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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
High confidence · 6 of 6 models agree · Run: HRRR
The sun has set — no daylight left to fly
NESW 227° SW
Wind now: SW (227°) Green = in the window · amber = cross/edge · red = wrong way
Wind
9
mph base
Gusts
17
mph
Direction
SW
227°
Aloft
17
SW @ridge
Thermals
Calm
base ~8682ft
Temp
69°
F
Cloudbase
12,347
ft MSL
Elevation
3,665
ft MSL
Flyable Caution / slim window Not flyable
What we look for here
  • Wind directionWNW (290°) → NNW (340°)
  • Ideal speed3–10 mph
  • Upper limits≤ 15 mph base · gusts ≤ 25

Faces NW ~3700ft. PG range 0-15mph, ideal ~7. Best light-air/newbie launch, handles more wind. Dust devils common; midday thermal turbulence.

Next 7 days How calls are made

Today Flyable flyable 3pm–7pm
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
8g13
W
Prime conditions 3pm–4pm — best around 3pm: 5 mph NNW, gusts 11. Smooth air — little thermal activity.
Tomorrow Caution flyable 8am–6pm
6a
8g10
SW
7a
8g13
W
8a
13g20
WNW
9a
22g30
W
10a
24g32
W
11a
25g31
W
12p
27g34
W
1p
27g35
W
2p
26g33
W
3p
17g21
WNW
4p
16g22
NW
5p
18g22
NNW
6p
19g24
NNW
7p
18g26
NNW
8p
16g28
NNW
Flyable 3pm–7pm — best around 8am: 13 mph WNW, gusts 20. 4 clean hrs, the rest borderline. Smooth air — little thermal activity.
Wednesday Flyable flyable 6am–5pm
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
Prime conditions 1pm–5pm — best around 2pm: 4 mph NNW, gusts 13. A little gusty — +9 mph over base.
Thursday Slim window flyable 2pm–7pm
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 9am–12pm — best around 5pm: 2 mph WNW, gusts 12. All borderline — fly it with a close eye. Light at 2 mph — may be a sledder, not soarable.
Friday Not flyable workable 6am
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 6am — best around 6am: 0 mph N, gusts 9. All borderline — fly it with a close eye. Cross-ish wind N (360°) — edge of the window.
Saturday Not flyable no window
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
Wind's out of the WSW most of the day — outside the working window, so cross/tail or rotor.
Sunday Not flyable flyable 10am
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
Flyable 9am–2pm — best around 10am: 3 mph WNW, gusts 12. 1 clean hr, the rest borderline. Light at 3 mph — may be a sledder, not soarable.
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