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The weather and safety outlook for Thursday 21 November 2024.

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

21 November 2024

Good morning all you super cool Wild2fly people! :) What a sweet day of flying we had yesterday - some pilots even managing to soar the orographic clouds above Map yesterday. Awesome stuff! Of course, most pilots missed the good stuff by arriving too late. ;) lol. Today of course a totally different story - that CoL moving eastwards and dissipating but still leaving loads of moist air along the southern coastal regions especially the GR. The CB activity also to the eat of us but we are having that moist layer bringing in some misty showers along the GR region. Looks like most if it will be dropping by during the middle and later part of the day. Look at the T-phi graph below and you will see the low base. Even the daily snapshot shows this up nicely. (See below) So, it does not look like a flying day around Wilderness today. (Thats the first one in weeks!) ;) The interior trough also on the eastern and southern parts of the country - loads of Charly Bravos out there today and base in a few spots nearing 14/15k. No record breaking conditions today but if you are in the right spot, you could still get some amazing local flying though. :)) Our record hunters are heading out there today - let’s keep our fingers crossed for them to get that lucky day! It sure would be great to have that world record distance flight back in SA. ;) lol. Low tide is at 13:35. Enjoy and do remember to take a moment to get closer to God - that's what life is all about. :)) (John 3:16, Rom 12:9-21, Gal 5:13-26)

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

Synoptic and wind for midday :)

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Cloud base for SA at 14:00. :)

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Rain in the afternoon :)

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Vertical velocity at 10k. :))

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Sedge Spot winds at 12:00! :))

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Map Tphi today!!! ;)

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Wilderness snap shot! :)

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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
VFR - Visual Flight Rules
FVR - For the dislexic - means same as above... :))

If I have missed anything let me know.

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