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The weather and safety outlook for Wednesday 17 April 2024.

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

17 April 2024

Good morning all you super cool Wild2Fly people! :)) A tough but satisfying day here at PV - great going to Calen for scratching his way to Kardoesie from Pampoenfontein not once getting above 1100m. And Henk who managed to get to Bumpy peak on his first XC attempt. Jan flew his new glider for the first time and Michail also tried but bombed out a few K's down the range. I heard the students had foefies at Sedge which was the order of the day in Wilderness. Ai.
Today is not looking any better. A strong inversion with some warm temps around for this time of the year along the GR coastline. Zero lift index at Sedge once again - it is looking even lighter than yesterday - some offshore winds for the morning and later on a light onshore flow but it remains very inverted. And tomorrow more SE but with that strong inversion still hanging around. Ai. Winter patience... lol ;) To the north the DuToits farm is a maybe - it is looking a bit on the strong side to me and then goes NW in the afternoon while moderating a bit. There should be some sweet super high Q's forming above just before the southerly pushes through (12k!?) so if you are up there better watch airspace! Hehe... ;) lol. Lekker! Whatever you get up to enjoy and of course, 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. :)

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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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