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Showing Paragliding — switch wings up top ↑
Not flyable
Medium confidence · · Run: HRRR
The sun is not up yet — no daylight to fly
NESW 82° E
Current conditions
Flyability score
10
/100 · paragliding
Wind
5
mph base
Gusts
12
mph
Direction
E
82°
Aloft
11
E @ridge
Thermals
Strong
base ~1205ft
Temp
79°
F
Cloudbase
4,322
ft MSL
Elevation
3,117
ft MSL
Sunrise
6:23 AM
local
Sunset
8:19 PM
local
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Where it is

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Flyable Caution / slim window Not flyable
What we look for at Short Mountain

Wind direction

S (180°) → 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.

Small S/SW-facing ridge/thermal hill in Logan County near Paris, Arkansas. Best late morning to mid-afternoon when valley thermals cycle; watch for afternoon overdevelopment and lee rotor in N/NE flow. Not a club-managed site, so confirm landowner access and current conditions locally. Arkansas requires USHPA membership and typically an intermediate (P3/H3) rating.

Next 7 days How calls are made

Friday Flyable flyable 7am
6a
2g5
NNE
7a
1g5
E
8a
3g7
E
9a
3g6
E
10a
2g9
SE
11a
1g9
NW
12p
5g12
SW
1p
4g13
WSW
2p
9g14
SSW
3p
8g13
SSW
4p
9g14
SW
5p
12g17
WSW
6p
11g17
WSW
7p
9g15
WSW
8p
6g15
SW
Flyable 2pm–4pm — best around 3pm: 8 mph SSW, gusts 13. 1 clean hr, the rest borderline.
Saturday Not flyable no window
6a
11g20
WNW
7a
11g22
WNW
8a
12g23
WNW
9a
13g21
NW
10a
14g20
NW
11a
14g23
NW
12p
14g25
NW
1p
14g21
NW
2p
14g24
NW
3p
15g23
NNW
4p
15g21
NNW
5p
15g21
N
6p
15g22
N
7p
13g20
N
8p
10g23
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
5g9
NW
7a
5g9
NW
8a
5g11
NW
9a
6g14
NW
10a
7g17
NW
11a
7g18
NNW
12p
7g19
NNW
1p
8g20
NNW
2p
8g21
N
3p
9g22
N
4p
9g23
N
5p
9g22
NNE
6p
9g21
NNE
7p
8g20
NNE
8p
7g16
NE
Wind's out of the NW most of the day — outside the working window, so cross/tail or rotor.
Monday Not flyable no window
6a
3g4
E
7a
2g4
E
8a
2g6
ENE
9a
3g10
NE
10a
3g13
NNE
11a
4g15
N
12p
4g16
N
1p
4g17
N
2p
4g17
N
3p
4g17
NNE
4p
4g17
NE
5p
3g17
NE
6p
2g17
NE
7p
1g17
ENE
8p
3g17
E
Wind's out of the NE most of the day — outside the working window, so cross/tail or rotor.
Tuesday Caution workable 12pm
6a
4g8
E
7a
5g7
E
8a
5g7
ESE
9a
5g7
ESE
10a
4g8
ESE
11a
3g8
SE
12p
2g9
SSE
1p
1g10
SSW
2p
2g12
N
3p
4g13
NNE
4p
6g15
NNE
5p
6g17
NNE
6p
5g18
NE
7p
4g19
NE
8p
4g19
E
Borderline only 12pm — best around 12pm: 2 mph SSE, gusts 9. All borderline — fly it with a close eye.
Wednesday Caution workable 10am–11am
6a
4g9
E
7a
4g9
E
8a
3g9
E
9a
3g8
ESE
10a
2g8
ESE
11a
1g8
ENE
12p
2g9
NE
1p
3g11
NNE
2p
3g13
NE
3p
3g15
NE
4p
4g17
ENE
5p
5g17
ENE
6p
6g17
ENE
7p
7g17
ENE
8p
7g17
E
Borderline only 10am–11am — best around 10am: 2 mph ESE, gusts 8. All borderline — fly it with a close eye.
Thursday Not flyable no window
6a
4g15
ESE
7a
3g14
ESE
8a
3g13
E
9a
2g12
E
10a
2g11
E
11a
2g11
ENE
12p
1g10
E
1p
1g9
E
2p
1g10
ESE
3p
2g11
SE
4p
3g12
SE
5p
4g13
SSE
6p
5g14
SSE
7p
6g15
SSE
8p
7g15
SSE
Wind's out of the E most of the day — outside the working window, so cross/tail or rotor.
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