Alp Schwand
Stay on the ground: the wind is too strong.
Forecast updated 1 Nov, 11:07 · Zurich time · valid 2026-11-01
Conditions score out of 100, not a probability.
At 10:00
1,700 m
Thermal top
1,400 m
Cloud base
ENE 30
Launch, km/h
66
Gusts, km/h
Hour by hour
No clean windowAt launch · wind, then gusts, km/h
2452275726523066316130633361315732583262346333643157
- 08:00–16:00Wind too strong at launch.
Sunrise 07:10 · sunset 17:10
Wind and thermals aloft
10:00 · top 1,700 m · base 1,400 m · ENE 39 km/h at 1,600 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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10:00sun 22°ENE 30 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