Alp Schwand
Stay on the ground: cloud sits on launch.
Forecast updated 31 Oct, 08:05 · Zurich time · valid 2026-10-31
Conditions score out of 100, not a probability.
At 10:00
1,500 m
Thermal top
1,300 m
Cloud base
E 14
Launch, km/h
28
Gusts, km/h
Hour by hour
No clean windowAt launch · wind, then gusts, km/h
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- 08:00Gusts too strong at launch.
- 09:00Gusty: the wind comes in surges.
- 10:00Cloud sits on launch.
- 11:00–13:00Gusts too strong at launch.
- 14:00–16:00Cloud sits on launch.
Sunrise 07:08 · sunset 17:12
Wind and thermals aloft
10:00 · top 1,500 m · base 1,300 m · E 18 km/h at 1,400 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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10:00sun 22°E 14 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