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

JMA gSM 55

MF Arpege 55

Model	GFS HRRR 3 km run: 09/05 06:00																														GFS 13 km run: 09/05 06:00																																																																unknown run: 09/05 06:00
Date Optimal	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	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
Wind Dir.
Wind Spd. (mph)	2	2	0	2	3	3	4	3	2	3	5	8	9	8	6	3	3	3	4	4	5	6	7	8	9	9	9	9	8	5	2	1	2	4	5	5	6	7	8	7	5	6	5	4	3	2	1	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	3	4	4	3	3	3	1	1	2	3	4	3	3	3	2	4	6	7	9	6	3	1	2	2	3	4	5	5	6	6	6	6	5	5	4	3	2	2	2	3	5	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	4	3	2	1	2	2	3	4	5	6	6	5	4	3	3	4	4	3	2	2	2	2	3	4	5	6	6	5	4	4	4	3	2	3	3	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	6	7	6	5	3	2	2	3	4	5	6	7	7	7	6	5	4	4	3	2	1	1	3	5	5	6	6	7	7	7	7	6	6	4	3	1	2	3	4	5	6	6	6	7	7	8	8	7	6	5	2	2	3	4	5	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	5	4	2	2	2	3	4	5	6	7	7	7	7	6	4	2	1	1	0	1	3	5	6	7	7	7	7	7	6	5	4	3
Gusts (mph)	4	4	2	1	3	5	7	10	9	10	12	13	13	14	16	3	3	4	5	5	7	10	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	4	4	5	6	11	16	18	15	15	13	12	12	12	10	7	5	4	7	8	8	10	8	7	7	6	5	3	3	4	4	2	2	3	4	5	5	4	6	7	7	8	9	8	8	5	4	4	4	5	6	6	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	7	6	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	4	5	5	5	5	5	4	3	1	2	2	2	1	2	4	6	8	9	9	8	7	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	5	7	7	7	5	4	5	5	5	5	6	7	8	8	9	10	11	12	10	8	6	3	4	4	5	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	6	6	5	4	2	3	3	3	3	3	5	6	8	8	8	7	6	4	3	2	2	2	3	4	5	7	9	10	11	11	10	9	8	7	5	6	6	6	5	5	6	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	5	4	4	3	1	1	2	2	2	3	4	6	7	6	5	4	4	4	3
Temp. (°C)	8	9	12	14	16	18	20	21	23	23	22	22	20	19	16	8	9	12	14	15	16	17	18	18	19	18	18	17	15	13	2	4	6	8	9	11	12	11	12	11	11	11	10	9	6	3	3	3	5	8	11	10	9	9	9	9	6	6	5	4	2	2	3	5	6	6	7	7	9	11	11	11	11	9	6	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	11	12	11	10	9	7	2	3	4	6	9	12	14	15	16	17	17	16	15	12	9	5	6	8	10	12	13	15	16	16	16	15	14	13	11	9	5	6	6	6	6	7	8	9	10	10	9	8	7	7	7	3	2	3	5	8	10	11	13	14	14	14	14	13	11	9	3	5	7	9	12	14	15	17	18	18	18	18	16	13	11	7	9	11	13	15	17	19	19	20	20	21	20	18	15	12	6	8	10	11	13	15	16	17	18	18	18	18	16	13	10	0	1	3	6	8	10	12	13	14	14	15	14	12	10	8	4	6	8	11	14	16	18	20	20	21	21	20	18	15	13	10	12	14	16	18	20	21	22	23	23	23	22	20	18	15
Rain (mm)																																																			0.1	0.3	0.5	0.6	0.8	0.5	0.7	0.8	0.7	1.2			0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1																																																													0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1
Cloud Cov. (%)	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	6	31	57	50	6	22	90	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	89	82	7	11	100	100	100	95	100	100	100	100	100	100	91	100	100	100	100	100	100	82	87	71	100	100	100	100	100	86	82	100	100	100	90	81	72	75	77	80	82	83	85	64	42	21	38	55	72	25	47	68	48	28	8	8	7	7	16	25	34	56	78	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	90	85	81	87	94	100	86	73	59	58	58	57	55	52	50	89	95	100	90	79	69	51	32	14	25	36	47	53	59	65										1	3	4	7	11	14	7	6	5	5	5	5	3	2					10	20	30	6	8	10	18	27	35	46	57	68	50	31	13	32	50	69	34	44	53	42	32	21	37	53	69	58	46	35	23	12		100	100	100	78	57	35	34	32	31	26	22	17	40	64	87	98	96	94	69	43	18	24	30	36	48	59	71	81	90	100
High Cloud (%)	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	6	31	57	50			45	100	100	100	100														5	100	5	52	100	5	15	77	5		5								5	75			77	100	100	11	18	24	21	17	14	11	8	5	7	8	10	7	5	2				1	1	2	3	4	5	13	22	30	53	77	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	20	10											6	13	19	9	18	27	20	12	5	4	3	2	1	1														1	2	3	6	8	11	6	6	5	5	5	5	3	2					9	19	28	5	6	8	17	26	35	46	57	68	50	31	13	31	50	68	23	30	37	31	25	19	35	52	68	56	45	33	22	11		100	100	100	78	55	33	32	30	29	24	19	14	38	62	86	98	95	93	65	38	10	11	12	13	22	31	40	60	80	100
Mid Cloud (%)												100	33																		5	5	54	46	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	5	5		5	5	5	100	88	100	100	100	100	100	100	83	56	100	86	100	10	55	5	5					5	100	5			5	66				1	1	2	3	4	5	4	3	2	1	1																	16	31	45	63	82	100	96	92	88	92	96	100	100	100	100	33	26	19	13	6											1	1	2	3	4	5	6	6	7	17	27	37	26	14	3																															1	1	2	1	1																										57	78	100	76	51	27	18	9								28	36	43	30	18	5	11	18	24	32	39	47	46	45	44
Low Cloud (%)																																16	59	61	10	10	5	100	100	100	100	88	80	5	5	100	100	100	89	87	20	100	100	100	100	81	100	100	100	100	100	100	80	85	70	100	100	100	100	77	84	79	100	95	51	87	77	66	69	72	75	77	80	82	56	31	5	26	48	69	25	47	68	48	27	7	5	2											1	1	2	13	24	35	42	49	56	71	85	100	89	85	81	87	94	100	85	71	56	56	55	55	52	50	47	89	94	100	88	76	64	44	25	5	6	8	9	26	44	61																																														12	15	19	13	8	2	1	1
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	0	0	0	10	10	0	10	10	20	30	30	20	20	10	0	10	10	30	30	40	70	60	100	110	70	70	110	90	30	10	0	10	20	40	40	30	40	40	40	50	50	40	40	30	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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	10	20	20	20	20	10	10	0	10	10	20	30	50	60	50	30	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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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)	2.5k	2.5k	2.6k	2.7k	2.7k	2.9k	3.3k	3.6k	3.9k	3.9k	3.7k	3.6k	3.4k	3.3k	3.3k	2.6k	2.4k	2.6k	3.4k	3.6k	3.7k	3.8k	3.7k	3.6k	3.4k	3.3k	3.2k	3.0k	2.8k	2.5k	1.2k	1.4k	1.6k	1.9k	2.3k	2.9k	3.2k	2.9k	3.0k	2.8k	2.7k	2.7k	2.6k	2.5k	1.9k	1.3k	1.3k	1.3k	1.5k	1.9k	2.5k	2.2k	2.0k	1.8k	1.8k	1.8k	1.4k	1.3k	1.3k	1.2k	1.2k	1.2k	1.3k	1.4k	1.5k	1.8k	1.9k	1.9k	2.2k	2.6k	2.7k	2.7k	2.5k	2.2k	1.7k	1.3k	1.5k	1.7k	1.9k	2.0k	2.1k	2.3k	2.4k	2.5k	2.6k	2.6k	2.5k	2.3k	2.0k	1.7k	1.2k	1.3k	1.4k	1.7k	2.2k	2.7k	3.0k	3.4k	3.6k	3.8k	3.7k	3.5k	3.0k	2.4k	2.1k	1.7k	1.8k	1.9k	2.1k	2.3k	2.6k	2.8k	3.0k	3.1k	3.0k	2.8k	2.5k	2.3k	2.0k	1.7k	1.2k	1.3k	1.3k	1.4k	1.4k	1.4k	1.5k	1.7k	1.8k	1.7k	1.6k	1.6k	1.6k	1.6k	1.5k	1.2k	1.2k	1.3k	1.6k	2.1k	2.7k	2.9k	2.9k	2.9k	2.9k	2.8k	2.7k	2.4k	2.1k	1.9k	1.5k	1.7k	1.9k	2.1k	2.4k	2.7k	2.9k	3.1k	3.3k	3.4k	3.4k	3.3k	2.9k	2.4k	2.1k	1.8k	2.0k	2.3k	2.6k	3.1k	3.5k	3.6k	3.5k	3.4k	3.5k	3.6k	3.4k	3.0k	2.5k	2.2k	1.6k	1.7k	1.9k	2.2k	2.4k	2.7k	2.9k	3.1k	3.2k	3.4k	3.6k	3.5k	3.0k	2.5k	2.1k	1.3k	1.4k	1.6k	1.9k	2.5k	3.0k	3.3k	3.3k	3.4k	3.6k	3.6k	3.5k	3.0k	2.5k	2.2k	2.1k	2.4k	2.7k	3.1k	3.6k	4.0k	4.2k	4.2k	4.1k	4.1k	4.0k	3.8k	3.3k	2.8k	2.5k	2.4k	2.6k	2.8k	2.9k	3.1k	3.2k	3.4k	3.5k	3.7k	3.7k	3.7k	3.5k	3.1k	2.7k	2.4k

Woodrat Mountain in Oregon, USA, is a highly frequented site for paragliding and hang gliding, known for its excellent soaring and thermal conditions. The site offers opportunities for both easy and advanced cross-country (XC) flights, making it a popular choice for pilots of varying skill levels. The mountain features two main launch directions: North-Northeast (NNE) and West-Southwest (WSW). The top launch is situated at an elevation of 1156 meters (3780 feet) with a height difference (HD) of 650 meters. The launch area is gravel-covered and equipped with tiedowns for hang gliders. The wind directions for the North side top launch range from 330 to 050 degrees, suitable for paragliders at 0-15 mph and hang gliders at 0-20 mph. For the West side top launch, the wind directions range from 230 to 320 degrees, with the same wind speed limits. Woodrat Mountain is accessible via both paved and dirt roads, making it reachable by 2WD vehicles. The site is managed by the Rogue Valley Hang Gliding and Paragliding Association (RVHPA), and pilots are required to have current RVHPA and USHPA memberships to land at designated landing zones (LZs) like Hunter and LongSword. The site is known for its thermal, XC, and glass-off flights, with the best flying conditions typically occurring in spring, summer, and early fall. Pilots need to be aware of weather hazards such as strong valley winds, turbulent inversions, and convergence zones. The local frequency for communication is 158.400 MHz, with 151.955 MHz reserved for instructional use. For more detailed information, including site guides and updates, visit the RVHPA site guide at [RVHPA Site Guide](https://rvhpa.org/site-guide/woodrat/) and join the club discussion group on [Google Groups](https://groups.google.com/g/rvhpa). For XC flight information, you can check out [Wilder Adventures](https://www.wilderadventures.com/launch/745/woodrat-moun-jacksonville). Landing zones and no-landing zones can be viewed on [Google Maps](https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1IxVI6ckBqnf9IN6lcifLAeVDRMs&ll=42.257805689290564%2C-123.07748857714842&z=10). Woodrat Mountain offers a rich history of free flying with over 38 years of continuous activity. Pilots are encouraged to follow all site rules and guidelines to help preserve this amazing flying site. Always check the RVHPA kiosk in the Bishop Creek Road parking area or the site status page for important updates before flying.

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