3	0	2	3	3	3	3	1	0	1	2	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	5	6	6	7	7	7	5	4	3	3	2	1	2	2	3	3	4	6	6	6	6	6	4	2	1	2	3	3	3	2	2	3	4	4	5	6
Gusts (mph)	12	10	8	7	7	2	5	4	5	9	15	24	25	29	28	32	35	31	39	42	43	42	41	40	9	9	9	12	11	11	10	8	8	3	4	5	11	13	13	15	14	17	19	23	23	21	22	24	6	7	7	6	5	5	7	7	9	10	12	12	10	8	6	2	4	4	5	5	6	8	12	15	17	19	21	23	24	25	7	5	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	5	5	6	5	4	4	3	5	6	7	7	7	8	9	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	13	12	11	11	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	7	7	7	7	1	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	5	5	5	5	6	6	7	7	6	6	5	4	4	10	14	17	17	14	13	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	9	8	3	2	1	2	3	5	6	8	10	11	12	13	16	19	20	25	25	25	25	26	26	26	26	26	28	30	31	32	32	32	6	7	7	7	6	6	7	8	10	11	13	13	12	11	9	7	7	6	5	3	3	4	7	10	13	17	19	17	13	10
Temp. (°C)	10	9	8	4	4	5	5	5	7	7	8	7	7	6	6	5	4	3	1	1	2	3	3	4	10	10	11	11	11	10	9	7	4	0	4	7	10	7	11	7	7	13	14	12	10	9	8	5	0	2	4	6	9	11	13	13	13	13	13	12	10	8	6	2	4	5	6	8	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	9	6	4	0	3	5	6	8	9	11	11	12	11	10	9	9	8	7	3	5	7	8	9	10	12	13	13	12	9	7	6	5	5	1	3	4	6	8	9	10	12	13	13	13	13	12	9	7	4	6	8	10	12	14	15	16	17	18	18	17	15	13	11	9	11	14	16	18	20	21	22	23	23	22	21	20	18	16	9	11	12	14	16	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	16	14	11	7	10	12	14	16	18	20	21	22	22	21	20	18	15	13	8	10	11	12	14	15	15	15	15	15	14	13	12	10	8	2	4	7	9	12	14	16	17	17	17	15	14	12	10	8	2	6	9	11	14	16	17	18	19	19	18	17	16	13	11
Rain (mm)				3.6	3.3	2.1	0.1																																		0.2																																0.1	0.1	0.1																												0.1	0.1	0.1
Cloud Cov. (%)	100	91	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	88	12	18	12	3	6	6	13	12	6	5	6	5	6	71	100	100	94	100	78	100	100	14	7	78	7	7	40	100	5	6	6	5	11	100	100	11	30	31	47	7	6		100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	91	82	73	54	34	15	51	32	14	39	65	90	92	94	96	97	99	100	98	97	95	68	47	27	51	76	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	81	63	44	27	17	6	7	8	9	39	70	100	75	51	26	25	23	22	50	34	17	17	16	16	18	19	21	15	8	2	1	1		3	3	2	3	3	4	15	25	36	57	79	100	91	83	74	90	81	71	52	32	13	27	40	54	41	29	16	29	41	54	88	81	73	82	91	100	98	96	94	96	98	100	100	100	100	93	85	78	85	93	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	67	35	2	8	8	7	6	5	4	26	48	70	80	90	100	80	59	39										2	4	6	5	3	2
High Cloud (%)	100	91	99	6	5	6	17	3	8	4	2																							30	5												35	100					5	100									100	100	100	100	100												47	28	8	35	61	88	74	59	45	34	23	12	28	44	60	21	11	2	35	67	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	67	33		4	2		1	1	2	35	67	100	74	48	22	21	21	20	44	28	11	11	11	11	14	16	19	13	8	2	1	1		3	2	2	2	3	3	14	24	35	57	78	100	87	75	62	86	73	59	41	23	5	19	33	47	35	22	10	24	38	52	85	77	68	79	89	100	97	94	91	94	97	100	100	100	100	90	81	71	81	90	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	67	33								23	47	70	80	90	100	78	57	35
Mid Cloud (%)	98	34	100	100	100	100	62	52	87	45	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	71	12	18	12	3			5	5						53	100	100	93	94	75	100	100	5											5	100	100	5	5	30	14					99	100	100	100	100	100	99	99	98	76	55	33	23	12	2				8	15	23	38	52	67	66	66	65	46	27	8	60	40	20	25	29	34	46	58	70	80	90	100	78	57	35	17	9								1	2	3	2	1																										18	36	54	53	52	51	79	58	37	25	12														10	19	29	36	42	49	42	34	27	45	63	81	85	71	56	39	22	5	26	47	68	58	47	37	25	12								16	32	48	55	61	68	58	47	37										2	3	5	4	3	2
Low Cloud (%)	1			100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	67	25	20	2	2		55	88	12	7	4	3	5	5	5	10	5	5	5	5	5	5	10	100	78	100	47	100	100	5	5	77	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	25	25	46	5	5						5	5	70	80	90	100	90	81	71	52	33	14	6	5	5	5	5	5	30	56	81	87	94	100	96	91	87	4	3	2	4	6	8	38	68	98	99	99	100	80	61	41	21	13	5	5	5	5	3	2																																10	21	31	38	46	53	36	34	33	24	14	5	4	3	2	1	1																				34	27	20	16	12	8	6	4	2	1	1		1	1	2	8	7	7	6	4	3	2	1
CAPE	60	20	0	0	0	0	50	50	70	80	110	50	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	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	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	10	10	20	30	30	40	60	80	90	70	30	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	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
Ceiling (m)	2.1k	2.1k	2.0k	1.5k	1.5k	1.4k	1.2k	1.2k	1.5k	1.7k	1.8k	1.8k	1.7k	1.7k	1.8k	1.8k	1.8k	1.7k	1.8k	1.7k	1.7k	1.7k	1.7k	1.7k	3.0k	3.0k	3.1k	3.0k	2.9k	2.8k	2.6k	2.3k	1.9k	1.6k	2.1k	2.5k	2.9k	2.6k	2.7k	2.0k	1.8k	2.7k	2.7k	2.5k	2.4k	2.4k	2.4k	1.9k	1.5k	1.8k	2.2k	2.6k	2.9k	3.1k	3.2k	3.3k	3.3k	3.3k	3.2k	3.1k	2.8k	2.6k	2.1k	1.8k	1.9k	2.0k	2.2k	2.5k	2.5k	2.5k	2.3k	2.3k	2.5k	2.7k	2.8k	2.6k	2.3k	2.0k	1.6k	1.9k	2.2k	2.4k	2.6k	2.8k	2.9k	3.0k	3.0k	2.8k	2.6k	2.4k	2.3k	2.2k	2.1k	1.9k	2.1k	2.3k	2.4k	2.5k	2.6k	2.8k	3.1k	3.1k	2.5k	1.9k	1.6k	1.5k	1.5k	1.5k	1.5k	1.7k	2.0k	2.2k	2.4k	2.7k	2.9k	3.0k	3.1k	3.2k	3.2k	3.1k	2.8k	2.4k	2.1k	2.3k	2.4k	2.6k	2.7k	2.9k	3.1k	3.2k	3.2k	3.2k	3.2k	3.1k	2.9k	2.6k	2.3k	2.0k	2.2k	2.4k	2.6k	2.8k	3.0k	3.2k	3.3k	3.4k	3.4k	3.4k	3.3k	3.1k	2.7k	2.3k	2.1k	1.5k	1.7k	1.9k	2.2k	2.6k	3.0k	3.1k	3.2k	3.2k	3.3k	3.4k	3.3k	3.0k	2.5k	2.2k	2.2k	2.5k	2.9k	3.1k	3.4k	3.7k	4.0k	4.2k	4.4k	4.6k	4.7k	4.5k	3.8k	3.2k	2.7k	1.9k	2.0k	2.2k	2.4k	2.7k	2.9k	3.1k	3.3k	3.4k	3.5k	3.5k	3.3k	3.0k	2.6k	2.3k	1.6k	1.9k	2.3k	2.6k	2.9k	3.3k	3.5k	3.6k	3.7k	3.7k	3.6k	3.4k	3.1k	2.8k	2.5k	1.8k	2.2k	2.6k	3.1k	3.5k	3.8k	4.1k	4.2k	4.2k	4.3k	4.3k	4.2k	3.7k	3.2k	2.8k

Tumwater Mountain, located in Leavenworth, Washington, offers a fantastic paragliding experience with two main launch sites. The site is accessible by vehicle, with a short walk from the parking area to the launch. Tumwater Mountain is a private site requiring a current USHPA P3 (or higher) rating and registration with the Tumwater Mountain Flight Park. A site orientation is mandatory for all pilots. The new launch at Tumwater Mountain is just a few minutes' walk from the parking area. This northeast-facing launch works best from morning to early afternoon. Pilots must have a current USHPA P3 (or higher) rating, register with the Tumwater Mountain Flight Park, and complete a site orientation. SIV training and a satellite tracking device are highly recommended. The traditional launch site is located on the south end of Tumwater Mountain, approximately a 25-minute hike from the parking area. This site is on Forest Service land and is unregulated. The launch area is narrow with several obstacles below, so good launching skills, SIV training, a satellite tracking device, and a site orientation from an experienced pilot are recommended. Leavenworth features two main launches: Icicle and Tumwater. Icicle is exclusively hike-and-fly, while Tumwater is accessible by road and used for tandem flights. Tumwater has two launch areas: one requiring a 20-30 minute hike along the ridge and another just 5 minutes from the parking area. The closest launch requires a P3 rating, site orientation, and a signed waiver. Tumwater Mountain often experiences lift above 10,000 feet, with freezing air even in the middle of summer when valley temperatures exceed 100°F. The private launch is above the public launch, and pilots typically fly toward the public launch to gain lift. The flight plan for Tumwater Mountain includes: - Starting from Tumwater. - Moving along the ridge to the south and climbing above the south-facing slope to 6,000 feet. - Jumping to Icicle and climbing to 10,000 feet. - Jumping to the Wedge, reaching 12,000+ feet, and moving along the ridge to Mount Stuart. - Returning the same way without dropping into the valleys. - If necessary, escaping toward Cashmere. Important notes: - Dropping into the valley can pull you into the mountains. - Most valleys have no landing areas. - There are no official landing zones near Icicle; all landings are on private property, and their status changes frequently. - Landing on the fish hatchery is prohibited. For more information, visit: - [Tumwater Leavenworth Paragliding](https://www.wilderadventures.com/launch/784/tumwater-leavenworth) - [Leavenworth Paragliding Club](https://www.leavenworthparagliding.com/) - [Weather Information](https://www.wunderground.com/weather/us/wa/leavenworth) - [Windgrams](http://wxtofly.net/v2/windgrams.html#Tumwater) Watch a video of Tumwater Mountain paragliding: [YouTube Video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGraz3j3Xbc)

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