Rain and storm for Cpt

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vaakseun said:
Huh?

Been raining so heavily here in the far South peninsula for the past hour and a half that if I were to stick my fishing rod out the window I'd probably catch a snoek or two.
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Has it ever NOT rained in the Southern Suburbs?
 
The_Mowgs said:
Has it ever NOT rained in the Southern Suburbs?
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In my valley (Newlands) - highest rainfall in CT.
Bucketing down right now

I caught our gardener running the irrigation at midday yesterday after I had told him that it was going to rain heavily for a few days
 
I got home from dog walking just before 11am, and it was still dry, but very windy! Rain started soon afterwards, and it was really bucketing down in Kenilworth a few minutes ago. Hard to believe we will have 36 hours of this (on and off).

Checked during a gap and gauge at 12:30pm has 25mm!? Unbelievable...

Update: Less torrential rain now in Kenilworth, only 12.5mm in last 2 hours up to 2.30pm...

The SAEON Constantiaberg mountain catchment station was dry earlier, but recorded 25mm in the hour from 11am to 12 noon. That is an abrupt arrival of a lot of rain!?

The rain hasn't reached SAEON Dwarsberg (Jonkershoek) yet, but will undoubtedly produce even higher amounts (orographic effect).

Update: Dwarsberg 12mm in hour up to 1pm, 19mm in hour up to 2pm, and 16mm in hour up to 3pm. Constantiaberg much less.
 
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Starting to pick up in the Banhoek valley (other side of Jonkershoek.).
 
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DISRUPTIVE SNOWFALLS: Possible snow for Gauteng, Namibia. More snow on the way for SA and Lesotho

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WARNING – DISRUPTIVE SNOWFALLS: Big snow on the way for SA, Lesotho and Namibia
8 July 2020
By Richard Le Sueur

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A significant snowfall looks likely from Thursday night or the early hours of Friday morning for the Western Cape, Eastern Cape, Northern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, the Free State, North West and Lesotho. Very light snow may also fall on the high-peaks in Namibia.

The South African Weather Service have warned that disruptive snowfalls are expected over the high-ground of the Cape Winelands on Friday and into Saturday morning. They have also issued a further warning of disruptive snowfalls in the western and southern high ground of the Northern Cape on Friday and into Saturday morning, which backs up our current forecast.

The data currently indicates that low-level snow that is accessible by vehicle is possible in some of these areas. While the snow is expected to be light at lower levels in most places, and as much as 40cm may fall on some of the high-peaks in the Western Cape. Snow is expected to fall through Friday and Saturday.

Here are the areas that are expected to get snow or where snow may be possible. The snow may either fall in the town itself, but in most cases will be on the high-ground nearby or the nearby peaks, and therefore visible from these places. At this point though the freezing level could drop as low as 1250m in places, but this may still change.

In the Western Cape: Paarl, Stellenbosch, Franschhoek, Rawsonville, Worcester, Villiersdorp, Tulbagh, Wolseley, Ceres, De Doorns, Robertson, Montagu, Greyton, the Cederberg and the Koue Bokkeveld, Barrydale, Swellendam, Heidelberg, Riversdale, Ladismith, Calitzdorp, Oudtshoorn, Prince Albert, Beaufort West, De Rust, George, Uniondale and Willowmore.

In the Northern Cape: Sutherland, Calvinia, Fraserburg, Loxton, Postmasburg, Carnarvon, Springbok, De Aar, Colesberg.

In the Eastern Cape: Joubertina, Storms River, Graaff-Reinet, Nieu-Bethesda, Molteno, Sterkstroom, Cradock, Hofmeyr, Hogsback, Dordrecht, Burgersdorp, Aliwal North, Barkly East, Rhodes, Tarkastad, Seymore, Ugie, Elliot, Matatiele and many of the small towns nearby. Tiffindell Ski Resort is expected to get around 15cm of snowfall.

In the Free State: Clarens, Ficksburg, Fouriesburg, Bethlehem, Bloemfontein, Botshabelo, Ladybrand and many of the small towns indicated on the map.

In the North West: Klerksdorp and west of Vryburg.

In KwaZulu-Natal: If there is snow it will likely just be on the peaks in the Drakensberg on the Lesotho border, as per the map.

In Lesotho: Snow possible across the whole country, with the heaviest snow in the south-west. AfriSki is likely to get around 5cm of snow.

In Namibia: The mountains between Rosh Pinah and Aus, as well as north of Aus near Helmeringhausen, and around Karasburg.

The map indicates where SnowReportSA is currently seeing the possibility of snow, but it may not fall in all of the areas shown on the map.

Another snowfall was indicated from Monday for much of South Africa and Lesotho but at this stage the data is still very volatile. An further update will be posted by the weekend.

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DISRUPTIVE SNOWFALLS: Possible snow for Gauteng, Namibia. More snow on the way for SA and Lesotho

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Lull in the storm here...gone kinda quite last 30 mins or so... reprieve before dusk and the continued onslaught.
 
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