Axalp Windegg
Stay on the ground: the gusts are too strong.
Forecast updated 31 Oct, 11:05 · Zurich time · valid 2026-10-31
Conditions score out of 100, not a probability.
At 12:00
2,100 m
Thermal top
Blue
No cumulus
E 16
Launch, km/h
30
Gusts, km/h
Hour by hour
No clean windowAt launch · wind, then gusts, km/h
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- 08:00Crosswind at launch.
- 09:00–12:00Lee of a ridge upwind: expect rotor.
- 13:00–14:00Gusty: the wind comes in surges.
- 15:00–16:00Cloud sits on launch.
Sunrise 07:10 · sunset 17:14
Wind and thermals aloft
12:00 · top 2,100 m · no cumulus · E 17 km/h at 2,000 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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12:00sun 29°E 16 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