iParaglide Right Site Paragliding Weather Apr.9/11

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Saturday, April 9, 2011 at 7:32

Paragliding Weather summary. High pressure dissipating, yielding cloudy skies and 40-60% POP, however cloud base is relatively high. Vancouver paragliding: winds aloft at 3000 ft forecast to 10:00 as NW to 11 km/hr changing to SSE to 9 km/hr through 21:00. Fraser River Valley ground stations forecasting valley winds SW to 10 km/hr. Seattle paragliding: winds aloft at 3000 ft SW to 20 km/hr through 22:00. Ground stations in Bellingham & Seattle calling for SW winds to 16 km/hr. Marginal paragliding day. iParaglide Right Site Ranking:

1. Paragliding Bellingham: lapse -2.9C/1000 ft. Strong Lapse rate and southwest soaring breeze would make Blanchard epic for P4 advanced paraglider pilots that don't mind para-waiting for a blue hole. Persistent cloud cover would shut it down. Chances 50/50.

2. Paragliding Seattle: lapse -2.7. Strong lapse rate and SW wind makes Tiger the choice for P4 advanced paraglider pilots. Persistent cloud cover would shut it down. Chances 50/50.

3. Paragliding Chilliwack: lapse -2.2. Intermediate P3 paraglider pilots: Winds aloft should be overpowered by seabreeze post 13:00 at Woodside. With POP at 60%, chances are less than 40/60.

4. Paragliding Pemberton: not recommended today.

5. Paragliding Whistler: Whistler Paragliding team members only. Not recommended today.

6. Paragliding Vancouver: Grouse Mountain Flying Team only. Not recommended today.

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