Porterville: Pampoenfontein

Swartland · BASIC · 110 min

Mon, 22 Jun

Flyable2 starsFlyable

9 km/h NNW · not flyable

FlyableStudent safeWind dirNo fogNo rain

Best window this week

Sat 27 · 14hh00 · 🤔 1 stars · 626m topsStudent safe

Soarable tops — 7-day

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

p75 1556mp95 2114m511mSat 201394mSun 21817mMon 22511mTue 23450mWed 24450mThu 25450mFri 26626mSat 27
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
Sat 20ClearStarsTops (m)Sfc WindBL WindBL TopBL Ht (m)Thermal (m/s)BL Cloud %Sun %Temp (°C)Dewpt (°C)Rain (mm)Pres (hPa)Student
08h51133 ESE31 ESE31 ESE5190.00%1%14.96.801020
11h51124 E24 E24 E5190.00%98%20.39.801019
14h51128 NE41 NE46 NE7041.00%100%22.411.801017
17h51124 ENE24 ENE24 ENE5190.00%100%19.911.701016
Sun 21ClearStarsTops (m)Sfc WindBL WindBL TopBL Ht (m)Thermal (m/s)BL Cloud %Sun %Temp (°C)Dewpt (°C)Rain (mm)Pres (hPa)Student
08h51126 ENE24 ENE24 ENE5190.00%0%15.210.801019
11h51120 NE31 NE39 NE7391.00%96%19.712.701020
14h1,39417 N24 NNE28 NNE21062.088%98%21.812.801018
17h5119 NE9 NE9 NE5190.00%0%19.114.701018
Mon 22ClearStarsTops (m)Sfc WindBL WindBL TopBL Ht (m)Thermal (m/s)BL Cloud %Sun %Temp (°C)Dewpt (°C)Rain (mm)Pres (hPa)Student
08h51117 ENE15 ENE15 ENE5190.00%0%14.710.501017
11h5117 NW7 N15 N9591.00%98%18.111.101017
14h8179 NNW13 NNW24 NNW11591.054%100%17.412.101015
17h51111 NW11 NW9 NW9930.074%11%15.812.811014
Tue 23🌧 Rain · FogStarsTops (m)Sfc WindBL WindBL TopBL Ht (m)Thermal (m/s)BL Cloud %Sun %Temp (°C)Dewpt (°C)Rain (mm)Pres (hPa)Student
08h51115 NNW19 NNW24 NNW6620.0100%0%11.611.101017
11h51120 NNW28 NW31 NW8001.0100%7%11.711.211018
14h51122 NW30 NW33 NW9881.0100%12%12.110.621017
17h51117 NW26 NW28 NW9340.0100%0%11.51001018
Wed 24ClearStarsTops (m)Sfc WindBL WindBL TopBL Ht (m)Thermal (m/s)BL Cloud %Sun %Temp (°C)Dewpt (°C)Rain (mm)Pres (hPa)Student
08h45013 SSW11 SSW11 SSW5110.062%0%8.66.901022
11h4506 WNW4 WNW2 NNW5441.092%97%10.89.901023
14h🤔45013 SW11 SW9 SSW7141.00%100%14.78.801020
17h🤔45013 SW13 SSW11 SSW5960.00%100%15.18.601020
Thu 25ClearStarsTops (m)Sfc WindBL WindBL TopBL Ht (m)Thermal (m/s)BL Cloud %Sun %Temp (°C)Dewpt (°C)Rain (mm)Pres (hPa)Student
08h45052 SE48 ESE43 ESE7050.00%0%14601019
11h45037 ESE35 ESE35 ESE5861.00%97%19.26.101019
14h4507 WSW2 N7 ENE10031.00%100%21.86.501018
17h🤔4509 SSW7 SSW7 SSW5290.00%100%19.210.401018
Fri 26← from forecastClearStarsTops (m)Sfc WindBL WindBL TopBL Ht (m)Thermal (m/s)BL Cloud %Sun %Temp (°C)Dewpt (°C)Rain (mm)Pres (hPa)Student
08h🤔4507 SW7 SSW7 SW4850.00%1%10.84.70
11h🤔4506 W6 W4 W5481.00%98%14.57.90
14h🤔45011 SW9 SW6 SSW7531.00%100%17.29.20
17h45019 SSW22 SSW20 SSW6780.00%88%16.190
Sat 27ClearStarsTops (m)Sfc WindBL WindBL TopBL Ht (m)Thermal (m/s)BL Cloud %Sun %Temp (°C)Dewpt (°C)Rain (mm)Pres (hPa)Student
08h2182 ESE2 E2 N3620.0100%0%1312.20
11h2186 WNW6 WNW7 WNW3660.084%7%1311.50
14h🤔6260 W6 WSW11 SW10461.098%100%15.410.60
17h🤔2186 SW4 SW6 SW2500.019%10%14.711.10

Dimmed rows = conditions not met for this site

About Porterville: Pampoenfontein

Alternative Porterville launch at Pampoenfontein.

Takeoff ~750m ASL110 min from Cape Town

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