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Live wind along the route · the dove flies the predicted flight, liberation → loft. Wind updates from Windy; drag/zoom to explore.
This number is computed live from the ECMWF wind forecast for the race, and refreshes through the week as the forecast firms. It freezes at the liberation time — that frozen reading is our official call.
How this call works
This winning-velocity number is computed live from the ECMWF wind forecast along the race route, and refreshes about every 30 minutes as the forecast firms through the week. It freezes at the liberation time — that frozen reading, on the wind forecast for liberation morning, is our official call.
Distance is the TPA average of ~555 km; your own loft may sit a little nearer or further, so use the ETA predictor for your exact arrival. A forecast pulled a few days early still moves, so treat the ± band as the realistic spread — and remember the model calls the winning speed, not the winner. Birds and race craft settle the day.
Beat the model
The model calls it. Can you call it closer? Drop your winning-velocity guess in the comments on Facebook before the birds fly — the closest call gets named when the results come in.
Want the call for your loft, in any union? Put in your liberation point and loft — free, no sign-up.
Open the ETA predictor →See how the calls have held up: Model vs Reality — the track record.
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