Rain and storm for Cpt

[Agent_Smith]

Rain expected tomorrow.
And of course I washed my car

Well why do you think it is going to rain?!

 

[Rocco1]

thunderstorms coming from the NW/W. very tempermental and could skip where ever you live, perhaps only north of CT gets rain etc.

 

[dualmeister]

Well why do you think it is going to rain?!

When I washed it the weather report showed 7 days of upcoming sunshine

 

[Pegging]

Rain expected tomorrow.
And of course I washed my car

 

[Rocco1]

lightning currently

 

[Gordon_R]

Rain and lightning over Kenilworth at 4:15. Very close flash and bang (less than one second away). ADSL light went out, but back now (our phone lines are underground).

 

[Geoff.D]

NOthing here in Brackenfell - we appear to be not part of CT

 

[capd]

Incredible show in Fish Hoek this morning!

https://www.facebook.com/499955180157240/posts/2242137422605665

 

[EL'Diablo]

Rain and lightning over Kenilworth at 4:15. Very close flash and bang (less than one second away). ADSL light went out, but back now (our phone lines are underground).

yeah, just after 4am it was RAGING! very very little rain but the thunder and lightning was awesome

 

[dualmeister]

NOthing here in Brackenfell - we appear to be not part of CT

Nothing in Durbanville either.

 

[mercurial]

Puss hot here in town.

 

[Segg]

Quite a distinct clockwise circulation over the cape, looks like a very mild cut-off low, but I'm not certain that's entirely the case....

@Gordon_R your thoughts?

 

[Naks]

Beeeeg thunder over Stellies right now, but not a single drop of rain

 

[Rocco1]

Quite a distinct clockwise circulation over the cape, looks like a very mild cut-off low, but I'm not certain that's entirely the case....

@Gordon_R your thoughts?

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prob more a slight coastal low with tropical moisture levels,

 

[Rouxenator]

Beeeeg thunder over Stellies right now, but not a single drop of rain

Yeah, saw a few bolts behind Simonsberg. When I rode through Simondium at 7am it rained over Wemmershoek and Franschoek.

 

[KleinBoontjie]

Lovely weather we're having here. It's raining and thundering here like crazy, in the Winelands. Thunder strikes, like Russian carpet bombs. My two dogs is laying in stress balls in the living room of all these rolling thunder going on here. My back yard is ankle deep in water.

 

[Gordon_R]

Quite a distinct clockwise circulation over the cape, looks like a very mild cut-off low, but I'm not certain that's entirely the case....

@Gordon_R your thoughts?

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Cold upper air trough, visible on the 500hPa charts. Instability driven convection, rather different from the rest of SA which is driven by surface heating. It was definitely not warm at 4am when the storm passed over CT.

There was some moisture inflow, so it was a little bit like a cutoff-low, but without strong surface winds and flooding. Quite an unusual event, but definitely more common in March/April than other times of year.

 

[oldBastard]

Wind has picked up, getting ready for tomorrow nice weather.

 

[Rocco1]

welcome change to the weather, esp if working or indoors

 

[airborne]

Are we on the downward spiral to winter already, there's been a nip in the air especially at night for the last week or so?