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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

Modèle	Icon Global 11 km run: 16/06 09:43																																																																GFS 13 km run: 16/06 09:43
Date Optimal	Lu 16 8h	Lu 16 9h	Lu 16 10h	Lu 16 11h	Lu 16 12h	Lu 16 13h	Lu 16 14h	Lu 16 15h	Lu 16 16h	Lu 16 17h	Ma 17 8h	Ma 17 9h	Ma 17 10h	Ma 17 11h	Ma 17 12h	Ma 17 13h	Ma 17 14h	Ma 17 15h	Ma 17 16h	Ma 17 17h	Me 18 8h	Me 18 9h	Me 18 10h	Me 18 11h	Me 18 12h	Me 18 13h	Me 18 14h	Me 18 15h	Me 18 16h	Me 18 17h	Je 19 8h	Je 19 9h	Je 19 10h	Je 19 11h	Je 19 12h	Je 19 13h	Je 19 14h	Je 19 15h	Je 19 16h	Je 19 17h	Ve 20 8h	Ve 20 9h	Ve 20 10h	Ve 20 11h	Ve 20 12h	Ve 20 13h	Ve 20 14h	Ve 20 15h	Ve 20 16h	Ve 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	Di 22 8h	Di 22 9h	Di 22 10h	Di 22 11h	Di 22 12h	Di 22 13h	Di 22 14h	Di 22 15h	Di 22 16h	Di 22 17h	Lu 23 8h	Lu 23 9h	Lu 23 10h	Lu 23 11h	Lu 23 12h	Lu 23 13h	Lu 23 14h	Lu 23 15h	Lu 23 16h	Lu 23 17h	Ma 24 8h	Ma 24 9h	Ma 24 10h	Ma 24 11h	Ma 24 12h	Ma 24 13h	Ma 24 14h	Ma 24 15h	Ma 24 16h	Ma 24 17h	Me 25 8h	Me 25 9h	Me 25 10h	Me 25 11h	Me 25 12h	Me 25 13h	Me 25 14h	Me 25 15h	Me 25 16h	Me 25 17h	Je 26 8h	Je 26 9h	Je 26 10h	Je 26 11h	Je 26 12h	Je 26 13h	Je 26 14h	Je 26 15h	Je 26 16h	Je 26 17h	Ve 27 8h	Ve 27 9h	Ve 27 10h	Ve 27 11h	Ve 27 12h	Ve 27 13h	Ve 27 14h	Ve 27 15h	Ve 27 16h	Ve 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	Di 29 8h	Di 29 9h	Di 29 10h	Di 29 11h	Di 29 12h	Di 29 13h	Di 29 14h	Di 29 15h	Di 29 16h	Di 29 17h	Lu 30 8h	Lu 30 9h	Lu 30 10h	Lu 30 11h	Lu 30 12h	Lu 30 13h	Lu 30 14h	Lu 30 15h	Lu 30 16h	Lu 30 17h	Ma 1 8h	Ma 1 9h	Ma 1 10h	Ma 1 11h	Ma 1 12h	Ma 1 13h	Ma 1 14h	Ma 1 15h	Ma 1 16h	Ma 1 17h
Dir. vent
V. moy. (kmh)	6	10	13	16	19	15	17	16	17	17	16	14	16	18	21	24	24	25	26	27	13	11	10	11	12	14	15	15	13	13	16	16	17	18	20	22	24	26	28	31	37	34	31	29	28	28	27	26	26	24	13	13	13	13	16	19	20	17	13	9	11	11	12	13	16	19	21	20	17	14	18	19	20	21	21	22	22	3	4	5	4	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	10	12	15	16	17	17	16	17	18	16	28	30	33	34	32	29	28	30	33	35	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	23	22	21	12	13	15	16	14	11	9	9	11	12	6	6	6	5	6	6	7	6	5	4	22	24	27	29	31	33	34	36	37	38	36	31	26	23	24	26	28	26	23	20
V. max. (kmh)	11	17	22	25	29	29	27	28	26	27	26	25	25	29	32	37	38	40	41	42	28	25	23	18	20	23	24	24	24	21	29	29	28	28	31	34	38	42	47	52	62	59	56	53	50	46	43	41	40	38	22	22	22	23	26	29	32	30	27	24	19	20	21	22	25	29	32	31	29	28	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	7	9	10	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	7	11	14	17	20	23	24	24	25	33	34	34	34	35	35	36	37	38	40	3	8	15	20	22	22	21	21	20	19	5	6	9	10	10	10	9	8	6	6	6	7	9	10	11	10	10	9	8	7	14	24	37	47	52	54	55	57	58	59	40	36	32	29	28	29	29	28	27	25
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	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	13	9	10	12	14	15	16	16	16	16	15	10	11	12	13	13	13	12	12	13	13	8	8	9	9	9	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	8	9	9	10	10	10	10	9	6	7	9	10	11	11	12	12	11	11	5	7	9	11	12	14	14	14	13	12	9	10	11	12	13	14	14	13	12	12	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8
Précip. (mm)	0.1										0.1	0.1									0.2	0.2	0.3				0.1				0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3				0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1																											0.2				0.1	0.1	0.1																								0.1							0.1	0.1	0.1																																									0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2
Nébul. tot. (%)	90	92	99	98	100	99	100	88	84	91	93	70	85	51	85	100	70	55	71	65	87	87	77	77	83	69	91	69	74	77	81	73	64	56	51	47	42	54	66	78	79	72	66	59	60	60	61	59	57	55	63	42	21									1	3	4	3	1		13	25	38	72	74	76	78	74	71	67	80	84	87	63	44	26	7	5	4	2	2	2	2	3	4	6	7	33	58	84	75	65	56	100	98	95	93	93	92	92	95	97	100	92	95	97	100	90	81	71	76	81	86																					2	1	1		11	22	33	28	24	19	100	100	100	100	89	77	66	77	89	100
Nébul. haute (%)	59	59	82	48	17			12		65																																																																				1	1		61	42	24	5	4	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	1		21	43	64	43	21		92	72	53	33	22	11																																			2	1	1		11	22	33	24	16	7
Nébul. moy. (%)		11	86	96	100	94	79	75	70	48	81	48	61	46	73	100	46	36	57	48	48	48	53		27	5	28				38	25	13					19	38	57	55	38	22	5	19	32	46	31	15																						22	28	33	39	43	48	52	21	10		2	1	1															1	1	2	35	23	12																																																100	89	78	67	66	64	63	75	88	100
Nébul. basse (%)	77	67	80	97	100	81	100	31	40	48	75	62	69	6	35	76	62	45	50	47	73	71	62	77	73	65	83	69	74	77	71	66	61	56	51	47	42	51	59	68	56	56	55	55	55	54	54	54	55	55	63	42	21									1	3	4	3	1		13	25	38	59	60	60	61	53	44	36	76	81	87											2	4	5	7	31	55	79	71	63	55	100	98	95	93	93	92	92	95	97	100	91	94	97	100	90	79	69	74	80	85																												4	9	13	76	75	73	72	63	55	46	64	82	100
CAPE	50	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	30	20	30	30	20	10	30	50	30	30	50	40	30	20	0	0	10	10	10	0	10	10	0	0	10	20	30	30	20	20	40	40	30	20	20	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	70	70	60	60	60	60	60	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	10	40	50	50	60	60	60	60	50	40	30	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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	40	70	120	150	160	160	150	120	80	50
Plafond (m)	632	791	925	900	900	974	1.0k	1.1k	1.1k	1.2k	1.0k	1.1k	1.3k	1.4k	1.3k	1.3k	1.1k	1.0k	1.2k	1.2k	705	717	815	1.1k	1.3k	1.2k	1.1k	1.2k	1.2k	1.2k	595	620	656	681	717	705	730	778	803	815	913	986	1.1k	1.3k	1.4k	1.4k	1.4k	1.4k	1.4k	1.3k	1.1k	1.1k	1.1k	1.1k	1.1k	1.2k	1.2k	1.3k	1.3k	1.4k	986	986	961	974	937	937	925	900	852	827	900	888	900	913	937	961	998	1.2k	1.2k	1.2k	705	864	1.1k	1.4k	1.6k	1.8k	1.9k	1.9k	1.7k	1.5k	547	620	730	803	778	705	669	669	717	717	1.1k	1.3k	1.4k	1.5k	1.5k	1.5k	1.4k	1.4k	1.3k	1.2k	1.2k	1.3k	1.5k	1.6k	1.6k	1.5k	1.5k	1.5k	1.6k	1.6k	961	1.1k	1.3k	1.4k	1.6k	1.7k	1.7k	1.7k	1.6k	1.5k	1.2k	1.4k	1.7k	2.0k	2.3k	2.4k	2.5k	2.3k	2.1k	2.0k	1.5k	1.5k	1.5k	1.5k	1.5k	1.5k	1.5k	1.3k	1.0k	864	1.0k	1.0k	1.0k	1.0k	1.0k	1.0k	1.0k	1.0k	1.0k	1.0k

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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