Making your dreams take flight  |  info@wild2fly.co.za  |  +27 83 393 3938

Michail enjoyiing the flatland thermals of PV yesterday ;)

Hang gliding and paragliding gift vouchers

The weather and safety outlook for Thursday 18 April 2024.

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

18 April 2024

God morning all you super cool Wild2fly people! I’ve got some internet problems today so sending a quick weather report out directly to the group. ;) The PV group had some lekker flying yesterday (See the pics and vids above!) ;) And unfortunately the DuToits Farm gang got hoodwinked with a bit too much wind – the conditions looked very good though! For today, the SAH and the LSH joining hands with a weak ridge along the WC with light winds in general and super fine weather. Some spots in the interior with NW winds and great flying with base around the 8-10k mark. But for the GR coast its much less. A light SW on the cards here with a small bit of instability – up to perhaps 1000ft in depth at Sedge. Some low level clouds out to sea that could effect things f these move in to shore but its not been forecasted to do so – worth keeping in mind the possibility though. :) The Spot shows climbs to around 800ft but the Tphi graph seems a bit better around lunchtime for Sedge. It trends more west at the inversion heigh but is less than 5kts so I think it should be a sweet light winter thermal flying day here. Probably from just before midday to after lunchtime. Lekker! :) No doubt the best spot and lekker to have the chance of some flying in Wilderness for a change! Lastly, don’t forget to take the chance and get closer to God. That's what life is really all about. :)) (John 3:16, Gal 5:13-26) Windy and rainy blessings to you all!

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

Wind and isobars for midday. :)

Image

Sedge Spot at 12:00 :)

Image

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.

;)  

© 2024, Wild2Fly
Designed and Powered by DevStudios

Search