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Maros Jostiak doing some cloud surfing yesterday - over Slovakia on his Enzo3. :)

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The weather and safety outlook for 7 June 2026.

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

7 June 2026

Good morning all you super cool Wild2fly people! :) Can you believe that Sedge delivered yesterday? lol. 15min of soaring I think. ;) Some flying at Signals and then a few practicing in Barbs already -Emma and Shayne getting in a 20k milk run ;) https://www.xcontest.org/world/en/flights/detail:Shayne007/6.06.2026/10:29 Looks like 4 flights over 200km though 1 is looking dubious. ;) Philppe flying his Archaeopteryx 230km on a nice triangle while Pawel did 214km triangle on his X1. https://www.xcontest.org/world/en/flights/detail:pbedyn1/6.06.2026/09:00 38 flights ove 100km. Our cover pic is from Maros who flew a sweet 169km triangle in Slovakia on his Enzo3. ;) Today the SAH and interior High dominating the weather. Its stable all over the WC with some light wave trends in the usual hot spots but nothing too write home about. Light W to NW winds in general with no clouds.  As for the Wilderness weather for today things are looking just way too stable for any flying to happen, I think. A very low inversion (it’s lower than yesterday) with even less wind on the cards, no clouds, so its doubtful that anything other than extended foefies will happen. But if you are bored, there are worse things to do than hanging out at Sedge over lunchtime. lol ;) Hike and fly to Vensterberg is doable with maybe some soaring on the cards that side but once again the wet mountain for hiking is not ideal. Tomorrow looking a tad more promising with maybe some coastal soaring on the cards. Have a lekker Sunday everybody! ;) Low tide at 13:53 and high tide around 6 hours either side of that. Sunrise was at 7:30 and setting at 17:27. Daylight of 9 hrs and 58 min. Max temps today a cool 19 degrees C in Wilderness! Have a lekker one everybody and as always, remember also to take a moment and reflect on God. :) That’s really what life is all about. (John 10:10. Rom 10:9. Eph 4:31-32.)

Todays flying tip:  A moist shami (chamios) works wonders to wipe your glider and lines! ;)

Map top landing Site briefing here: https://wild2fly.co.za/index.php/weather-wilderness/weather-wilderness-history 

Did you know, we do CAA approved Mustache/Parakite introductions and conversions. :)

SA synoptic at 14:00 :)

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Cloud base for SA at 14:00. :)

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SA rain. ;)

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Vertical velocity and wind at 10k.

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Sedge SkewT :)

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Sedge 3 day Overview. ;)

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Wilderness winds lunchtime :)

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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
CoL - Cut of Low
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
VFR - Visual Flight Rules
FVR - For the dislexic - means same as above... :))
WYSIWIG - What You See Is What You Get.
SHPB - Southern High Pressure Belt
If I have missed anything let me know.

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