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Checking the weather in cape town – how to get it right!

by on June 1, 2011 in Uncategorized

So, i now reveal a few secrets:
how to read the weather in Capetown:
I cross reference these websites –

http://www.windguru.cz/int/index.php?sc=91

http://www.yr.no/place/South_Africa/Western_Cape/Cape_Town/

amongst others.
I go onto Keith pickerskills amazingly informative ppg website (if you want to learn to paramotor / fly motorised paragliders:) he is your man:

http://www.xplorer.co.za/local/webcams/index.html

here i see if the mountain is clear and what the clouds and general weather look like

http://www.iweathar.co.za/stations.php?stage=1&p_id=1

tells me the wind strength and gust factors.
another excellent website – created by Russel Witthuhn and a dream for us! Makes our life sooooo easy.
Then we go fly!

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