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      p1rate
      last edited by p1rate

      Hi everybody
      I'm new to paragliding and I know that people use apps like windy to check if the wind condition is allright for a flight.
      Unfortunetly I do not know much about weather forcast.
      I know what the symbols in the airgram mean. But there is a column of these symbols for each observed hour. What does that mean?? How can this diagram help me decide if the weather is suitble for flight or not?

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        TZ Administrator @p1rate
        last edited by TZ

        @p1rate Hi! Symbols illustrate wind speed and direction.
        See this picture: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weather_map#/media/File:Wind_barbs.gif
        How can this help you to prepare flight? It depends on what kind of flying you do (thermal flying / ridge flying) and on the terrain where you want to fly.

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          alexvanderlinden
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          And what do these numbers 700h 800h 900h etc mean?

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            Gkikas LGPZ Moderator @alexvanderlinden
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            @alexvanderlinden
            pressure levels in hPa (hectopascal)
            As the average pressure on sea level is 1013 hPa
            700 h is 3000 high (10.000 ft)
            800 h = 1950m=6400ft
            900 h= 990m=3250ft etc

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