Rothenbach

Vosges · 1,060 m · faces E/NE

Stay on the ground: the wind is too strong.

Forecast updated 31 Oct, 11:06 · Zurich time · valid 2026-10-31

Conditions score out of 100, not a probability.

At 12:00

1,500 m
Thermal top
Blue
No cumulus
ENE 38
Launch, km/h
91
Gusts, km/h
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Hour by hour

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At launch · wind, then gusts, km/h
3786389638953998399838913989378334813178307230703172
  • 08:00–16:00Wind too strong at launch.

Sunrise 07:16 · sunset 17:16

Wind and thermals aloft

12:00 · top 1,500 m · no cumulus · ENE 53 km/h at 1,400 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°ENE 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