Alp Catrina
Stay on the ground: the gusts are too strong.
Forecast updated 1 Nov, 14:05 · Zurich time · valid 2026-11-01
Conditions score out of 100, not a probability.
At 14:00
2,500 m
Thermal top
2,100 m
Cloud base
NNE 13
Launch, km/h
26
Gusts, km/h
Hour by hour
No clean windowAt launch · wind, then gusts, km/h
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On light, sunny hours the slope breeze sets the launch wind, often from another side than these arrows.
- 08:00–13:00Gusts too strong at launch.
- 14:00–15:00Gusty: the wind comes in surges.
- 16:00Wind behind launch.
Sunrise 07:08 · sunset 17:10
Wind and thermals aloft
14:00 · top 2,500 m · base 2,100 m · ENE 27 km/h at 2,600 m
Thermals, deeper yellow the higher they goCumulus on the base, veils higher upWind km/h, bold from 25Launch height
Terrain
The ground around the launch
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14:00sun 24°N 8 km/h at launch
Geometry from a ~25 m elevation model plus the forecast: rules of thumb, not a flow simulation. Elevation: EU-DEM, produced using Copernicus data and information funded by the European Union, via Terrain Tiles on AWS.
More detail
Days 4–7: lower confidence outlook