Spot report
🇺🇸Mingus Mountain, Arizona
updated 03:00 local · open-meteo
🪂 Paraglide· mesa-top launch · base: Jerome / Cottonwood
Arizona's premier free-flight site with the Arizona Hang Gliding and Paragliding Association, drive-up launch at 7,800 ft and Verde Valley XC.
Heads up · Strong desert thermals; AZHPA membership and site intro; hot summers
Wind
21 km/h
gusts 35 · from NW
Water
flat
inland — lakes and rivers
Road
dry
dry at 0 °C — watch for black ice
Daylight
06:33 → 17:54
0 °C air · 0.0 mm · UV 0
What's rideable right now
Wind
Water
Mountain
River
⛵
Sailing
FIRING21 km/h — a proper breeze
Best windows this week
- Fri 6am–5pmFIRING
36 km/h — a proper breeze · 12 h
- Thu 6am–5pmFIRING
34 km/h — a proper breeze · 12 h
- Sat 9am–4pmRIDEABLE
19 km/h — easy sailing · 8 h
This week
Today
23 km/h
0–9 °C
⛵Sailing
Thu
34 km/h
3–11 °C
⛵Sailing
Fri
41 km/h
5–16 °C
⛵Sailing
Sat
19 km/h
5–15 °C · 1 mm
⛵Sailing
Sun
7 km/h
5–15 °C
🏄SUP
Mon
11 km/h
7–17 °C
🏄SUP
Tue
13 km/h
8–16 °C
🏄SUP
bars: daily max wind · best sport each day
Pack list
- No water temp inland → judge by air — 0 °C. Lakes run colder than they look.
- 21 km/h → 10–12 m kite, big board
- UV 0 — low → no sun worries today
- 0 °C → insulated shell, gloves, warm hat
- Daylight 06:33–17:54 → golden hour from 16:54
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