Kirstenbosch
Cape Town · SPORT · 20 min
Sun, 12 Jul
Flyable2 stars — Flyable563m soarable · 7 km/h SE
FlyableStudent safeWind dirNo fogNo rain
Best window this week
Mon 13 · 14hh00 · 👍 2 stars · 956m tops
Soarable tops — 7-day
Reference lines show historical 75th and 95th percentile for Kirstenbosch.
Detailed forecast
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| Time | Stars | Tops (m) | Sfc Wind | BL Wind | BL Top | BL Ht (m) | Thermal (m/s) | BL Cloud % | Sun % | Temp (°C) | Dewpt (°C) | Rain (mm) | Pres (hPa) | Student |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 10Clear | Stars | Tops (m) | Sfc Wind | BL Wind | BL Top | BL Ht (m) | Thermal (m/s) | BL Cloud % | Sun % | Temp (°C) | Dewpt (°C) | Rain (mm) | Pres (hPa) | Student |
| 08h | — | 361 | 19 SE | 30 SE | 43 SE | 437 | 0.0 | 64% | 0% | 9.4 | 7.8 | 0 | 1021 | — |
| 11h | — | 735 | 30 ESE | 43 ESE | 44 ESE | 960 | 1.0 | 88% | 78% | 10 | 7.3 | 0 | 1022 | — |
| 14h | — | 763 | 28 SE | 35 ESE | 33 ESE | 986 | 1.0 | 65% | 73% | 11.2 | 7.8 | 0 | 1020 | — |
| 17h | — | 563 | 26 SE | 37 SE | 43 ESE | 770 | 1.0 | 95% | 33% | 9.2 | 8.2 | 0 | 1020 | — |
| Sat 11Clear | Stars | Tops (m) | Sfc Wind | BL Wind | BL Top | BL Ht (m) | Thermal (m/s) | BL Cloud % | Sun % | Temp (°C) | Dewpt (°C) | Rain (mm) | Pres (hPa) | Student |
| 08h | — | 361 | 13 SE | 11 SE | 11 SE | 369 | 0.0 | 0% | 0% | 8.7 | 8.2 | 0 | 1021 | — |
| 11h | 👍 | 563 | 15 SE | 17 SE | 17 ESE | 790 | 1.0 | 20% | 97% | 11.8 | 7.4 | 0 | 1022 | — |
| 14h | — | 792 | 19 SE | 22 ESE | 19 E | 1051 | 1.0 | 0% | 99% | 14.4 | 6.9 | 0 | 1020 | — |
| 17h | — | 563 | 17 SE | 22 SE | 26 ESE | 650 | 0.0 | 0% | 100% | 11.9 | 8 | 0 | 1019 | — |
| Sun 12← from forecastClear | Stars | Tops (m) | Sfc Wind | BL Wind | BL Top | BL Ht (m) | Thermal (m/s) | BL Cloud % | Sun % | Temp (°C) | Dewpt (°C) | Rain (mm) | Pres (hPa) | Student |
| 08h | — | 361 | 4 SE | 4 SE | 4 SE | 369 | 0.0 | 0% | 0% | 9 | 7.6 | 0 | 1020 | — |
| 11h | — | 634 | 0 SW | 7 NNE | 11 NNE | 1022 | 1.0 | 0% | 83% | 16.8 | 5.6 | 0 | 1021 | — |
| 14h | — | 1,112 | 7 SSE | 4 E | 13 NE | 1511 | 2.0 | 0% | 87% | 17.1 | 6.5 | 0 | 1020 | — |
| 17h | 👍 | 563 | 7 SE | 9 SE | 9 SE | 606 | 0.0 | 0% | 59% | 14.4 | 7.5 | 0 | 1020 | — |
| Mon 13Clear | Stars | Tops (m) | Sfc Wind | BL Wind | BL Top | BL Ht (m) | Thermal (m/s) | BL Cloud % | Sun % | Temp (°C) | Dewpt (°C) | Rain (mm) | Pres (hPa) | Student |
| 08h | — | 361 | 0 S | 0 S | 0 S | 369 | 0.0 | 0% | 2% | 9.3 | 7.4 | 0 | 1021 | — |
| 11h | 👍 | 597 | 2 E | 2 E | 2 S | 875 | 1.0 | 0% | 96% | 18.1 | 6.8 | 0 | 1022 | — |
| 14h | 👍 | 956 | 6 SE | 6 ESE | 6 W | 1304 | 2.0 | 0% | 99% | 19.4 | 7.7 | 0 | 1021 | — |
| 17h | 👍 | 361 | 6 SE | 4 SE | 2 ENE | 679 | 1.0 | 0% | 85% | 15.6 | 8.1 | 0 | 1020 | — |
| Tue 14Clear | Stars | Tops (m) | Sfc Wind | BL Wind | BL Top | BL Ht (m) | Thermal (m/s) | BL Cloud % | Sun % | Temp (°C) | Dewpt (°C) | Rain (mm) | Pres (hPa) | Student |
| 08h | 🤔 | 51 | 11 ENE | 13 ENE | 11 ENE | 84 | 0.0 | 17% | 0% | 11.8 | 8.4 | 0 | 1021 | — |
| 11h | 🤔 | 51 | 4 NE | 4 ENE | 4 ENE | 63 | 0.0 | 3% | 94% | 12.7 | 8.6 | 0 | 1022 | — |
| 14h | — | 51 | 4 WNW | 2 WNW | 4 WNW | 83 | 0.0 | 12% | 100% | 13.4 | 9.6 | 0 | 1021 | — |
| 17h | — | 51 | 9 SW | 9 SW | 9 SW | 97 | 0.0 | 57% | 100% | 13.6 | 11.8 | 0 | 1021 | — |
| Wed 15Clear | Stars | Tops (m) | Sfc Wind | BL Wind | BL Top | BL Ht (m) | Thermal (m/s) | BL Cloud % | Sun % | Temp (°C) | Dewpt (°C) | Rain (mm) | Pres (hPa) | Student |
| 08h | 🤔 | 51 | 13 ENE | 13 ENE | 13 ENE | 87 | 0.0 | 50% | 0% | 11.6 | 9.5 | 0 | 1024 | — |
| 11h | 🤔 | 51 | 4 E | 4 E | 4 ENE | 128 | 0.0 | 23% | 13% | 13 | 9.8 | 0 | 1025 | — |
| 14h | — | 51 | 6 W | 6 W | 6 W | 76 | 0.0 | 36% | 100% | 13.4 | 10.6 | 0 | 1023 | — |
| 17h | — | 51 | 2 SE | 4 SSE | 4 SSE | 59 | 0.0 | 0% | 21% | 13.8 | 12.5 | 0 | 1023 | — |
| Thu 16Fog | Stars | Tops (m) | Sfc Wind | BL Wind | BL Top | BL Ht (m) | Thermal (m/s) | BL Cloud % | Sun % | Temp (°C) | Dewpt (°C) | Rain (mm) | Pres (hPa) | Student |
| 08h | — | 51 | 9 ENE | 9 ENE | 7 NE | 130 | 0.0 | 100% | 0% | 11.1 | 11.1 | 0 | — | — |
| 11h | — | 51 | 7 ENE | 7 NE | 7 NE | 100 | 0.0 | 100% | 52% | 11.3 | 11.2 | 0 | — | — |
| 14h | — | 51 | 11 NNW | 11 NNW | 17 NNW | 124 | 0.0 | 91% | 19% | 13 | 12.4 | 0 | — | — |
| 17h | — | 51 | 22 NW | 20 NW | 22 NW | 75 | 0.0 | 84% | 4% | 13.5 | 12.6 | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 17Clear | Stars | Tops (m) | Sfc Wind | BL Wind | BL Top | BL Ht (m) | Thermal (m/s) | BL Cloud % | Sun % | Temp (°C) | Dewpt (°C) | Rain (mm) | Pres (hPa) | Student |
| 08h | — | 200 | 35 SE | 57 SE | 57 SE | 1095 | 0.0 | 24% | 0% | 9.8 | 4.5 | 0 | — | — |
| 11h | — | 594 | 46 SE | 59 ESE | 67 ESE | 936 | 2.0 | 0% | 87% | 12 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| 14h | — | 626 | 44 ESE | 56 ESE | 59 ESE | 922 | 2.0 | 0% | 100% | 14.3 | 1.3 | 0 | — | — |
| 17h | — | 200 | 43 ESE | 56 ESE | 63 ESE | 815 | 1.0 | 0% | 100% | 13.8 | 2.5 | 0 | — | — |
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