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Icon Global 1

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

Modèle	Icon Global 11 km run: 30/04 22:31																																																																GFS 13 km run: 30/04 22:31																																																																unknown run: 30/04 22:31
Date Optimal	Je 1 8h	Je 1 9h	Je 1 10h	Je 1 11h	Je 1 12h	Je 1 13h	Je 1 14h	Je 1 15h	Je 1 16h	Je 1 17h	Ve 2 8h	Ve 2 9h	Ve 2 10h	Ve 2 11h	Ve 2 12h	Ve 2 13h	Ve 2 14h	Ve 2 15h	Ve 2 16h	Ve 2 17h	Sa 3 8h	Sa 3 9h	Sa 3 10h	Sa 3 11h	Sa 3 12h	Sa 3 13h	Sa 3 14h	Sa 3 15h	Sa 3 16h	Sa 3 17h	Di 4 8h	Di 4 9h	Di 4 10h	Di 4 11h	Di 4 12h	Di 4 13h	Di 4 14h	Di 4 15h	Di 4 16h	Di 4 17h	Lu 5 8h	Lu 5 9h	Lu 5 10h	Lu 5 11h	Lu 5 12h	Lu 5 13h	Lu 5 14h	Lu 5 15h	Lu 5 16h	Lu 5 17h	Ma 6 8h	Ma 6 9h	Ma 6 10h	Ma 6 11h	Ma 6 12h	Ma 6 13h	Ma 6 14h	Ma 6 15h	Ma 6 16h	Ma 6 17h	Me 7 8h	Me 7 9h	Me 7 10h	Me 7 11h	Me 7 12h	Me 7 13h	Me 7 14h	Me 7 15h	Me 7 16h	Me 7 17h	Je 8 8h	Je 8 9h	Je 8 10h	Je 8 11h	Je 8 12h	Je 8 13h	Je 8 14h	Je 8 15h	Je 8 16h	Je 8 17h	Ve 9 8h	Ve 9 9h	Ve 9 10h	Ve 9 11h	Ve 9 12h	Ve 9 13h	Ve 9 14h	Ve 9 15h	Ve 9 16h	Ve 9 17h	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	Di 11 8h	Di 11 9h	Di 11 10h	Di 11 11h	Di 11 12h	Di 11 13h	Di 11 14h	Di 11 15h	Di 11 16h	Di 11 17h	Lu 12 8h	Lu 12 9h	Lu 12 10h	Lu 12 11h	Lu 12 12h	Lu 12 13h	Lu 12 14h	Lu 12 15h	Lu 12 16h	Lu 12 17h	Ma 13 8h	Ma 13 9h	Ma 13 10h	Ma 13 11h	Ma 13 12h	Ma 13 13h	Ma 13 14h	Ma 13 15h	Ma 13 16h	Ma 13 17h	Me 14 8h	Me 14 9h	Me 14 10h	Me 14 11h	Me 14 12h	Me 14 13h	Me 14 14h	Me 14 15h	Me 14 16h	Me 14 17h	Je 15 8h	Je 15 9h	Je 15 10h	Je 15 11h	Je 15 12h	Je 15 13h	Je 15 14h	Je 15 15h	Je 15 16h	Je 15 17h
Dir. vent
V. moy. (kmh)	36	38	38	34	29	30	30	31	30	28	11	9	9	11	13	16	18	21	23	25	28	27	27	27	27	26	27	28	25	23	3	2	3	6	8	11	14	16	17	15	6	7	8	10	10	10	9	9	7	6	4	4	5	6	6	5	5	5	3	2	5	5	7	11	14	15	16	16	15	12	10	10	11	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	10	9	7	6	5	2	3	6	5	2	5	5	5	5	5	2	1	3	2	1	4	5	6	7	8	7	5	5	5	7	14	15	14	13	13	13	14	15	15	14	22	23	22	22	21	22	22	23	23	23	13	12	12	12	10	7	4	3	4	8	20	21	21	20	20	19	17	16	15	15
V. max. (kmh)	63	68	70	68	59	54	52	55	55	52	21	19	17	19	23	28	31	36	40	42	49	48	47	46	47	47	48	49	49	43	7	4	8	11	15	19	23	28	28	27	11	12	15	18	20	19	18	16	15	13	6	7	9	10	12	11	11	11	9	7	9	10	15	20	24	26	28	30	28	25	34	35	35	34	33	33	34	35	37	40	41	37	29	17	9	6	6	5	4	2	3	4	7	13	18	21	24	24	19	11	8	10	11	13	14	14	13	13	15	19	37	37	38	38	40	41	44	45	43	41	53	53	53	52	52	51	51	50	51	53	40	39	37	34	31	25	19	16	20	27	36	37	36	33	32	31	32	32	32	32
Temp. (°C)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	12	13	13	14	15	15	15	15	14	14	13	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	12	13	14	15	16	17	17	17	16	15	10	11	12	14	15	15	16	16	15	14	10	11	12	14	16	17	17	17	17	16	12	13	14	16	18	18	18	18	18	17	14	15	17	19	20	20	20	20	19	17	16	16	17	17	18	18	19	19	19	17	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	16	15	16	17	19	20	21	22	22	20	18	16	17	16	16	15	15	15	14	15	15	12	12	12	13	13	13	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	12
Précip. (mm)	0.1	0.3	0.7	1.5	1.3	0.8	0.6	0.2																																																																																					0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1															0.1	0.1	0.1	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.5	0.5													0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	2.0	2.0	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1
Nébul. tot. (%)	99	99	100	100	99	95	92	83	73	59	90	76	54	70	73	94	91	54	32	40	63	37	28	39	48	45	44	41	35	37						8	16	24	16	8						9	17	26	29	33						9	19	28	27	26	10	10	20	31	41	33	24	16	27	37	71	57	61	66	70	78	85	93	93	94	100	100	100	100	100	99	99	98	98	97	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	98	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	100	100	100	100	100	100	97	94	91	94	97	100	77	53
Nébul. haute (%)	88	48	52	18							68	33				56	29	20	5	11																																									10	10	10	9	9	6	3				58	37	47	57	67	75	82	90	90	91	68	52	54	57	59	39	20				67	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	96	92	94	100	99	97	96	97	99	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	80	70	76	82	88	88	87	87	88	88	4	6	37	68	99	88	78	67	78	89	34	50	51	51	52	35	17
Nébul. moy. (%)	83	97	100	100	98	89	82	34	16		37	20		38	47	86	77	29			40	30	4	4	24	34	25																																										3	6			17	34	51	36	20	5	22	40	79	69	79	90	100	89	78	67	46	26						1	2	3	3	3	76	77	83	88	94	89	84	79	65	51	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	56	60	51	42	33	44	54	65	71	76	55	33	55	78	100	100	100	100	100	100	1	2	2	3	3	2	1
Nébul. basse (%)	86	83	84	83	88	91	83	73	63	59	52	53	54	55	59	37	41	28	30	39	44	15	27	37	38	26	31	41	35	37						8	16	24	16	8						9	17	26	29	33						9	19	28	27	26			11	23	34	28	22	16	25	33	27	29	27	26	24	17	10	3	10	17	100	100	97	94	91	93	94	96	96	96	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	51	47	42	37	32	29	26	23	20	17	64	69	79	90	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	91	83	74	73	73	100	100	94	89	83	89	94	100	100	100	100	100	95	91	86	91	95	100	76	53
CAPE	30	30	30	40	20	20	30	20	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	10	30	40	50	50	50	50	40	0	0	30	70	100	110	110	100	80	40	10	10	10	10	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	10	20	20	20	20	20	30	0	0	0	10	20	40	50	60	50	20	30	40	30	20	10	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	30	20	10
Plafond (m)	388	388	376	376	376	388	437	547	547	644	547	705	766	815	852	876	876	876	913	742	717	791	852	852	852	913	876	876	913	852	522	571	632	778	864	925	949	986	998	986	803	888	949	986	998	998	998	949	827	693	290	339	449	620	754	827	864	839	754	632	254	278	364	510	632	693	705	681	583	437	266	376	534	717	864	913	888	827	656	486	132	144	181	229	290	376	473	522	425	290	156	168	144	120	107	107	132	132	132	107	107	168	303	486	705	864	986	1.0k	827	595	351	376	327	229	168	144	144	144	144	132	303	376	498	644	766	852	876	876	815	766	534	522	400	278	181	144	144	144	120	95	193	217	278	388	498	632	791	900	900	815

Karioitahi Beach is one of New Zealand's premier coastal paragliding sites, offering a 35-kilometer soarable ridge from the Waikato River in the south to the Manukau Heads in the north. Located on the West Coast, it's about an hour's drive from downtown Auckland. To get there, take the Southern Motorway, exit at Drury, follow signs to Waiuku, and then to Karioitahi where the road ends at the beach. There are five launch sites: 1. The 'High Site' or 'The Main Cliff,' 300 meters north of the access road, is the primary site for paragliders, especially when the wind is light. 2. The dunes at the end of the car park by the lifesavers building are used only in strong winds by a few pilots. 3. The lawn of the restaurant above the Surf Life Saving Club is occasionally used by paragliders but also serves as a venue for restaurant functions. 4. The 'Club Launch' for hang gliders is 500 meters south of the restaurant and Surf Lifesaving Club. This site is no longer used for paragliding training. 5. The top take-off site on the cliff can be accessed by walking from the Surf Lifesaving Club or via a private road from beyond the restaurant. This is the main hang gliding launch site. Landing is on the beach, but be cautious of beach traffic, especially during summer and high tide. There is a 'no landing zone' extending roughly 50 meters north and south of the grassy de-rigging area in front of the bottom car park. Avoid landing close to this area when the beach is crowded. Weather and wind direction are crucial for a safe flight. The ideal wind direction ranges from South-South-West (SSW) to West-North-West (WNW). Live weather data and a webcam are available at http://www.kariaotahi.mobi/. Note that the wind speed at launch is likely to be about 5 km/hr higher than indicated due to the inland location of the weather station. For more detailed weather data, visit https://holfuy.com/en/data/213. Site radio channels are important for communication. Schools typically use Channels 10 and 26, while other pilots use Channel 20 (476.900MHz). There are specific restrictions for both hang gliding and paragliding. Hang gliders need to be at least novice level, with intermediate and cliff launch ratings required for certain sites. Paragliders need to be PG2 certified, with an additional 30 hours required for cliff launches at Site C. Caution is advised when driving on the beach, especially outside of low tide periods. The mid-tide area can be treacherous, and only 4WD vehicles should be used. Be mindful of the 10 km per hour speed restriction when passing through the chalet area. The site lessee is the operator of Castaway's Restaurant. Access to the top take-off past the holiday homes is restricted, and there is a combination lock on the access road. Contact club members or the AHGPC Facebook group for the combination. For any site-related queries, contact site monitor John Burton at 09 5283362. Notable achievements at this site include hang glider pilot Anton Lawrence crossing the Manukau entrance and landing at Whatipu, and paraglider pilots Peter Creighton and Jeff Ripley flying over the back of Karioitahi and landing at Waiuku.

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