Rain and storm for Cpt

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That sputnik muppet from the water board said yesterday this isn't enough rain to recharge the water in the western cape.

You okes should invest in solar panels to recharge extra. Or plug it in to koeberg directly.

What an idiot.
 
pinball wizard said:
That sputnik muppet from the water board said yesterday this isn't enough rain to recharge the water in the western cape.

You okes should invest in solar panels to recharge extra. Or plug it in to koeberg directly.

What an idiot.
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So what exactly was wrong with his statements? Did you not understand what he said? Yes it was an unusual turn of phrase to use but the message was there. It is going to take a lot of rain to "recharge the water" over a few really wet rainy seasons. His point was that the current water restrictions in the Western Cape are going to be around for a long time over a few years probably.

https://www.dwa.gov.za/Hydrology/Weekly/percentile.aspx?station=G1R001
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https://www.dwa.gov.za/Hydrology/Weekly/percentile.aspx?station=H6R001
Theewaterskloof
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Data as at 2017-06-05
 
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pinball wizard said:
That sputnik muppet from the water board said yesterday this isn't enough rain to recharge the water in the western cape.

You okes should invest in solar panels to recharge extra. Or plug it in to koeberg directly.

What an idiot.
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Perhaps before you call people idiots you should look up the terminology - it is frequently used when talking about groundwater in particular, which likely has a great deal to do with how effectively dams fill up too. Woops...
 
Archer said:
Perhaps before you call people idiots you should look up the terminology - it is frequently used when talking about groundwater in particular, which likely has a great deal to do with how effectively dams fill up too. Woops...
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Exactly! Groundwater will actually cause the dam levels to drop after the rain. Because the ground is now wet and moist from the rain the water will flow more easily into the ground. Thereby lower the dam levels. This rain we had is actually a bad.
 
Rouxenator said:
Exactly! Groundwater will actually cause the dam levels to drop after the rain. Because the ground is now wet and moist from the rain the water will flow more easily into the ground. Thereby lower the dam levels. This rain we had is actually a bad.
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Wouldn't this ground water have done this already with the rain earlier in the month?
 
No, conditions are very bad. Early run off in the catchment areas may reach some of the dams, but as the ground softens up, the water would first have to saturate the ground before the next phase of run-off will start to fill dams.
 
Gordon_R said:
The SAEON Dwarsberg (Jonkershoek) mountain station recorded 40mm+72mm (112mm up to midnight). That range is the watershed dividing the Berg River and Theewaterskloof catchment areas.

The downside is that Dwarsberg has an annual average of 3,000mm (wettest place in SA), so we need a lot more cold fronts, to even come close to a normal winter.
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I take it the majority of the annual 3,000mm is meant to come down during our winter months?
 
StrontiumDog said:
I take it the majority of the annual 3,000mm is meant to come down during our winter months?
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The Western Cape should have 6 months of winter rainfall (June, July and August are the peak). Last year we had about 3 months of wet weather, and this year might be the same? There was close to zero rainfall in May 2017 (the lowest in a century).
 
This is only half the trucks in Melkbos removing crap from Beach road and the lawns that the sea dumped on it.

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Gordon_R said:
was close to zero rainfall in May 2017 (the lowest in a century).
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Not true . Many years no May rainfall like 2003. Going back 24 years Winter rains traditionally start on or before May 1 and traditionally if May has low to no rain the. the entire winter rainfall is normally below average.
 
Hosehead said:
Not true . Many years no May rainfall like 2003. Going back 24 years Winter rains traditionally start on or before May 1 and traditionally if May has low to no rain the. the entire winter rainfall is normally below average.
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Unfortunately, you are correct about the historical rainfall pattern. We can only hope that the pattern will be broken this year.
 
I see the rain predictions for CT are looking a bit dismal for the next 7 - 10 days.

Any idea on the state of the dams in the western cape at the moment?
 
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