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    DMI HARMONIE
    MF Arome 1.3
    DMI HARMONIE 2
    MF Arome 2.5
    KNMI EU 5.5
    DWD ICON EU 7
    UKMO Global 10
    DWD ICON Global 11
    MF Arpege EU 11
    GFS global 13
    GFS GRAPES 13
    GEM Global 15
    BOM ACCESS 15
    GFS GraphCast 25
    ECMWF IFS 25
    ECMWF AIFS 28
    ECMWF IFS 44
    JMA gSM 55
    MF Arpege 55
    Model DMI HARMONIE 2.5 km run: 20/05 22:46 IFS HD 2.5 km run: 20/05 22:46 GFS 13 km run: 20/05 22:46 unknown run: 20/05 22:46
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    Wind Dir.
    Wind Spd. (mph) 5 4 4 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 4 11 9 1 6 8 8 7 6 6 7 8 8 8 8 9 9 8 7 5 4 4 4 2 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 9 10 10 10 9 7 5 9 11 11 12 13 14 14 15 15 15 14 14 15 15 15 15 11 11 11 11 10 11 12 13 13 14 14 15 15 15 13 11 9 10 10 11 11 12 13 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 13 6 6 6 7 9 10 12 12 12 12 11 11 10 9 7 6 10 10 8 7 8 11 15 18 20 19 19 18 17 16 15 14 9 9 9 9 10 10 11 12 14 14 15 16 17 18 18 18 18 18 18 17 16 16 16 16 15 15 14 13 12 11 10 8 3 3 4 4 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 2 2 2 3 4 4 5 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 6 6 6 7 7 8 8 8 9 9 9 9 8 9 9 9 8 7 5 6 7 8 8 9 10 10 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 10 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 9 9 8 7 5 4
    Gusts (mph) 9 9 8 10 11 12 14 14 14 14 17 22 21 18 13 15 11 12 13 14 16 18 19 19 19 20 19 19 17 15 11 8 6 4 6 8 17 21 22 24 24 26 26 26 26 26 24 19 21 22 25 28 31 32 34 36 35 34 33 36 40 43 46 49 43 42 44 47 49 50 50 51 52 54 55 54 53 52 35 32 25 25 28 30 33 34 35 37 38 38 39 40 41 42 40 39 33 32 32 32 31 31 32 32 30 30 28 28 27 26 23 21 29 29 31 34 36 38 38 38 36 32 30 29 28 28 28 27 18 15 13 12 12 13 15 17 19 20 21 22 23 23 24 25 22 21 21 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 19 18 13 7 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 9 9 9 9 9 8 6 4 13 11 11 10 10 11 12 12 12 12 12 12 13 13 10 6 21 21 22 24 26 27 28 28 30 31 32 32 31 30 30 30 29 28 27 27 26 26 27 29 31 31 31 30 30 30 30 29 28 25 24 24 22 21 19 18 16 15 14 13 12 11 11 10 7 4
    Temp. (°C) 8 8 8 8 8 10 10 12 14 12 12 13 14 13 13 11 7 9 12 13 14 14 15 15 16 16 15 15 15 13 12 11 5 8 9 11 12 14 14 15 16 16 16 16 15 14 12 11 10 11 11 11 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 11 11 9 10 10 11 11 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 11 10 9 8 7 7 8 8 9 10 11 11 11 11 11 11 10 10 9 9 6 6 7 7 8 9 10 11 11 11 11 11 10 10 9 9 6 7 8 8 9 10 11 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 11 10 10 10 10 11 11 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 11 9 9 10 10 11 11 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 11 10 10 7 7 8 9 9 10 10 11 11 12 12 12 12 11 10 9 6 6 7 9 10 11 12 13 13 13 13 13 12 12 11 10 8 8 9 10 11 12 12 13 13 13 13 13 13 12 11 10 8 9 9 10 11 11 12 12 13 13 13 13 14 14 13 13 13 11 11 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 17 17 14 14 14 13 12 10
    Rain (mm) 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.6 0.6 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.7 0.7 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.9 0.9 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
    Cloud Cov. (%) 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 60 100 100 100 40 100 100 100 100 6 13 19 17 14 18 39 69 90 95 92 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 73 65 63 63 60 49 33 21 15 11 9 6 3 5 14 28 65 75 70 57 46 40 35 31 28 26 25 25 26 27 28 29 99 100 88 68 48 28 9 7 25 44 64 84 98 100 95 96 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 99 98 96 94 93 90 86 82 85 86 83 77 70 63 56 49 43 38 33 29 25 22 21 21 36 42 51 62 73 83 93 100 100 100 100 97 94 91 90 90 55 48 41 34 27 21 15 10 6 4 2 1 1 3 7 12 31 29 27 25 23 21 20 19 20 22 25 28 31 33 33 32 54 60 65 68 69 70 71 71 70 68 64 61 58 55 56 62 71 55 42 31 24 20 17 14 12 11 11 11 100 100 100 100 90 81
    High Cloud (%) 100 100 100 100 100 95 60 16 39 56 61 59 62 74 89 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 14 35 54 73 91 100 96 83 86 96 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 86 66 39 51 63 75 85 94 100 100 89 71 53 34 14 2 4 8 12 17 25 38 55 70 84 96 100 91 74 2 6 6 2 100 100 100 100 89 79
    Mid Cloud (%) 100 100 100 100 100 99 90 15 73 100 5 26 30 70 100 100 100 100 98 84 66 57 64 80 92 97 99 100 100 100 100 100 100 18 43 58 57 47 35 23 10 2 4 3 1 3 6 10 14 17 18 15 9 92 100 90 70 50 30 10 7 25 44 64 85 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 12 4 11 28 45 62 79 87 81 65 49 32 13 48 58 67 75 83 90 96 100 100 100 98 95 92 91 93 97 14 1 1 2 3 4 4 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 4 4 2 3 5 3 2
    Low Cloud (%) 53 86 58 33 100 28 100 53 100 100 100 19 100 100 100 100 1 2 2 2 1 80 70 71 78 84 90 97 100 97 90 83 76 69 68 76 90 84 73 59 42 28 16 6 1 6 10 8 5 6 17 33 71 81 76 63 51 44 39 34 29 24 21 19 17 18 21 26 65 63 55 44 32 20 8 1 4 7 9 7 4 57 67 73 76 78 80 81 81 81 81 81 81 81 82 84 88 100 100 98 96 94 92 91 90 91 94 96 98 100 100 97 93 95 96 92 86 79 71 63 55 48 42 37 32 28 25 24 24 8 8 13 22 30 38 46 52 53 52 50 47 43 40 37 34 51 52 48 41 33 25 17 11 7 4 3 2 2 4 8 14 34 32 29 25 21 17 13 9 6 3 1 4 9 61 67 72 75 77 78 79 78 77 74 70 67 64 61 62 68 76 58 45 34 27 23 19 16 13 12 11 12 93 80 68 55 39 22
    CAPE 10 10 30 20 50 30 10 70 90 180 200 170 40 60 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 10 0 30 30 40 50 50 50 40 40 40 30 30 30 20 20 10 10 0 0 20 40 60 70 60 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 0 0 20 20 20 20 20 20 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 10 20 20 20 30 20 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 20 10 10 20 20 30 30 40 40 40 30 30 30 20 20 20 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 10 20 20 20 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 50 40 0 0 10 10 20 20 30 30 30 20 20 20 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 40 50 60 60 40 20
    Ceiling (m) 589 552 577 625 577 821 845 930 1.3k 760 711 869 1.3k 821 1.4k 1.2k 1.2k 1.3k 1.3k 1.2k 1.2k 1.4k 1.7k 2.0k 1.9k 2.1k 2.2k 2.0k 1.6k 1.1k 1.1k 1.1k 747 772 1.0k 1.4k 1.8k 1.9k 1.9k 1.8k 1.9k 2.0k 2.1k 1.9k 1.7k 1.5k 1.4k 1.3k 479 491 516 540 552 564 540 516 503 503 503 516 540 540 540 516 528 552 650 808 967 1.1k 1.2k 1.2k 1.3k 1.4k 1.4k 1.3k 1.2k 1.1k 967 857 613 601 638 686 747 845 955 1.0k 1.1k 1.1k 1.1k 1.1k 1.1k 991 918 857 467 491 589 723 882 1.0k 1.2k 1.4k 1.4k 1.4k 1.5k 1.4k 1.4k 1.3k 1.2k 1.2k 552 516 491 491 491 503 516 516 528 503 503 503 479 479 491 479 516 528 540 528 564 564 564 564 577 552 552 540 540 516 516 516 467 479 552 650 747 869 979 1.1k 1.1k 1.1k 1.1k 1.1k 991 943 882 796 650 711 784 918 1.0k 1.2k 1.3k 1.4k 1.5k 1.5k 1.4k 1.4k 1.3k 1.2k 1.1k 967 442 491 601 760 906 1.1k 1.3k 1.4k 1.4k 1.3k 1.2k 1.1k 1.0k 943 833 747 528 577 638 747 857 979 1.1k 1.2k 1.3k 1.3k 1.3k 1.3k 1.2k 1.2k 1.1k 918 528 552 577 564 577 564 564 577 589 625 650 674 699 747 735 723 662 491 540 577 650 735 845 979 1.1k 1.2k 1.2k 1.2k 1.1k 1.1k 979 918 821 711
    Nant y Moel, UK Elevation: 491 meters This site is regularly used and offers good cross-country (XC) potential. It is a private site, accessible only to members of the South East Wales Hang Gliding and Paragliding Club (SEW) and the Welsh Free Flight Federation. Top landing is generally straightforward. Region: Nant y Moel, UK Site Record: 123.2 km Wind Direction: SSW - WSW (200° - 245°) Best Direction: SW (225°) Minimum Rating: - Hang Gliding: Pilot - Paragliding: CP Access: From the M4 at Bridgend or from the Rhondda on the A4061. Alternatively, from Maesteg and Port Talbot on the A4017. Vehicular access to take-off is via a rough track, with permission from the landowners. Contact Mr. John Pugh at 01656 840436 before traveling to arrange gate access. Parking: Park sensibly by the side of the track adjacent to take-off. Do not obstruct the track or drive across the hill. If accessing by foot, use the designated car park and avoid obstructing the main road or gate area. Take-off: A long carry up can be avoided by using the track. Be cautious of rotor behind the cliffs; carry further over and take off well clear. Landing: The best top landing area is behind take-off, though it can be turbulent. The scree area below the cliffs is unsuitable for paraglider slope landings. The main bottom landing field is the Aberfields Extension at Pricetown, a long glide away. Avoid landing in the main sports field. Pilots can also land in the large field directly in front of take-off, which is bordered by trees and a wire boundary fence. The ground is rough, and it is a long carry out to the road or back to take-off. Do not land in the four fields adjacent to the road, as they are often used for grazing horses. Paragliders may also land at the base of the hill on open ground to the left of take-off. Flying: This is a fairly friendly site located in the scenic Rhondda, which has its own microclimate. Nant y Moel is often flyable when coastal sites are blown out. Hazards: Severe rotor behind cliffs. For more information, visit: [Fly South Wales - Nant y Moel](https://www.flysouthwales.co.uk/site-guides/nant-y-moel/) Contact for SEW Club: [WebCollect](https://webcollect.org.uk/sewhgpgc) Video: [Nant y Moel Flight](https://vimeo.com/65363257)

    https://www.flysouthwales.co.uk/site-guides/merthyr/#1486979602870-65204759-d647
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