Lions Head
Cape Town · BASIC · 15 min
Sun, 12 Jul
Marginal1 star — Marginal17m soarable · 13 km/h SW
FlyableStudent safeWind dirNo fogNo rain
Best window this week
Sun 12 · 11hh00 · 🤔 1 stars · 17m tops
Soarable tops — 7-day
Reference lines show historical 75th and 95th percentile for Lions Head.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | — | 199 | 20 SE | 19 SE | 19 SE | 208 | 0.0 | 0% | 0% | 11 | 8.3 | 0 | 1021 | — |
| 11h | — | 17 | 4 ENE | 4 ENE | 4 ENE | 25 | 0.0 | 0% | 96% | 13.2 | 9.2 | 0 | 1022 | — |
| 14h | — | 17 | 11 NNE | 11 NNE | 11 NNE | 25 | 0.0 | 0% | 99% | 13.1 | 8.8 | 0 | 1019 | — |
| 17h | — | 17 | 28 SE | 26 SE | 26 SE | 25 | 0.0 | 0% | 100% | 15.8 | 8.5 | 0 | 1019 | — |
| Sun 12Clear | 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 | — | 199 | 15 E | 13 E | 13 E | 208 | 0.0 | 0% | 0% | 12.8 | 7.6 | 0 | 1020 | — |
| 11h | 🤔 | 17 | 13 SW | 11 SW | 11 SW | 25 | 0.0 | 18% | 87% | 13.1 | 10.2 | 0 | 1021 | — |
| 14h | — | 17 | 6 S | 6 S | 6 S | 25 | 0.0 | 0% | 92% | 13.3 | 9.7 | 0 | 1020 | — |
| 17h | 🤔 | 17 | 6 SSW | 6 SSW | 6 SSW | 25 | 0.0 | 0% | 81% | 14 | 9.3 | 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 | — | 199 | 11 SE | 9 SE | 9 SE | 208 | 0.0 | 0% | 1% | 11.2 | 8.3 | 0 | 1021 | — |
| 11h | — | 17 | 7 NNE | 7 NNE | 7 NNE | 25 | 0.0 | 10% | 97% | 12.3 | 9.4 | 0 | 1021 | — |
| 14h | 🤔 | 17 | 2 SSW | 2 SSW | 2 SSW | 25 | 0.0 | 0% | 99% | 12.5 | 9.1 | 0 | 1020 | — |
| 17h | — | 17 | 2 S | 2 S | 2 S | 25 | 0.0 | 0% | 100% | 12.9 | 9.2 | 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 | — | 199 | 4 E | 4 E | 4 E | 208 | 0.0 | 10% | 2% | 9.6 | 8.2 | 0 | 1022 | — |
| 11h | — | 380 | 7 NNW | 9 NW | 15 WNW | 585 | 1.0 | 17% | 96% | 15.6 | 9.3 | 0 | 1023 | — |
| 14h | — | 470 | 9 NW | 13 WNW | 19 WNW | 676 | 2.0 | 23% | 98% | 16.1 | 10.1 | 0 | 1021 | — |
| 17h | — | 199 | 6 WNW | 9 WNW | 13 WNW | 390 | 1.0 | 58% | 89% | 13.7 | 11.1 | 0 | 1022 | — |
| 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 | — | 1 | 11 NE | 11 NE | 11 NE | 78 | 0.0 | 39% | 0% | 12.1 | 9.6 | 0 | 1026 | — |
| 11h | — | 1 | 6 NNE | 6 NNE | 6 NNE | 44 | 0.0 | 19% | 19% | 13 | 9.5 | 0 | 1026 | — |
| 14h | — | 1 | 4 WNW | 2 W | 2 WNW | 16 | 0.0 | 41% | 33% | 13.5 | 10.9 | 0 | 1024 | — |
| 17h | — | 1 | 9 S | 7 S | 9 S | 37 | 0.0 | 67% | 100% | 13.7 | 12.5 | 0 | 1024 | — |
| Thu 16Clear | 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 | — | 1 | 13 NE | 13 NE | 11 NNE | 42 | 0.0 | 100% | 0% | 11.2 | 11.1 | 0 | 1025 | — |
| 11h | — | 1 | 13 N | 15 N | 15 N | 43 | 0.0 | 100% | 36% | 11.7 | 11.7 | 0 | 1025 | — |
| 14h | — | 1 | 22 NNW | 22 NNW | 26 NNW | 79 | 0.0 | 80% | 100% | 13.4 | 12.5 | 0 | 1024 | — |
| 17h | — | 1 | 26 NW | 28 NW | 31 NW | 152 | 0.0 | 76% | 4% | 13.9 | 12.7 | 0 | 1023 | — |
| 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 | — | — |
Dimmed rows = conditions not met for this site
About Lions Head
Technical launch from Lions Head with panoramic Atlantic views.
Takeoff ~669m ASL15 min from Cape Town
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