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Tandem paragliding over the Rocky Plateau, Hà Giang

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Flying forecast Quản Bạ & Đồng Văn

10-day forecast for both flying sites on the Ha Giang Loop: every hour scored by pilots' rules, expert score, thermals, meteogram, airgram, Skew‑T and wind map.

Đồng Văn · Launch ~1,550 m · landing in Đồng Văn town

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Đồng Văn flying forecast

10-day forecast

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📍 Đồng Văn (Hà Giang)23.2929, 105.3656▲ launch 1550m → ▼ landing 1050m · height difference 500m☀ Sunrise 06:11 · sunset 17:14 (11h03)

Weather analysis

Flying-day assessment

🧭 STABLE day, SMOOTH THERMALS: steady lift, little turbulence — the smoothest kind of day of the year
🌬Surface wind: average 1.9 m/s (light), max 2.6, mainly SSW. Wind CHANGES DIRECTION during the day: morning WNW, afternoon S
🪁Upper wind: Calm wind at all levels throughout the flying window — 1550(launch)/1850/2550m AMSL = wind 2/3/5 m/s: no shear, climb freely
☀️Sunshine: 10 hours of sun, cloud cover 6%
🔥Thermals: moderate 58/100, peak 12:00–14:00 — enough to extend the flight, not rough (top ~940m, CAPE 60)
⚖️Stability: stable (LI 2.9) — smooth flying, moderate thermals, thunderstorms unlikely
🧢Inversion: no stable layer within 3,000m — thermals rise freely
🌡Pressure: 1016 hPa (sea level). PRESSURE DROPPING FROM 13:00 (-3.6 hPa/3h) — thunderstorm or low-pressure trough appearing
🔥 Thermal potential:moderate58/100peak 12:00–14:00· 8 thermal hours
• Good sunshine at the peak (784 W/m² · 60 min of sun · cloud 0%).
• Low thermal top (~940 m AGL) — thermals die when they reach it.
• Average lapse rate, below DALR (low-level data missing — neutral score).
• Slightly stable aloft (LI +2.0 · CAPE 60 J/kg) — tidy thermals, cloud does not overdevelop.
• Gust pulses stronger than the background wind (gusts 6.8 over a 2.4 m/s base) — thermals are active.
👉 Advice
• Pressure dropping from 13:00 — thunderstorms possible; be landed before 12:00, no take-offs after that.
• Wind changes direction mid-day — recheck the site's direction rules for the afternoon.
• Best window: 07:00–17:00.

By the numbers

Key figures of the day

Expert score
96/100
confidence 100%
Best window
07:00–17:00
11 green hours · 0 amber · 0 red
Thermal potential
58/100
moderate · peak 12:00–14:00
Lowest cloud base
~113 m above launch
thermal top ~940 m
Wind at launch (1550 m)
1.9 m/s
max 2.6 · gusts 7 m/s
Wind at flying height 1850 m (+300 m)
2.9 m/s
speedbar from 8 m/s · no flying above 12
Thunderstorm risk
1%
low
Rain in the flying window
No rain
Sunrise / sunset
06:11 · 17:14
🌅 great sunset 16:14–16:44
Temperature
10–19°C
😊 GOOD TO FLY96/100 · confidence 100%Best window: 07:00–17:00

Good flying conditions.

  • Wind m/s: 1.4 → 2.6 S
  • Rain: No rain
  • Wind at launch (1550 m AMSL): 1 m/s
  • Wind at 1850 m AMSL (+300 m): 3 m/s
  • Inversion: no capping layer
  • sunshine hours: 10.2
  • Pressure: 1016 hPa
  • Great sunset expected: 16:14–16:44
  • Thermal potential: moderate · 58/100 · peak 12:00–14:00 · 8 thermal hours
  • Cloud cover: 24%

Weather charts

Hour by hour, layer by layer

Source: ECMWF (Open-Meteo) · updated 14/11, 07:18 · wind m/s

Model:
Today☀ 06:11–17:14Sun 15/11☀ 06:12–17:14Mon 16/11☀ 06:13–17:14Tue 17/11☀ 06:13–17:13Wed 18/11☀ 06:14–17:13Thu 19/11☀ 06:15–17:13Fri 20/11☀ 06:15–17:13Sat 21/11☀ 06:16–17:12Sun 22/11☀ 06:17–17:12Mon 23/11☀ 06:17–17:12
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Wind m/s2.11.50.71.01.62.02.42.62.52.31.81.11.41.82.22.52.93.02.92.82.82.61.51.92.42.93.13.43.53.84.03.93.30.70.71.21.82.12.32.42.52.62.62.02.33.03.64.24.54.84.94.84.64.23.60.60.21.42.22.52.32.22.32.62.72.41.41.51.61.61.61.61.61.61.51.41.41.31.41.61.82.02.12.22.12.01.81.61.41.41.61.71.92.02.12.12.12.01.91.21.21.41.61.82.02.12.12.12.01.9
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Gusts4.34.34.24.45.16.16.87.17.26.75.32.43.44.96.16.97.47.77.87.67.36.73.64.55.97.07.78.28.69.09.28.97.63.03.64.65.45.96.36.56.56.46.46.66.36.87.27.89.010.411.210.79.68.78.53.13.64.04.65.46.36.86.76.35.95.83.53.74.24.65.05.45.75.75.65.55.33.03.64.35.15.86.57.07.17.16.96.73.74.04.34.75.15.55.85.96.06.06.04.34.44.64.85.05.25.45.55.65.65.6
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Forecasts are indicative. The pilot decides on site whether to fly or postpone, with safety first; if a flight is postponed for weather you may reschedule or get a refund.

Weather map

Wind, cloud, rain and radar around Đồng Văn

The Windy map is centred on the exact launch coordinates. Switch layers to check low cloud, cloud base, fog or rain radar; switch models to cross-check.

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Model

How to read the forecast

Flying rules for the Đồng Văn site

Every hour between 7:00 and 17:00 is rated green / amber / red with the same rules the Mebayluon team uses every day; each reason is listed so you know exactly what spoils the weather. Wind is in m/s — the unit pilots read on the anemometer at launch.

The forecast is a guide; the final decision to fly always belongs to the pilot at launch.

Today's flying status
  • Flying window 7:00–17:00

    All daily figures — best window, rain hours, assessment, expert score — only consider the hours from 7:00 to 17:00.

  • Surface wind (m/s)

    The pilots' scale: below 2 light · 2–4 moderate · 4–6 fresh · 6–8 strong · above 8 very strong. Up to 4 m/s is green, 4–7 m/s marginal, above 7 m/s no flying.

  • Gusts

    Gusts alone do not decide flying or not — 4 m/s gusting 12 is normal in the mountains. Above 16 m/s we warn of strong gusts; above 18 m/s flying is not recommended.

  • Wind at flying height (+300 m)

    Wind at 1850 m AMSL (300 m above launch): from 8 m/s the speedbar must be fitted and you stay low on the slope; above 12 m/s you are easily blown back — no flying.

  • Rain (mm per hour)

    Below 0.4 mm counts as dry; 0.4–0.8 mm is drizzle, noted only; from 0.8 mm it is real rain — flying stops. Colours are not lowered for the model's rain percentage.

  • Low cloud and fog

    Cloud base is estimated from the temperature – dew point spread. Thick low cloud (≥ 70%) with a base less than 150 m above launch means the launch is in cloud — no flying; below 300 m visibility is limited. Humidity ≥ 98% with cloud on the ground is fog.

  • Thunderstorms are a warning

    Thunderstorm risk combines CAPE and the lifted index. From 40% it is a warning — watch the cumulus, stop when cloud bases turn dark; 20–40% is only noted. Harsh thermals drop an hour to marginal because the wing gets rough.

  • Day rating 😊 😐 😞

    A day is 😊 good to fly with at least two consecutive green hours; any other green or amber hour makes it 😐 marginal; a fully red flying window is 😞 rest day.

  • Expert score 0–100

    Nine factors, each with its own curve tuned for tandem passenger flights — smooth scores higher than strong. A dangerous factor caps the whole hour at 20. The day score is the average of the best 3 consecutive hours: from 75 good, 55 fair, 35 limited. It comes with a confidence based on lead time and data completeness.

  • Thermal potential 0–100

    Six factors: sunshine (20), boundary-layer top (45), lapse rate above launch (20), deep stability LI/CAPE (15); upper wind and humidity can only subtract. Below 25 very light · 25–45 light · 45–65 moderate · 65–82 strong · from 82 very strong.

  • Multiple models

    ECMWF by default; switch to ECMWF · GFS · ICON · UKMO · GEM or compare 3 models side by side. Wherever the models disagree, that hour's forecast is uncertain.

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