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The weather and safety outlook for Thursday 28 March 2024.

There is an acronym index at the bottom of the report for those not understanding some of the weather jargon. ;)

28 March 2024

Good morning all you super cool Wild2Fly people! :)) And a very rainy day yesterday with no flying happening on the GR - it did clear slightly along the coast, but the wind was decidedly fresh and east. We had quite a few pilots leave us for their annual return to EU – notably John and Hans (our flight of the month winner! Hans I hope you left the trophy!?) ;) See you guys in October! :))

Today the SAH shaping up a slight ridge along the southern parts with a SSE flow on the cards for the day. Some rain still possible but it looks to be more for the mid/later afternoon. Buffs looking to be the best spot, then Gerrickes, Sedge, Serps and Map. The wind not making it all the way to Map with enough strength for certain soaring flight - it actually has been dropping slightly since yesterday’s forecast – though should be great for students though. ;) Sedge however, should have enough up for the morning to offer a session. :)) And for those wanting I think the Serps to Map run should be super cool from 11 onwards too. Speaking of run, a few CT pilots had a lucky Apostle "run" this Monday. See the featured pic above. Pretty amazing hey!? ;) And lastly as always, dont forget to make a move in getting closer to God - Thats what life is all about. :)) (Its Holy week!) (John 12:27-36, Gal 5:13-26, Rom 5:12) Blessings to you all!

Beach Hotel Site Briefing link here: https://wild2fly.co.za/index.php/weather-wilderness/weather-wilderness-forecast 

Rain at 16:00 - slight chance around the GR later today! :)

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The trough not well defined today - its around the central parts with base near 14k. Some CB's still around to the east. :)

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Wind and isobars for midday. :)

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Sedge Spot at 12:00 :)

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Do you like reading flying related stuff? ;) Check out my old blog for some interesting fun and musings on life and flying around the tropical islands of Seychelles. http://wingsandwhalesharks.blogspot.com/

Wild2Fly weather report Acronym sheet


IOH – Indian Ocean High Pressure System
SAH – Southern Atlantic High Pressure system
LSH - Lesotho High Pressure System
B/S - Boyancy Shear ration
CB - Charlie Bravo, Aviation term for Thunderstorms
CT – Cape Town
CP – Cape Point
CF - Cold Front
CATS - Clear Air Turbulence
GR - Garden Route
EL - East London
GE - Great Escarpment
LR – Lapse Rate
LH – Lions Head
SH – Signal Hill
SLP – Sir Lowries Pass
FB – False Bay
FH - Franschoek
RB - Rondebossie
PV – Porterville
PB - Picketberg
SB - Swartberg Pass
CP – CarPark
BH – Beach Hotel
WC – Western Cape
PE – Port Elizabeth
PA – Port Alfred
WWB - Wrong Way Bob
W – West
OD - Over development
Q's - Cumulous clouds
SW – South West
WSW – West South West etc
MIT - Metrology
MET - Meteoroly

If I have missed anything let me know.

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