Axalp Windeegg (SW)
Stay on the ground: the launch is in the lee of a ridge.
Forecast updated 1 Nov, 14:05 · Zurich time · valid 2026-11-01
Conditions score out of 100, not a probability.
At 15:00
2,350 m
Thermal top
2,150 m
Cloud base
ESE 30
Launch, km/h
55
Gusts, km/h
Hour by hour
No clean windowAt launch · wind, then gusts, km/h
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- 08:00–12:00Wind too strong at launch.
- 13:00–16:00Lee of a ridge upwind: expect rotor.
Sunrise 07:10 · sunset 17:14
Wind and thermals aloft
15:00 · top 2,350 m · base 2,150 m · ESE 30 km/h at 2,400 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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15:00sun 18°ESE 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