Rain and storm for Cpt

[dualmeister]

Poorly taken photos from my house in Kylemore.

Nice. Looks like it could be from somewhere in Europe.

 

[MirageF1]

I was always told by my ex wife in UK that a bright clear sky and clouds with a yellowish looking tint indicate the presence of snow nearby... certainly some truth to that as those photos attest.

Farkin uncomfortably icy here in S Subs.

 

[Gordon_R]

Its raining again (11am on Sun 30th), not what I expected!? Temperature on top of Constantiaberg is 4.6C.

@Papa Smurf is not going to be having fun on the mountain...

Edit: The outlook for the next few days is very mixed, with a well developed cutoff-low positioned along the southern Cape coast. Note that these kind of systems are very unpredictable, and it is difficult to forecast the position and amount of rain in advance:

 

[Frankie23]

Sun is out in Gordon's Bay

Making the most of the warmer weather and no rain, potjie on the go

 

[Gordon_R]

Unfortunately there is still a lot of cloud around, but this morning's satellite image (Sun 30th) shows the widespread snowfalls. The coverage over the Sutherland plateau is quite thin (2-3cm) and will melt soon, but that over the mountains of the SW-Cape should last several days. This false-colour image shows snow as pale-blue, to distinguish it from lingering clouds:



Source: https://worldview.earthdata.nasa.go...n),MODIS_Terra_CorrectedReflectance_TrueColor

 

[dualmeister]

Theewaterskloof Dam.

 

[Gordon_R]

You win
I was living in Gordons Bay then, I have never seen snow on Gordons Bay mountains before, and i mean the mountain behind the mountain that you just shared
Wow, thank you for that

For reference, here is an annotated image of the heavy snowfall in August 2003:

 

[dualmeister]

Franschhoek pass.

 

[dualmeister]

Franschhoek.

 

[The_Mowgs]

Fuk this fuking weather!!!

 

[dualmeister]

Oops. Darn photo bomber.

 

[ChrisJ]

Few snow flakes fell near Maclears around 10:30 this morning. Still a few patches of snow and boardwalks a bit spicy

 

[airborne]

I'm pretty sure there was (slightly) more in August 2003. See my photo album: http://capetownskies.com/2108/early_aug03.htm and http://capetownskies.com/1978/aug_sep03.htm

How cold has this winter been compared to the worst on record?

 

[Gordon_R]

How cold has this winter been compared to the worst on record?

Its very hard to generalise, and this winter has had several sunny and dry weeks, so its mostly average.

 

[airborne]

Its very hard to generalise, and this winter has had several sunny and dry weeks, so its mostly average.

And if you only based it on the cold days?

 

[Gordon_R]

And if you only based it on the cold days?

It hasn't actually been that cold, and in any case windy days are not the coldest ones. Frost only forms on nights when it is calm. Too many variables to give meaningful answers...

 

[Pineapple Smurf]

Few snow flakes fell near Maclears around 10:30 this morning. Still a few patches of snow and boardwalks a bit spicy

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That melted very quickly
I got to McClears Beacon 4 hrs later at 2:30 pm and there was almost no sign of snow left
Odd little patch here and there but you had to look for it

Table Mountain was not cold at all today
Hiked 24.1km and most of it was in my t-shirt. Did put my warm top on at Mc Clears coz the icy wind was hitting us, but back on the tracks again there was no wind

 

[Pineapple Smurf]

Its very hard to generalise, and this winter has had several sunny and dry weeks, so its mostly average.

Yeah, I haven't really felt it this year. I judge every year on the number of times I put my heater on in the lounge, this year it's still zero

 

[Pineapple Smurf]

Its raining again (11am on Sun 30th), not what I expected!? Temperature on top of Constantiaberg is 4.6C.

@Papa Smurf is not going to be having fun on the mountain...

Edit: The outlook for the next few days is very mixed, with a well developed cutoff-low positioned along the southern Cape coast. Note that these kind of systems are very unpredictable, and it is difficult to forecast the position and amount of rain in advance:

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We got hit at 11am with a shower passing by, luckily it was halfway up the jeep track at Constantia Nek and we found a big tree to cover us and wait for it to pass, 15 minutes later we were back on the road hiking again bone dry

 

[dualmeister]

@Papa Smurf Where are the hiking pics?