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Showing Paragliding — switch wings up top ↑
Not flyable
Medium confidence · · Run: HRRR
The sun has set — no daylight left to fly
NESW 147° SSE
Current conditions
Flyability score
10
/100 · paragliding
Wind
4
mph base
Gusts
8
mph
Direction
SSE
147°
Aloft
6
SSE @ridge
Thermals
Very strong
base ~1455ft
Temp
81°
F
Cloudbase
2,508
ft MSL
Elevation
1,053
ft MSL
Sunrise
6:19 AM
local
Sunset
8:16 PM
local
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Flyable Caution / slim window Not flyable
What we look for at Petit Jean

Wind direction

NNE (20°) → ENE (70°)

The wind must blow from within this arc. Direction is the same for both wings.

Ideal speed

6–10 mph

Ceiling · Paragliding

≤ 19 mph base · gusts ≤ 23

Top of the range for paragliding (any rating) — switch wings up top to compare. Hang gliders hold roughly 10 mph more than paragliders.

N/NE/E-facing site in the central Arkansas River Valley, best in NE wind. Thermal/ridge flying; ideal 6-10 mph, PG max ~18, HG ~20, with a small gust tolerance. Arkansas requires P3/H3 plus registration and daily sign-in. Some databases flag access problems here, so confirm the site is open before flying.

Next 7 days How calls are made

Thursday Slim window flyable 10am
6a
0g7
W
7a
3g9
ENE
8a
3g11
ENE
9a
5g10
ENE
10a
4g8
E
11a
6g7
ESE
12p
7g7
ESE
1p
7g8
E
2p
6g6
ESE
3p
6g7
E
4p
4g6
E
5p
23g29
SW
6p
8g11
SSE
7p
6g10
SSE
8p
8g14
SSE
Flyable 6am–10am — best around 10am: 4 mph E, gusts 8. 1 clean hr, the rest borderline.
Friday Slim window flyable 6am
6a
2g3
SSE
7a
2g3
SSW
8a
3g9
SSE
9a
3g11
SSW
10a
5g13
SW
11a
3g10
WSW
12p
4g6
WSW
1p
5g8
S
2p
7g10
S
3p
10g13
S
4p
10g16
SW
5p
10g15
WSW
6p
9g14
SW
7p
8g14
SW
8p
5g10
SSW
Flyable 6am — best around 6am: 2 mph SSE, gusts 3.
Saturday Not flyable no window
6a
14g26
WNW
7a
14g27
WNW
8a
15g24
WNW
9a
16g25
NW
10a
15g24
NW
11a
16g24
NW
12p
16g24
NW
1p
16g23
NW
2p
16g24
NW
3p
16g23
NW
4p
16g23
NNW
5p
16g22
NNW
6p
16g22
NNW
7p
15g23
N
8p
10g20
NNW
Wind's out of the NW most of the day — outside the working window, so cross/tail or rotor.
Sunday Not flyable no window
6a
6g11
NW
7a
6g11
NW
8a
6g13
NW
9a
7g15
NNW
10a
8g17
NNW
11a
9g19
NNW
12p
9g20
N
1p
10g21
N
2p
10g20
N
3p
9g20
N
4p
9g19
N
5p
9g19
N
6p
8g19
N
7p
8g18
N
8p
8g18
N
No usable window today.
Monday Slim window flyable 8am
6a
4g6
NNW
7a
4g6
N
8a
3g7
N
9a
2g10
N
10a
2g11
N
11a
3g13
NNW
12p
4g13
NNW
1p
5g14
NNW
2p
5g14
N
3p
4g15
NNE
4p
5g15
NE
5p
5g15
NE
6p
5g16
NE
7p
5g17
NE
8p
5g17
NE
Flyable 8am–9am — best around 8am: 3 mph N, gusts 7. 1 clean hr, the rest borderline.
Tuesday Flyable flyable 6am–8am
6a
4g7
ENE
7a
4g6
ENE
8a
4g5
E
9a
3g6
ESE
10a
3g7
SE
11a
2g8
SE
12p
2g10
SSE
1p
2g11
S
2p
2g11
SSW
3p
2g11
SSW
4p
1g10
SSW
5p
1g11
S
6p
1g11
SSE
7p
2g11
SE
8p
3g10
ESE
Flyable 6am–8am — best around 7am: 4 mph ENE, gusts 6.
Wednesday Slim window flyable 6am
6a
4g8
E
7a
4g10
E
8a
4g10
E
9a
3g10
E
10a
3g10
ESE
11a
2g10
ESE
12p
2g11
SE
1p
2g11
SSE
2p
2g12
SSE
3p
3g12
SSE
4p
3g11
SE
5p
3g11
SE
6p
3g11
SE
7p
2g11
SE
8p
3g11
SE
Flyable 6am–9am — best around 6am: 4 mph E, gusts 8. 1 clean hr, the rest borderline.
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