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Lake Garda is one of the most popular windsurfing spots in the world. Due to its beautiful scenery and its consistent, reliable thermal winds it attracts thousands of windsurfers each year.
In cooperation with Gardameteo we offer an accurate SMS wind forecast for the northern (windy) party of lake Garda.
Dial +*31#+49 69 5899761 209 (windreport) or 208 (forecast), wih your cellphone, wait for the ring tone and hang up. Receive WindSMS with forecast for the morning and the afternoon.
If wind from the north is predicted, so forecast is made for Malcesine (best surfspot for norterhly wind). If the forecasts predicts wind from the south, the figures in the Wind-SMS or for Torbole (most frequented south wind spot). Please carefully read the WindSMS instructions before you test for free or subscribe.
The weather stations in Torbole and Malcesine provide you with the real time windspeeds and wind directions during the windsurf season. In the winter the weather stations are offline.
Typical wind on lake Garda at 3 o'clock in the afternoon:
Typical wind on lake Garda at 7 o'clock in the morning:
The Ora is a thermal wind which develops at around noon or in the early afternonn when the sun heats up the mountain ranges to the North (the Alps) which causes the air to rise.
Then colder air from the Po valley is sucked into the Garda lake valley and accelerated on its way thru the narrowing valley. The wind usually reaches around 4-5 Beaufort on the northern part of the lake near Torbole and Riva. The Ora dies usualyy dies down at around 6 PM.
During the night the rocky mountain ranges cool off and the warm air retreats to the Po valley in the south. A substantial difference in temperature between the cold mountains and the warm valley develops which results in a wind (Peler or Vento) which flows southward through the lake Garda valley.
The Peler can reach up to 6 and in gusts up to 7 Beaufort. The wind looses in strength as the sun heats up the mountain peaks in the morning. So if you want to catch the Peler you have to get up early. At around 9 AM the Peler is usully gone and you'll have to wait until noon before the Ora kicks in.