El Brillante, San José

Name: El Brillante, San José
Address: CO

54🟢 Flyable today

Colombia · Takeoff 1715 m

Forecast next days

2026-05-2085

Día muy favorable para XC, base de cúmulos ~1013 m, viento 12 km/h, ¡atento a tormentas (CAPE alto)!.

Wind max: 12 km/h

Base: 1013 m

CAPE: 2450

LI: -5.5

2026-05-2195

Día muy favorable para XC, base de cúmulos ~1076 m, viento 6 km/h.

Wind max: 6 km/h

Base: 1076 m

CAPE: 870

LI: -5.3

2026-05-2285

Día muy favorable para XC, base de cúmulos ~621 m, viento 3 km/h, con precipitación 5.4 mm, ¡atento a tormentas (CAPE alto)!.

Wind max: 3 km/h

Base: 621 m

CAPE: 1520

LI: -3.7

2026-05-2385

Día muy favorable para XC, base de cúmulos ~864 m, viento 5 km/h, con precipitación 1.2 mm, ¡atento a tormentas (CAPE alto)!.

Wind max: 5 km/h

Base: 864 m

CAPE: 1740

LI: -4.1

Map and thermal hotspots

Accessible list of hotspots (9)

Latitude	Longitude	Altitude (m)	Probability
5.069	-75.806	1615	0.91
5.063	-75.817	1514	0.87
5.100	-75.797	1628	0.77
5.050	-75.823	1360	0.70
5.079	-75.803	1585	0.70
5.038	-75.834	1131	0.67
5.084	-75.821	1309	0.67
5.112	-75.786	1635	0.64
5.047	-75.797	1668	0.61

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Takeoff description

Casa FLYT, known by the locals as El Brillante, is the mountain ridge take off positioned at the northern end of the Valle de Cauca in Colombia (one hour north of Pereira).