iParaglide Right Site Weather: June 19
Weather forecast for paraglider pilots in Vancouver, Chilliwack, Bellingham, Seattle, Whistler & Pemberton areas, based on data available at 0600.
Showers transitioning to cloudy skies in Whistler , Pemberton, Chilliwack and Vancouver areas due to low pressure aloft. Clearing early in Bellingham and Seattle with mostly sunny skies.
YVR 3000 ft winds aloft light and variable. Valley winds E to 15 km/hr becoming light and variable. Advanced peak lapse rate -2.7C/1000ft.
SEA 3000 ft winds NE to 13 km/hr becoming N to 19 km/hr. Valley winds light and variable becoming NW to 13 km/hr. Advanced peak lapse rate -2.8C/1000ft.
iParaglide Right Site Ranking
1. Bellingham paragliding: Intermediate Peak Lapse Rate -2.5C/1000 ft. Blue skies already showing on webcam. Sea-breeze likely to overpower mild outflow aloft. Blanchard for P2 pilots 0800-1300 and 1600-1900 with P3 intermediate conditions 1300-1600. Chances for paragliding 80%.
Scattered showers followed by mostly cloudy skies makes paragliding not recommended in Chilliwack, Whistler, Vancouver, and Pemberton sites today.
NE to N winds aloft puts Seattle sites in lee-side so paragliding is not recommended there today.
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