Map of Africa

Garden Route · BASIC · 4.5 hours

Mon, 01 Jun

Marginal1 starMarginal

2 km/h SSE · not flyable

FlyableStudent safeWind dirNo fogNo rain

Best window this week

Sun 31 · 11hh00 · 🤔 1 stars · 95m tops

Soarable tops — 7-day

Reference lines show historical 75th and 95th percentile for Map of Africa.

p75 692mp95 1106m95mSun 3195mMon 1525mTue 295mWed 313mThu 413mFri 513mSat 6361mSun 7
p75 — typical flyable dayp95 — exceptional dayBar height = soarable tops (hwcrit)

Detailed forecast

Scroll down through the week. Each day opens with a daily summary.

TimeStarsTops (m)Sfc WindBL WindBL TopBL Ht (m)Thermal (m/s)BL Cloud %Sun %Temp (°C)Dewpt (°C)Rain (mm)Pres (hPa)Student
Sun 31ClearStarsTops (m)Sfc WindBL WindBL TopBL Ht (m)Thermal (m/s)BL Cloud %Sun %Temp (°C)Dewpt (°C)Rain (mm)Pres (hPa)Student
08h952 SW2 SW2 SW1040.00%68%14.51201020
11h🤔957 S6 SSE4 SSE1811.00%99%18.712.301020
14h956 SSE4 SE2 ENE2121.00%100%20.212.601018
17h952 NE2 NE2 NE1040.00%100%20.217.301017
Mon 1ClearStarsTops (m)Sfc WindBL WindBL TopBL Ht (m)Thermal (m/s)BL Cloud %Sun %Temp (°C)Dewpt (°C)Rain (mm)Pres (hPa)Student
08h9539 N35 N35 N1040.00%66%1710.101016
11h9530 NNW28 NNW28 NNW1040.00%98%22.613.201016
14h952 SSE4 SSE4 S2631.00%92%22.61301015
17h956 S6 SSW4 SSW1780.07%100%18.914.801016
Tue 2ClearStarsTops (m)Sfc WindBL WindBL TopBL Ht (m)Thermal (m/s)BL Cloud %Sun %Temp (°C)Dewpt (°C)Rain (mm)Pres (hPa)Student
08h9511 WNW9 WNW9 WNW1040.00%61%15.31301021
11h43511 WSW17 WSW17 W8891.053%95%18.513.101021
14h52517 SSW20 WSW22 W8782.083%97%18.314.301020
17h9513 SW17 SW19 WSW2960.080%100%16.214.801021
Wed 3🌧 Rain · FogStarsTops (m)Sfc WindBL WindBL TopBL Ht (m)Thermal (m/s)BL Cloud %Sun %Temp (°C)Dewpt (°C)Rain (mm)Pres (hPa)Student
08h9519 ESE28 ESE33 ESE2240.076%0%14.713.461022
11h9519 ESE26 ESE33 ESE1720.058%4%14.612.821022
14h9522 ESE33 ESE41 ESE2280.057%4%14.212.461020
17h9520 ESE31 ESE39 ESE2260.055%0%13.611.791021
Thu 4🌧 RainStarsTops (m)Sfc WindBL WindBL TopBL Ht (m)Thermal (m/s)BL Cloud %Sun %Temp (°C)Dewpt (°C)Rain (mm)Pres (hPa)Student
08h1346 SE52 SE54 SE10751.076%0%15.310.561019
11h1335 ESE37 ESE39 ESE3651.069%8%13.812.241019
14h1315 N13 N9 NNE1661.049%5%12.21091018
17h1335 SSE39 SSE33 SSE12331.088%7%15.710.641017
Fri 5ClearStarsTops (m)Sfc WindBL WindBL TopBL Ht (m)Thermal (m/s)BL Cloud %Sun %Temp (°C)Dewpt (°C)Rain (mm)Pres (hPa)Student
08h1337 WNW41 WNW48 WNW1501.02%82%12.88.911018
11h1326 W28 W28 WSW7681.00%100%14.98.501017
14h1328 WSW28 WSW30 W5361.00%100%159.201015
17h1322 W28 W31 W14161.044%100%15.68.701015
Sat 6ClearStarsTops (m)Sfc WindBL WindBL TopBL Ht (m)Thermal (m/s)BL Cloud %Sun %Temp (°C)Dewpt (°C)Rain (mm)Pres (hPa)Student
08h1313 WNW13 NW13 NW260.00%80%12.57.10
11h134 SSE4 SSE4 SSW1260.00%98%14.47.30
14h139 NE11 NE9 NE460.00%100%14.28.90
17h132 NNE4 NNE4 NNE230.00%100%15.49.20
Sun 7ClearStarsTops (m)Sfc WindBL WindBL TopBL Ht (m)Thermal (m/s)BL Cloud %Sun %Temp (°C)Dewpt (°C)Rain (mm)Pres (hPa)Student
08h36120 NNW19 NNW19 NNW4080.00%75%8.70.50
11h36113 NW15 NW17 WNW7971.00%100%15.22.50
14h36113 SW15 WSW17 WSW6971.00%64%16.15.70
17h3616 SSW9 SSW13 SW5870.00%0%13.98.10

Dimmed rows = conditions not met for this site

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