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Icon Global 1

UKMO Global 10

DWD ICON Global 11

GFS GRAPES 13

GFS global 13

BOM ACCESS 15

GEM Global 15

ECMWF IFS 25

GFS GraphCast 25

ECMWF AIFS 28

ECMWF IFS 44

JMA gSM 55

MF Arpege 55

Model	Icon Global 11 km run: 15/06 17:09																																																																GFS 13 km run: 15/06 17:09
Date Optimal	Mo 16 8h	Mo 16 9h	Mo 16 10h	Mo 16 11h	Mo 16 12h	Mo 16 13h	Mo 16 14h	Mo 16 15h	Mo 16 16h	Mo 16 17h	Tu 17 8h	Tu 17 9h	Tu 17 10h	Tu 17 11h	Tu 17 12h	Tu 17 13h	Tu 17 14h	Tu 17 15h	Tu 17 16h	Tu 17 17h	We 18 8h	We 18 9h	We 18 10h	We 18 11h	We 18 12h	We 18 13h	We 18 14h	We 18 15h	We 18 16h	We 18 17h	Th 19 8h	Th 19 9h	Th 19 10h	Th 19 11h	Th 19 12h	Th 19 13h	Th 19 14h	Th 19 15h	Th 19 16h	Th 19 17h	Fr 20 8h	Fr 20 9h	Fr 20 10h	Fr 20 11h	Fr 20 12h	Fr 20 13h	Fr 20 14h	Fr 20 15h	Fr 20 16h	Fr 20 17h	Sa 21 8h	Sa 21 9h	Sa 21 10h	Sa 21 11h	Sa 21 12h	Sa 21 13h	Sa 21 14h	Sa 21 15h	Sa 21 16h	Sa 21 17h	Su 22 8h	Su 22 9h	Su 22 10h	Su 22 11h	Su 22 12h	Su 22 13h	Su 22 14h	Su 22 15h	Su 22 16h	Su 22 17h	Mo 23 8h	Mo 23 9h	Mo 23 10h	Mo 23 11h	Mo 23 12h	Mo 23 13h	Mo 23 14h	Mo 23 15h	Mo 23 16h	Mo 23 17h	Tu 24 8h	Tu 24 9h	Tu 24 10h	Tu 24 11h	Tu 24 12h	Tu 24 13h	Tu 24 14h	Tu 24 15h	Tu 24 16h	Tu 24 17h	We 25 8h	We 25 9h	We 25 10h	We 25 11h	We 25 12h	We 25 13h	We 25 14h	We 25 15h	We 25 16h	We 25 17h	Th 26 8h	Th 26 9h	Th 26 10h	Th 26 11h	Th 26 12h	Th 26 13h	Th 26 14h	Th 26 15h	Th 26 16h	Th 26 17h	Fr 27 8h	Fr 27 9h	Fr 27 10h	Fr 27 11h	Fr 27 12h	Fr 27 13h	Fr 27 14h	Fr 27 15h	Fr 27 16h	Fr 27 17h	Sa 28 8h	Sa 28 9h	Sa 28 10h	Sa 28 11h	Sa 28 12h	Sa 28 13h	Sa 28 14h	Sa 28 15h	Sa 28 16h	Sa 28 17h	Su 29 8h	Su 29 9h	Su 29 10h	Su 29 11h	Su 29 12h	Su 29 13h	Su 29 14h	Su 29 15h	Su 29 16h	Su 29 17h	Mo 30 8h	Mo 30 9h	Mo 30 10h	Mo 30 11h	Mo 30 12h	Mo 30 13h	Mo 30 14h	Mo 30 15h	Mo 30 16h	Mo 30 17h
Wind Dir.
Wind Spd. (kmh)	7	12	11	14	18	16	13	12	16	18	14	16	17	21	23	24	24	28	25	25	8	9	9	10	10	10	11	10	10	11	27	28	30	31	33	35	36	37	37	38	12	8	8	9	11	13	14	12	10	8	13	14	16	17	17	17	17	16	14	12	24	25	26	26	26	27	27	19	12	9	5	4	5	6	7	9	9	8	5	3	5	4	4	2	1	1	2	1	1	2	18	19	21	23	24	26	28	31	35	38	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	21	19	17	17	18	19	20	23	25	27	26	23	21	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	14	13	12	16	17	17	17	16	15	14	14	13	13	22	26	29	30	31	32	29	20	12	12
Gusts (kmh)	13	19	20	22	28	29	25	20	24	29	22	25	27	32	37	37	37	43	44	39	19	21	19	20	20	18	18	19	19	20	46	48	50	52	56	59	63	64	65	66	19	19	17	15	17	19	22	19	17	14	22	23	25	27	27	27	28	25	24	22	36	38	40	41	42	42	42	33	36	37	6	6	7	8	7	6	6	6	7	7	3	4	4	4	5	5	4	3	2	1	18	26	36	43	46	47	48	51	54	57	15	18	23	26	26	25	23	23	23	21	16	20	24	28	28	28	28	28	28	27	1	5	11	16	19	22	24	26	27	27	6	8	11	13	11	10	10	18	28	33	20	25	30	34	36	37	36	33	27	22
Temp. (°C)	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	14	14	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	10	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	10	11	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	9	10	11	13	15	16	17	17	16	15	10	10	11	12	13	13	13	13	13	12	11	11	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	9	10	10	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	10	10	10	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	8	9	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	11
Rain (mm)	0.3																		0.1	0.1	0.4	0.4	0.5	0.3	0.2			0.1	0.1	0.1	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3																												0.5	0.5	0.5																															0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1																	0.1																											0.2	0.2	0.2
Cloud Cov. (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	96	82	11	85	63	84	93	100	84	70	93	89	93	92	94	81	70	75	81	86	92	91	90	89	81	73	65	71	78	84	76	100	100	100	85	69	54	36	18		74	64	53	43	41	40	38	35	32	29	71	66	60	55	54	52	51	92	96	100	38	27	15	4	9	13	18	12	6		44	29	15		1	3	4	15	26	37	5	5	4	4	30	57	83	89	94	100	15	24	34	43	34	26	17	11	6		100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	96	83	71	58	69	80	91	93	94	96	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
High Cloud (%)	97	93	87	88	80	100	100	100	77	84																															17	100	100	100	67	33					1	1																3	2	2											44	29	15		1	2	3	14	26	37	5	4	4	3	30	56	83	89	94	100	5	3	2								3	25	48	70	80	90	100	100	100	100	17	12	8	3	4	4	5	4	4	3	91	74	58	41	55	70	84	88	91	95	2	1	1
Mid Cloud (%)	51	88	100	100	84	94	95	95	53	73	67	64		67	46	56	79	100	74	55	78	62	77	76	81	48	35	40	46	51	69	66	63	60	53	46	39	49	59	69		60	50	39	28	16	5	3	2																																																																																												5	14	23	32	33	34	35	23	12
Low Cloud (%)	94	87	84	100	100	100	96	77	100	88	91	52	11	66	48	57	61	87	51	30	79	82	83	84	76	69	58	61	63	66	88	85	81	78	67	57	46	45	43	42	76	62	62	63	59	56	52	35	17		74	64	53	43	41	40	38	35	32	29	71	66	60	55	54	52	51	91	95	100	37	26	14	3	8	12	17	11	6																			7	14	21	9	20	31	42	33	25	16	11	5		100	100	100	100	96	91	87	69	52	34	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	39	36	32	29	27	24	22	21	21	20	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
CAPE	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	30	40	20	10	30	50	30	0	30	20	40	30	20	10	0	0	0	0	10	20	40	50	60	70	70	70	70	70	60	70	30	40	40	40	30	20	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	10	10	0	0	10	10	10	10	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	30	40	40	40	40	30	30	20	0	0	0	0	0	10	10	10	0	0	0	0	10	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ceiling (m)	669	949	961	998	949	986	937	1.0k	1.0k	1.1k	1.1k	1.3k	1.4k	1.4k	1.2k	1.1k	1.2k	1.2k	1.0k	1.1k	730	644	620	608	595	644	669	669	644	632	534	534	547	571	620	705	778	803	803	778	803	803	803	827	864	937	986	1.0k	1.1k	1.1k	620	656	730	766	803	766	778	778	778	778	705	730	778	803	803	778	754	583	547	522	754	864	1.1k	1.2k	1.3k	1.3k	1.2k	1.2k	1.2k	1.1k	705	827	1.1k	1.3k	1.6k	1.9k	2.0k	2.0k	1.9k	1.8k	1.1k	1.1k	1.1k	1.1k	1.1k	1.1k	998	876	730	632	815	864	961	1.0k	1.1k	1.2k	1.3k	1.3k	1.2k	1.1k	864	900	937	961	961	961	937	888	827	778	730	815	925	1.0k	1.1k	1.2k	1.2k	1.2k	1.3k	1.3k	815	900	1.1k	1.2k	1.3k	1.4k	1.4k	1.4k	1.4k	1.4k	1.0k	986	913	839	815	815	778	669	522	486

Lion's Head, Cape Town, South Africa Lion's Head offers a stunning backdrop for paragliding, with views of Camps Bay and the Twelve Apostles. This site is known for its consistent flying conditions, especially in the afternoon when thermic, upslope breezes develop. The best flying season is from November to February. **Launch Sites:** - **Lower Launch:** Located on the main path up Lion's Head, just before it narrows. This site is suitable for South-West winds (5-20 km/h). Be meticulous with your layout and pre-flight checks due to the challenging launch through a grove of endangered Silver Leaf Trees. - **Upper Launch:** Continue past the lower launch to the North side. This rocky, netted launch site is used for South to West-South-West winds (5-20 km/h). Good ground-handling and committed launch techniques are essential. **Landing:** - **Primary Landing:** Glen Club field. Note that this field is rented by Camps Bay High School, so avoid landing during school sports. - **Alternative Landing:** Camps Bay High School field, if empty. The lower slopes of Lion’s Head can be used for emergency slope-landing. - **Hang-gliding Alternative:** Greenpoint lighthouse in Mouille Point. **Weather Conditions:** - **Optimal Wind:** West (W) to South South West (SSW). Thermic lee-side in light South-East. - **Afternoon Conditions:** Typically best from 3pm during South-East wind-shadow conditions. Be cautious of the strong venturi effect at both launch sites when it is soarable. **Requirements:** - **Licenses:** Valid SAHPA Membership and Basic Licence with at least 55 flights. First 4 flights must be supervised by an instructor or Sport-rated local pilot. Logbook must be co-signed after each flight. - **Permits:** SANParks Activity Permit and Foreign Pilot Permit for international pilots. **Cautions:** - **Weather Systems:** Lion’s Head has complex weather systems. Consult local pilots for advice. - **Venturi Effect:** Strong venturi effect at both launch sites can be hazardous. Ensure takeoff is directly into the wind. - **Environmental Protection:** Lion’s Head is part of Table Mountain National Park and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Do not damage vegetation and only launch from designated sites. **Additional Resources:** - [Glen Club Paragliding](https://www.glenclub.co.za/lions-head/) - [SAHPA Site Guide](https://www.sahpa.co.za/site-guide/sites/lions-head/) - [Weather Underground](https://www.wunderground.com/dashboard/pws/ICAPET73) - [PWS Weather](https://www.pwsweather.com/station/pws/glenclub) - [iWeathar Station on Lion’s Head](https://iweathar.co.za/display?s_id=252) - [iWeathar Station on Signal Hill](https://iweathar.co.za/display?s_id=28) - [Paragliding Lions Head by Stephan Kruger](https://flycapetown.co.za/blog/paragliding-lions-head-how-when-part1) For more detailed information, refer to the [SANParks EMP for TMNP](http://www.sanparks.org/parks/table_mountain/library/appendix1_para.pdf).

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