Walchensee wind: forecast and measurements

30 days of forecast vs. what actually happened at the lake. Click a single day to see its details.

Last 30 days

Rule-based forecast (actually used)
ML-based forecast โ€” logistic (experimental)
ML-based forecast โ€” HistGradientBoosting (black-box model, experimental)
Actual measurements (session โ‰ฅ 1 h)
Tue Sep 22 Wed Oct 21
session (โ‰ฅ 1 h โ‰ฅ 11 kt) marginal (โ‰ฅ 1 h โ‰ฅ 8 kt) no wind no data thunderstorm (forecast rows: predicted ยท actual row: observed)

Oct 10, 2026

81106:0021:0008:49 ยท avg 2.7 kt ยท gust 4.3 kt09:39 ยท avg 2.8 kt ยท gust 4.3 kt10:27 ยท avg 1.7 kt ยท gust 3.2 kt12:08 ยท avg 0.0 kt ยท gust 0.0 kt12:59 ยท avg 0.4 kt ยท gust 1.6 kt13:02 ยท avg 0.5 kt ยท gust 1.6 kt13:19 ยท avg 1.4 kt ยท gust 2.2 kt13:20 ยท avg 0.5 kt ยท gust 0.5 kt13:49 ยท avg 0.0 kt ยท gust 0.0 kt13:52 ยท avg 0.0 kt ยท gust 0.0 kt14:57 ยท avg 0.8 kt ยท gust 2.2 kt15:09 ยท avg 0.3 kt ยท gust 1.6 kt15:19 ยท avg 0.8 kt ยท gust 2.2 kt15:22 ยท avg 0.5 kt ยท gust 0.5 kt16:08 ยท avg 0.2 kt ยท gust 1.6 kt17:44 ยท avg 2.2 kt ยท gust 6.5 kt
avg wind gust ignition (8 kt) session (11 kt)
For Oct 10, 2026

NO GO

83% daytime cloud + only 121 W/mยฒ solar โ€” no insolation to drive a thermal

โšก Storm risk: the thermal often runs well until the front โ€” watch the sky, come in early.

๐Ÿค– ML โ€” logistic experimental NO GO GO 18% ยท MAYBE 23% ยท NO GO 58%

Strongest inputs โ€” (+) dew-point spread; (โˆ’) morning solar, rained yesterday.

๐Ÿค– ML โ€” HGB ยท black box experimental MAYBE GO 0% ยท MAYBE 50% ยท NO GO 50%

Most distinctive inputs: morning solar, Innsbruck pressure, overnight cloud.

Experimental shadow models โ€” they never drive the verdict. How good are they? โ†’

Previous forecast method

How the day was forecast at the time, before the rules were recalibrated โ€” shown for comparison only.