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Rainbow Valley - North Bullard

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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 255° WSW
Current conditions
Flyability score
10
/100 · paragliding
Wind
6
mph base
Gusts
15
mph
Direction
WSW
255°
Aloft
19
WSW @ridge
Thermals
Calm
base ~14432ft
Temp
98°
F
Cloudbase
15,416
ft MSL
Elevation
984
ft MSL
Sunrise
5:41 AM
local
Sunset
7:30 PM
local
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Flyable Caution / slim window Not flyable
What we look for at Rainbow Valley - North Bullard

Wind direction

SE (135°) → SW (225°)

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

Ideal speed

7–15 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.

Obscure low desert bump (~980 ft) near Rainbow Valley/Buckeye, not one of AZHPA's managed sites. No club guide or pilot reports confirm a wind window — the south-facing orientation and numbers here are unverified guesses. Best treated as a morning or evening glass-off spot; midday summer is brutally hot and can overdevelop. Confirm access and whether it's actually flyable with local AZ pilots before going.

Next 7 days How calls are made

Thursday Flyable flyable 8am–1pm
5a
7g9
ENE
6a
6g7
NE
7a
3g4
ESE
8a
1g5
E
9a
3g4
S
10a
3g4
SSE
11a
1g2
SE
12p
1g3
WSW
1p
0g3
S
2p
3g3
W
3p
2g4
SSW
4p
8g9
W
5p
10g11
W
6p
9g9
W
7p
8g11
W
Flyable 8am–1pm — best around 8am: 1 mph E, gusts 5.
Friday Not flyable no window
5a
7g8
ENE
6a
7g9
NNE
7a
4g7
N
8a
3g9
N
9a
2g7
NW
10a
4g5
NW
11a
4g5
WNW
12p
5g6
WNW
1p
6g7
WNW
2p
8g9
WNW
3p
10g11
WNW
4p
11g13
WNW
5p
14g17
W
6p
15g19
W
7p
11g19
W
Wind's out of the WNW most of the day — outside the working window, so cross/tail or rotor.
Saturday Caution workable 8am
5a
6g6
ENE
6a
6g7
E
7a
5g6
E
8a
1g9
SSW
9a
4g7
W
10a
5g6
WNW
11a
6g6
WNW
12p
7g8
W
1p
8g9
WNW
2p
10g11
W
3p
12g13
WNW
4p
13g14
W
5p
14g16
WNW
6p
9g22
WNW
7p
5g18
W
Borderline only 8am — best around 8am: 1 mph SSW, gusts 9. All borderline — fly it with a close eye.
Sunday Caution workable 9am–11am
5a
2g12
SE
6a
2g10
ESE
7a
3g9
E
8a
3g8
E
9a
2g8
ESE
10a
1g8
SSE
11a
2g10
SW
12p
4g13
WSW
1p
7g17
W
2p
9g20
W
3p
9g22
W
4p
10g22
W
5p
9g22
W
6p
8g20
W
7p
7g17
W
Borderline only 9am–11am — best around 9am: 2 mph ESE, gusts 8. All borderline — fly it with a close eye.
Monday Caution workable 5am–6am
5a
2g10
SE
6a
2g10
SE
7a
2g13
SE
8a
2g14
SSE
9a
2g14
S
10a
2g14
SW
11a
4g14
SW
12p
5g14
WSW
1p
7g13
W
2p
9g14
W
3p
10g15
WSW
4p
12g17
WSW
5p
13g19
WSW
6p
13g19
WSW
7p
12g20
WSW
Borderline only 5am–6am — best around 5am: 2 mph SE, gusts 10. All borderline — fly it with a close eye.
Tuesday Not flyable no window
5a
4g19
W
6a
3g17
W
7a
3g15
W
8a
3g14
W
9a
3g14
WSW
10a
3g14
WSW
11a
3g15
SW
12p
5g17
WSW
1p
7g18
W
2p
8g20
W
3p
7g22
WSW
4p
6g23
SW
5p
6g24
SSW
6p
6g24
SSW
7p
6g24
SSW
Wind's out of the W most of the day — outside the working window, so cross/tail or rotor.
Wednesday Not flyable no window
5a
5g15
W
6a
5g15
W
7a
4g15
W
8a
4g15
W
9a
5g16
W
10a
5g17
W
11a
6g17
W
12p
6g19
W
1p
7g20
WSW
2p
7g22
WSW
3p
7g22
WSW
4p
7g21
SW
5p
6g21
SW
6p
5g21
SW
7p
4g21
SW
Rain in the forecast — not flyable.
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