Porterville: Pampoenfontein

Swartland · BASIC · 110 min

Sun, 12 Jul

Marginal1 starMarginal

770m soarable · 15 km/h SW

FlyableStudent safeWind dirNo fogNo rain

Best window this week

Mon 13 · 14hh00 · 🤔 1 stars · 779m topsStudent safe

Soarable tops — 7-day

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

p75 1556mp95 2114m511mFri 101189mSat 11770mSun 12779mMon 13641mTue 14516mWed 15619mThu 16218mFri 17
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
Fri 10ClearStarsTops (m)Sfc WindBL WindBL TopBL Ht (m)Thermal (m/s)BL Cloud %Sun %Temp (°C)Dewpt (°C)Rain (mm)Pres (hPa)Student
08h51117 ESE15 ESE15 ESE5190.00%0%10.36.201020
11h5119 ENE13 ENE11 NE9901.00%62%15.27.101020
14h🤔5119 W4 W2 ENE9491.00%57%15.18.201019
17h🤔5116 SW6 SW6 SSW5960.00%24%13.88.301019
Sat 11ClearStarsTops (m)Sfc WindBL WindBL TopBL Ht (m)Thermal (m/s)BL Cloud %Sun %Temp (°C)Dewpt (°C)Rain (mm)Pres (hPa)Student
08h51131 ESE30 ESE30 ESE5190.00%13%10.15.401021
11h51126 E31 E28 E8521.00%96%15.26.701021
14h1,1896 WNW9 ENE17 ENE16902.00%100%185.801019
17h5110 WNW0 ENE4 E5660.00%100%16.58.501018
Sun 12← from forecastClearStarsTops (m)Sfc WindBL WindBL TopBL Ht (m)Thermal (m/s)BL Cloud %Sun %Temp (°C)Dewpt (°C)Rain (mm)Pres (hPa)Student
08h51131 ESE30 ESE30 ESE5190.00%9%11.8601020
11h51122 E24 E19 E7861.00%92%16.57.301021
14h🤔77015 SW7 SSW6 E10721.00%95%17.58.501019
17h🤔51113 SW13 SW13 SW5190.00%97%15.71001019
Mon 13ClearStarsTops (m)Sfc WindBL WindBL TopBL Ht (m)Thermal (m/s)BL Cloud %Sun %Temp (°C)Dewpt (°C)Rain (mm)Pres (hPa)Student
08h51117 SE15 SE15 SE5190.00%22%9.85.101021
11h5114 WNW2 E7 ESE8861.00%96%15.85.701022
14h🤔77911 WSW7 SW4 SSE10881.00%99%17.17.301020
17h🤔51111 SW13 SW15 SSW6510.00%100%15.28.701020
Tue 14ClearStarsTops (m)Sfc WindBL WindBL TopBL Ht (m)Thermal (m/s)BL Cloud %Sun %Temp (°C)Dewpt (°C)Rain (mm)Pres (hPa)Student
08h45015 E15 E15 E5030.00%1%11001021
11h4506 NNW6 N6 NNE7071.00%94%164.801022
14h🤔6417 WSW4 WSW4 NNW9721.00%100%17.55.501020
17h🤔4509 SSW9 SSW7 SSW6040.00%100%16.27.401020
Wed 15ClearStarsTops (m)Sfc WindBL WindBL TopBL Ht (m)Thermal (m/s)BL Cloud %Sun %Temp (°C)Dewpt (°C)Rain (mm)Pres (hPa)Student
08h4507 SE9 SE9 SE4580.00%2%9.1-0.801024
11h🤔4507 WSW6 SW4 SSW6071.00%94%13.64.501024
14h🤔51611 SW9 SW7 SW8121.00%100%15.9601023
17h🤔45011 SSW11 SSW13 SSW6340.00%100%15.49.101023
Thu 16ClearStarsTops (m)Sfc WindBL WindBL TopBL Ht (m)Thermal (m/s)BL Cloud %Sun %Temp (°C)Dewpt (°C)Rain (mm)Pres (hPa)Student
08h4506 ESE7 SE7 SE4580.00%2%9.35.50
11h4506 W4 W2 NW6121.09%93%13.69.30
14h🤔6199 WSW7 WSW7 WSW9121.00%100%16.180
17h🤔45013 SSW15 SW17 SW8660.023%86%14.88.50
Fri 17ClearStarsTops (m)Sfc WindBL WindBL TopBL Ht (m)Thermal (m/s)BL Cloud %Sun %Temp (°C)Dewpt (°C)Rain (mm)Pres (hPa)Student
08h21815 E30 E41 E4150.00%1%7.64.30
11h21826 E31 E35 E4721.00%91%164.20
14h21826 E30 E28 E6201.00%100%18.530
17h21820 E41 E44 E5500.00%100%15.73.70

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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