Rain and storm for Cpt

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A few decent SAWS rainfall numbers near the mountains, but otherwise rather limited: http://www.weathersa.co.za/images/data/climate/nr_daily_rai.pdf

Highest include Kirstenbosch 39mm, Jonkershoek 35mm, Paarl 22mm, Bellville 21mm, Wellington 21mm, Grabouw 20mm, etc.

Edit: Most of the rain on SAEON Dwarsberg fell between midnight and 6am yesterday (Fri 28th), making an impressive daily total of 62mm.
 
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Today's cold front (Sun 30th) is a bit more extensive (north south) than the last one, so is likely to bring more widespread rain, including parts of the Northern Cape (and the extreme SW part of Namibia). Landfall is expected during the late afternoon (4pm onwards).

The 8am EUMetsat image shows the development:

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Source: https://eumetview.eumetsat.int/static-images/MSG/RGB/AIRMASS/SOUTHERNAFRICA/

Edit: Most of the heavy rain will be restricted to the Cape Town and the surrounding mountains in the SW-Cape:

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There were heavy falls of rain overnight in Kenilworth, with 27.5mm in the gauge this morning. There was more than double that on SAEON Dwarsberg (Jonkershoek), including 15mm in the hour from 7am to 8am!

There were good falls as far north as the Cederberg, which will be welcome since earlier fronts were restricted mostly to the Cape Metropole and surrounding mountains.

The rain seems to be mostly over for today, though there will be further (weaker) fronts during the next few days.
 
A well needed soaking rain at last just like in the 80s....long may it continue
 
A few impressive SAWS rainfall figures up to 8am on Mon 1st: http://www.weathersa.co.za/images/data/climate/nr_daily_rai.pdf

Highest include Kirstenbosch 51mm, Jonkershoek 32mm, Molteno Reservoir (CBD) 32mm, Ceres 27mm, etc. Also of note was Springbok (NC) 15mm.

Brain fart: Where is @Mortymoose with the Namibia report?

I'm looking for the June monthly totals, which should make interesting reading: http://www.weathersa.co.za/images/data/climate/nr_month_rai.pdf

Edit: Some places close to Cape Town were close to 100% during the month of June, but other areas of the Western Cape, Northern Cape, and Eastern Cape were below average:
Cape Columbine (Saldanha) 96%
Cape Town Airport (W/O) 77%
Kirstenbosch 105%
Stellenbosch 100%
Wellington 93%

Edit: The last 10 days of June were fairly impressive: http://www.weathersa.co.za/images/data/climate/nr_10day_rai.pdf
Kirstenbosch 154mm, Molteno Reservoir (CBD) 92mm, Ceres 91mm, Grabouw 74mm, Wellington 65mm,
 
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Moosedrool said:
@Mortymoose

We're 2 different moose.
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A Mooseofa mistake....;)

Clear skies north of the border, a gentle rain started around Sunday at 16H00, rained throughout the night, but in all honesty, nowhere what I expected..... a couple of large puddles around the desert township, air today not as cold as what would normally follow after the passing of a winter cold front....

the weather is not what it was 30 years ago....:unsure:
 
It has been raining the whole day in Kenilworth (near the mountain), and I just emptied 40mm out of the gauge at 7.30pm. Much less rain has been falling in other areas away from the mountains (typical orographic effect...)
 
Any truth to this what's app received


The city of Cape Town has released a warning ahead of the "hurricane type storm" set to hit tonight expecting:

- 80mm of rain to fall in 24 hours
- heavy snow fall in higher regions
- flashfloods on low lying and flat areas
- wind speeds of between 100 - 140 km/h
- mud slides on mountain side roads

Citizens are urged to prepare for the storm by moving any loose furniture indoors and bring any pets inside. Evacuation plans have been set out for several areas and the South African air force is on standby from 10pm onwards.

Citizens are also urged to remain indoors as much as possible and to clear away from any dead or burnt trees that may fall during the storm.

Should there be any emergency that requires immediate help please contact the following:

SAPS - 10111
CPT Disaster centre - 080 911 4357

Stay safe and remain indoors. Please pass this message on to keep family and friends safe through this week.
 
jones123 said:
Any truth to this what's app received


The city of Cape Town has released a warning ahead of the "hurricane type storm" set to hit tonight expecting:

- 80mm of rain to fall in 24 hours
- heavy snow fall in higher regions
- flashfloods on low lying and flat areas
- wind speeds of between 100 - 140 km/h
- mud slides on mountain side roads

Citizens are urged to prepare for the storm by moving any loose furniture indoors and bring any pets inside. Evacuation plans have been set out for several areas and the South African air force is on standby from 10pm onwards.

Citizens are also urged to remain indoors as much as possible and to clear away from any dead or burnt trees that may fall during the storm.

Should there be any emergency that requires immediate help please contact the following:

SAPS - 10111
CPT Disaster centre - 080 911 4357

Stay safe and remain indoors. Please pass this message on to keep family and friends safe through this week.
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You should delete idiots that forward these types of messages.
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jones123 said:
Any truth to this what's app received


The city of Cape Town has released a warning ahead of the "hurricane type storm" set to hit tonight expecting:

- 80mm of rain to fall in 24 hours
- heavy snow fall in higher regions
- flashfloods on low lying and flat areas
- wind speeds of between 100 - 140 km/h
- mud slides on mountain side roads

Citizens are urged to prepare for the storm by moving any loose furniture indoors and bring any pets inside. Evacuation plans have been set out for several areas and the South African air force is on standby from 10pm onwards.

Citizens are also urged to remain indoors as much as possible and to clear away from any dead or burnt trees that may fall during the storm.

Should there be any emergency that requires immediate help please contact the following:

SAPS - 10111
CPT Disaster centre - 080 911 4357

Stay safe and remain indoors. Please pass this message on to keep family and friends safe through this week.
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Smells fishy :unsure:
 
Dwarsberg/JHK already sitting on 200mm(69/101/30) for JUL19!
It has already surpassed the JUL full month totals for 2017/18 :-)
From 1200 yesterday till 0400 this morning, it has been the most consistent hourly rain numbers I have seen.
 
Not much to add to the epic photo by @ChrisJ and Dwarsberg numbers by @air!

Runoff from the mountains has been excellent, and the Berg River Dam has increased by more than 3% in the last 24 hours, and more than 5% in the first two days of July: http://www.dwa.gov.za/hydrology/Unverified/DetailStageFlow.aspx?Station=G1R004FW&Type=Flow&Rain=N

Edit: The 6 hourly (8am) Berg River Dam update shows another 0.75% increase, with a total of more than 6% in 48 hours, and still rising! The rate of inflow to the dam is slowing, but expect another day of runoff: http://www.dwa.gov.za/hydrology/Unverified/DetailStageFlow.aspx?Station=G1H076FW&Type=Flow&Rain=N

Unfortunately the next 7-10 days are back to a drier trend, with fewer and weaker cold-fronts.
 
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