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At iParaglide Top Gun Flight School, we take pride in having taught over 2,000 paragliding students in our 27 years of operation.

 

We are the longest running school based in Metro Vancouver. Due to our central location, we are the only school that flies all of the relevant kiting parks, training hills and mountains within a 3 hour radius of Vancouver.  This empowers pilots to get to know the key training and flying spots early, optimizes and accelerates learning, and allows them to grow into great future pilots.  

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Right Site Weather May 21, 2022

DateSaturday, May 21, 2022 at 5:02

Paragliding Weather Forecast for the Vancouver, Chilliwack, Bellingham, Seattle, Whistler & Pemberton area, based on data available at 0500.

Transitioning pressure with initially sunny skies to progressively clouding with risk of over development and thunderstorms in most mountain areas in afternoon.

YVR 3000 ft winds aloft light and variable becoming NW to 19 kmhr.  Valley wind light E outflow to 5 km/hr becoming W inflow to 20 km/hr early afternoon.  Advanced peak lapse rate -2.7C/1000ft.

SEA 3000 ft winds aloft NW to 9 km/hr becoming NE to 13 km/hr. Valley winds light NE becoming NW to 14 km/hr.  Advanced peak lapse rate -2.7C/1000ft.  

iParaglide Right Site Ranking:

1. Paragliding Seattle: -2.7C/1000ft Advanced peak lapse rate. Tiger with P2 conditions 0800-1200 and 1800-2000 with advanced P4 conditions 1200-1800. Chances for paragliding 90%.  

2. Paragliding Bellingham: -2.7C/1000ft Advanced peak lapse rate. Blanchard with P2 conditions 0800-1300 and 1800-2000 with advanced P4 conditions 1300-1800. Paragliding prospects 90%. 

3. Paragliding Vancouver: -2.7C/1000ft Advanced peak lapse rate. Grouse for GMFT Pilots 1000-2000. Watch for possible over development in afternoon.  90% chances to paraglide early, 60% late.

4. Paragliding Pemberton: -2.7 C/1000ft Advanced peak lapse rate. Mackenzie for P2 pilots 0800-1100 then watch for increasing lapse rate and switch to advanced lapse rate, 30% POP, with potential for over development and thunderstorm. Prospects for paragliding early 70%, late 30%.

5. Paragliding Chilliwack: -2.8C/1000ft Advanced peak lapse rate. Woodside for P3 intermediate pilots 0900-1100 then watch for increasing lapse rate and switch to Advanced to DO NOT FLY conditions with increasing lapse rate, 60% POP, over development and risk of thunderstorm. Chances for paragliding early 50%. Paragliding not recommended in afternoon.  

6. Paragliding Whistler: -3.8 C/1000ft XXX peak lapse rate. Watch for high instability, increasing cloudiness, 30% POP with significant potential for over development and thunderstorms. DO NOT FLY.

 

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