Porterville: Dasklip Pass

Swartland · BASIC · 110 min

Mon, 01 Jun

Marginal1 starMarginal

511m soarable · 9 km/h NW

FlyableStudent safeWind dirNo fogNo rain

Best window this week

Fri 5 · 14hh00 · 👍 2 stars · 1,253m topsStudent safe

Soarable tops — 7-day

Reference lines show historical 75th and 95th percentile for Porterville: Dasklip Pass.

p75 1531mp95 2106m511mSun 31511mMon 1863mTue 2890mWed 31070mThu 41253mFri 5916mSat 6218mSun 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
08h51126 ESE24 ESE24 ESE5190.00%32%14.97.601019
11h51115 ENE13 ENE13 ENE5190.00%99%22.411.401019
14h5117 NNW15 N28 N9381.00%100%24.710.801017
17h5114 SSW4 SSW4 SSW5190.00%100%21.717.201017
Mon 1ClearStarsTops (m)Sfc WindBL WindBL TopBL Ht (m)Thermal (m/s)BL Cloud %Sun %Temp (°C)Dewpt (°C)Rain (mm)Pres (hPa)Student
08h51120 E19 E19 E5190.00%15%15.48.501017
11h5117 NNE11 N19 N7811.00%82%20.68.701018
14h🤔5119 NW11 NNW20 N9711.00%80%21.110.601016
17h🤔5116 NNW6 NNW6 NNW5190.00%54%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
08h5119 SE9 SE9 SE5190.036%4%10.69.301021
11h5119 SW7 SSW9 SSE8501.023%89%14.910.501021
14h👍86315 SW13 SSW9 SE12082.011%100%17.510.901019
17h5116 SW6 SW7 SSW5830.00%100%16.612.901018
Wed 3ClearStarsTops (m)Sfc WindBL WindBL TopBL Ht (m)Thermal (m/s)BL Cloud %Sun %Temp (°C)Dewpt (°C)Rain (mm)Pres (hPa)Student
08h51143 ESE41 ESE41 ESE5190.00%3%13.28.801018
11h51144 ESE63 ESE67 ESE9491.00%98%16.31001018
14h89043 ESE67 ESE61 ESE13211.00%100%16.99.401016
17h51148 ESE44 ESE44 ESE5190.00%2%148.101016
Thu 4ClearStarsTops (m)Sfc WindBL WindBL TopBL Ht (m)Thermal (m/s)BL Cloud %Sun %Temp (°C)Dewpt (°C)Rain (mm)Pres (hPa)Student
08h42920 SSW20 S20 S5810.023%24%9.15.901021
11h87919 SSE41 SE56 SE13152.00%99%13.63.601021
14h1,07037 SE43 ESE35 SE15142.00%100%162.101019
17h42930 SE37 ESE31 ESE11990.00%100%142.101018
Fri 5ClearStarsTops (m)Sfc WindBL WindBL TopBL Ht (m)Thermal (m/s)BL Cloud %Sun %Temp (°C)Dewpt (°C)Rain (mm)Pres (hPa)Student
08h42917 ESE15 ESE15 ESE4900.00%56%8.32.901018
11h👍8044 NW6 NW11 NW12741.00%100%12.93.201018
14h👍1,25311 WNW11 WNW13 NNW17872.00%100%14.21.801016
17h42911 SSW9 SW7 WSW11700.00%100%13.43.601015
Sat 6ClearStarsTops (m)Sfc WindBL WindBL TopBL Ht (m)Thermal (m/s)BL Cloud %Sun %Temp (°C)Dewpt (°C)Rain (mm)Pres (hPa)Student
08h42913 NE13 ENE15 NE4940.00%51%7.4-2.10
11h56113 N15 NNW15 NNW9401.00%100%12.71.30
14h👍91617 NW19 NW22 NNW13222.00%100%14.32.50
17h42919 NW20 NW19 NW10460.00%100%13.13.30
Sun 7ClearStarsTops (m)Sfc WindBL WindBL TopBL Ht (m)Thermal (m/s)BL Cloud %Sun %Temp (°C)Dewpt (°C)Rain (mm)Pres (hPa)Student
08h21817 NE19 NNE22 NNE4060.00%0%11.81.90
11h2189 NNE7 NE7 NE2360.00%12%13.54.20
14h21817 NNE17 NNE20 N4320.00%10%13.25.60
17h21811 NE13 NNE13 NNE3860.00%8%12.970

Dimmed rows = conditions not met for this site

About Porterville: Dasklip Pass

South Africa's premier XC and competition destination. Dasklip Pass launch.

Takeoff ~780m ASL110 min from Cape Town

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