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Not flyable at any of Chelan Butte’s 4 launches right now

Chelan Butte - Ants (SE) Not flyable Chelan Butte - Between the Rocks (S) Not flyable Chelan Butte - Green Monster (SW) Not flyable Chelan Butte - Lakeside (NW) Not flyable

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Not flyable
Medium confidence · 4 of 6 models agree · Run: HRRR
The sun has set — no daylight left to fly
NESW 228° SW
Wind now: SW (228°) Green = in the window · amber = cross/edge · red = wrong way
Wind
8
mph base
Gusts
10
mph
Direction
SW
228°
Aloft
8
SW @ridge
Thermals
Calm
base ~8523ft
Temp
70°
F
Cloudbase
12,188
ft MSL
Elevation
3,665
ft MSL
Flyable Caution / slim window Not flyable
What we look for here
  • Wind directionSSW (200°) → WSW (250°)
  • Ideal speed5–10 mph
  • Upper limits≤ 12 mph base · gusts ≤ 17

Faces SW ~3700ft. PG range 5-12mph, ideal ~8. Turbulent when windy. Severe midday thermal turbulence; dust devils common.

Next 7 days How calls are made

Today Flyable flyable 11am–2pm
6a
1g1
ESE
7a
2g3
ENE
8a
2g3
ENE
9a
1g4
ENE
10a
1g4
ENE
11a
2g5
WSW
12p
6g7
WSW
1p
10g11
SW
2p
14g16
WSW
3p
5g11
NNW
4p
11g12
W
5p
17g18
W
6p
14g16
WNW
7p
10g13
NW
8p
9g10
W
Prime conditions 11am–2pm — best around 12pm: 6 mph WSW, gusts 7. Smooth air — little thermal activity.
Tomorrow Slim window flyable 6am–7am
6a
8g12
SW
7a
5g12
W
8a
11g18
NW
9a
20g28
WNW
10a
24g32
W
11a
25g33
W
12p
27g34
W
1p
28g36
W
2p
23g28
W
3p
16g19
WNW
4p
16g22
NW
5p
18g22
NNW
6p
19g24
NNW
7p
18g26
NNW
8p
16g28
NNW
Prime conditions 6am–7am — best around 6am: 8 mph SW, gusts 12. A little gusty — +4 mph over base.
Wednesday Not flyable workable 8pm
6a
1g7
NNW
7a
2g8
NW
8a
2g6
NE
9a
4g7
ENE
10a
5g13
E
11a
4g14
NE
12p
7g14
N
1p
7g12
NNW
2p
4g13
NNW
3p
11g13
N
4p
9g10
N
5p
12g14
NNW
6p
11g29
WSW
7p
10g28
WSW
8p
8g26
WSW
Borderline only 8pm — best around 8pm: 8 mph WSW, gusts 26. All borderline — fly it with a close eye. Gusty — +18 mph over base.
Thursday Flyable flyable 6am
6a
1g6
SW
7a
2g7
WSW
8a
2g9
WSW
9a
2g11
W
10a
2g12
WNW
11a
2g14
NW
12p
3g15
WNW
1p
4g15
WNW
2p
4g15
W
3p
4g15
W
4p
3g13
WNW
5p
2g12
WNW
6p
2g11
NW
7p
2g9
NNW
8p
2g7
NNW
Flyable 6am–7am — best around 6am: 1 mph SW, gusts 6. 1 clean hr, the rest borderline. Light at 1 mph — may be a sledder, not soarable.
Friday Not flyable workable 1pm–2pm
6a
0g9
N
7a
1g17
WNW
8a
1g21
W
9a
2g19
W
10a
1g15
W
11a
2g12
W
12p
2g13
WSW
1p
3g16
WSW
2p
4g19
WSW
3p
7g21
W
4p
11g23
W
5p
13g24
W
6p
14g26
W
7p
13g27
WSW
8p
12g26
WSW
Borderline only 1pm–2pm — best around 1pm: 3 mph WSW, gusts 16. All borderline — fly it with a close eye. Light at 3 mph — may be a sledder, not soarable.
Saturday Flyable flyable 6am–9am
6a
5g7
W
7a
5g9
W
8a
6g11
W
9a
7g14
W
10a
7g17
W
11a
8g20
WSW
12p
8g19
WSW
1p
8g17
WSW
2p
8g17
WSW
3p
11g23
WSW
4p
14g32
WSW
5p
16g38
WSW
6p
15g40
WSW
7p
13g41
WSW
8p
10g40
WSW
Flyable 6am–9am — best around 7am: 5 mph W, gusts 9. Cross-ish wind W (268°) — edge of the window.
Sunday Caution workable 6am–7am
6a
1g9
SW
7a
2g9
WSW
8a
2g10
W
9a
2g11
WNW
10a
3g12
WNW
11a
3g13
NW
12p
3g14
NW
1p
3g15
WNW
2p
3g15
WNW
3p
3g16
WNW
4p
3g17
WNW
5p
3g17
W
6p
3g18
W
7p
3g18
W
8p
2g18
W
Borderline only 6am–7am — best around 6am: 1 mph SW, gusts 9. All borderline — fly it with a close eye. Light at 1 mph — may be a sledder, not soarable.
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