The 'Massive' Gauteng Weather and Storm Warning Thread! The Sequel

[Gordon_R]

The funny thing is in the airport specific forecasts they've mentioned a 40% chance of hail for OR Tambo, which you don't see often at all. I assume due to the high temperatures if an isolated cell does pop up it's going to be relatively violent

Aviation forecasts have a different agenda, and not issued by the same people who do the TV weather forecasts. A low probability of a high consequence event is still worth mentioning, since a single storm cell needs to be avoided. This is unlike the situation on the ground (as mentioned above). The latest TAF for FAOR shows a very mixed outlook for this afternoon:

TEMPO 1712/1719 -TSGSRA FEW050CB

denoting a thunderstorm with precipitation of snow pellets/small hail and rain

 

[Genisys]

And to think, its not even summer yet. Still only spring

 

[Gordon_R]

And to think, its not even summer yet. Still only spring

It's also an El Nino year. Image previously posted in the Climate Change thread:

 

[Genisys]

It's also an El Nino year. Image previously posted in the Climate Change thread:

Oh, I know.

Been keeping track from April

G

Post in thread 'The 'Massive' Gauteng Weather and Storm Warning Thread! The Sequel'

Apr 25, 2026

Warming El Nino set to return in mid-2026: UN

The United Nations' weather and climate agency said El Nino conditions could well develop as early as May to July.

www.ewn.co.za

Well then this is going to be "fun"

• Genisys

 

[PAYBACK]

Totally off topic but still relevant. 9070XT chugging along at 61 under load in this heat case closed. Impressive.

 

[Heisenborg]

Totally off topic but still relevant. 9070XT chugging along at 61 under load in this heat case closed. Impressive.

My bru

Son plays on a 6950xt in his room. Door closed and discording.

Must be like 40c in there

 

[My_King]

Can hear thunder, hoping for rain.

 

[My_King]

1H ago

 

[Heisenborg]

Can hear thunder, hoping for rain.

My clown

 

[Lupus]

Totally off topic but still relevant. 9070XT chugging along at 61 under load in this heat case closed. Impressive.

Yeah my 9070 was only about 64

 

[Segg]

There is an extremely small cell just scraping west of Bapsfontein and moving north, those in the east may get a light sprinkling

 

[B-1]

Looks like there may be a small cell over Pretoria later tonight. Doubt it will be more than a few mm though.

 

[My_King]

Nothing...

 

[PAYBACK]

My bru

Son plays on a 6950xt in his room. Door closed and discording.

Must be like 40c in there

Yeah only the fingers moving and shallow breathing. They can survive

 

[AnimateX]

If it's already hitting 35 in spring I'm a bit scared of what real summer is going to like. Sure we'll have our rainy days but I remember 37-40deg in PTA many years ago.

 

[Lupus]

If it's already hitting 35 in spring I'm a bit scared of what real summer is going to like. Sure we'll have our rainy days but I remember 37-40deg in PTA many years ago.

Around 2015 it was around 35 in JHB, I left my car parked in an outside parking lot, it got so hot my steering wheel actually warped .

 

[wingnut771]

Around 2015 it was around 35 in JHB, I left my car parked in an outside parking lot, it got so hot my steering wheel actually warped .

What car was that?

 

[Flanders]

Those temperature records were set when we had drought during the 2015-2016 season. I remember driving through the Free State in Nov 2015 and seeing endless large dust devils all the way to the horizon with crops looking knackered. I far prefer a more rainy season to drought.

I think we could well see some of those records broken this season.

 

[geezer]

If it's already hitting 35 in spring I'm a bit scared of what real summer is going to like. Sure we'll have our rainy days but I remember 37-40deg in PTA many years ago.

Some extreme temperatures from the past.

7 December 2015, 13:26 in the afternoon.


11 December 2015, 10:15 the morning.


06 January 2016, 12:41 afternoon.


7 January 2016, 11:51 in the morning.


7 January 2016, 14:03 afternoon.


Temperature at the finish of the 2018 Ride Joburg, 18 November 2018.

 

[Lupus]

What car was that?

A Cruze, though there was apparently a defect in the polyutherane for that model