Rain and storm for Cpt

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7pm and the wind is starting to pick up nicely here in Somerset West while i braai :giggle:
Looking forward to going to work tomorrow on my jetski !!!!
 
Planning to do a midweek Matroosberg trip on Wednesday. What say you experts, good idea? Seems like tonight and tomorrow should bring some additional snow that should layer up nicely for Wednesday.

Bit of a rundown for tonight's storm:
 
GrootBaas said:
Planning to do a midweek Matroosberg trip on Wednesday. What say you experts, good idea? Seems like tonight and tomorrow should bring some additional snow that should layer up nicely for Wednesday.
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The snow outlook is good. The latest lockdown may affect travel though...
 
Anyone with an accurate anemometer here in S Subs?

Am curious what the avg wind speed or max gusts are mountain side.

Projections are 10-25 m/s ...that translates to 36-90 km/h
 
MirageF1 said:
Anyone with an accurate anemometer here in S Subs?

Am curious what the avg wind speed or max gusts are mountain side.

Projections are 10-25 m/s ...that translates to 36-90 km/h
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Seeing gusts of up to 89km/h Claremont side. There are 4 online stations in the southern suburbs. Grab the Davis WeatherLink app and take a look...

We’re seeing gusts up to 74km/h in the northern suburbs (Vredekloof). My own station isn’t online just yet.

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Azimuth said:
Seeing gusts of up to 89km/h Claremont side. There are 4 online stations in the southern suburbs. Grab the Davis WeatherLink app and take a look...

We’re seeing gusts up to 74km/h in the northern suburbs (Vredekloof). My own station isn’t online just yet.

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So pretty close to 100km/h estimates.
Nice one, thanks.

Pounding rain just woke me up!! And I mean really pounding. I usually sleep like a log, not even an alarm clock can rouse me sometimes.
CmI could barely hear myself think. Thought I was underwater as I came to from sleep...

Some of of the fiercest weather I've ever experienced in my life.
 
Gordon_R said:
The real-time updates for the Berg River Dam show sustained inflows, with a 2 day increase of about 7% to around 89% at 6am this morning (another 1% to 90% in the 6 hours up to midday). This dam always fills first due to its mountain catchment location, and the excess will be pumped into Theewaterskloof soon (Eskom permitting!?)
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Berg River, did 1% point in a few hours, crazy stuff. If memory serves that pipe can 'only' do +300M litres per day, which is approx. 0.25% per day, they had better get going if not already started.
 
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Azimuth said:
Seeing gusts of up to 89km/h Claremont side. There are 4 online stations in the southern suburbs. Grab the Davis WeatherLink app and take a look...

We’re seeing gusts up to 74km/h in the northern suburbs (Vredekloof). My own station isn’t online just yet.

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Thats a very nice weather station. I got the Oregon Scientific. Mine doesn’t connect to my phone.

I recorded the highest windspeed yesterday afternoon since installing mine a month ago 63km/h in Wynberg.
 
'Only' 20mm in our gauge in Kenilworth, but a lot more over the mountains.

air said:
Berg River, did 1% point in a few hours, crazy stuff. If memory serves that pipe can 'only' do +300M litres per day, which is approx. 0.25% per day, they had better get going if not already started.
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Yeah, just noticed that, passed 93% this morning! They should start pumping soon after it hits 90%, though next week does look dry. The key is that the soil is saturated from last week's mega-storm, so that any rainfall immediately turns into runoff (70m^3/sec!) This can clearly be seen from the inflow chart:

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Will be very interesting to look at the weekly figures when they are updated later today: http://www.capetown.gov.za/Family a...and-sanitation-services/this-weeks-dam-levels
 
**** me sideways !!!!!! :oops::oops::oops:
i dont know when last i was that scared on a bike
Twice i had to drop down to 3rd or 4th and put my hazards on and 1 foot out in that hectic wind !!!!!!

i literally need to go poo now from that stress !!
 
Agent_Smith said:
That wind last night was insane. Wouldn't be at all surprised to see pics of uprooted trees and damages roofs this morning.
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It was monstrous, especially given the fact that I have a corner house.
Where can I get the forecast for yesterday? SAWS seems to have from the current day and onward.
 
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