Lac Blanc

Vosges · 1,200 m · faces W/E

Stay on the ground: the wind is too strong.

Forecast updated 31 Oct, 11:08 · Zurich time · valid 2026-10-31

Conditions score out of 100, not a probability.

At 12:00

1,650 m
Thermal top
Blue
No cumulus
E 36
Launch, km/h
97
Gusts, km/h
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Hour by hour

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At launch · wind, then gusts, km/h
341033610639110391053710336973491307927672554225022502257
  • 08:00–15:00Wind too strong at launch.
  • 16:00Gusts too strong at launch.

Sunrise 07:16 · sunset 17:16

Wind and thermals aloft

12:00 · top 1,650 m · no cumulus · E 54 km/h at 1,600 m

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Thermals, deeper yellow the higher they goCumulus on the base, veils higher upWind km/h, bold from 25Launch height

Terrain

The ground around the launch

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12:00sun 28°E 36 km/h at launch

Geometry from a ~25 m elevation model plus the forecast: rules of thumb, not a flow simulation. Elevation: EU-DEM, produced using Copernicus data and information funded by the European Union, via Terrain Tiles on AWS.

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Forecast from Open-Meteo, best-match blend of models. Forecast only. You still judge the air on launch.

Days 4–7: lower confidence outlook