Rain and storm for Cpt

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It seemed to rain the whole night in Kenilworth, but only 13mm in our gauge this morning.

Edit: Definitely more rain in places close to the mountains, with nice waterfalls visible once the sun came out.

Should be drier from now until the weekend, with warm conditions on Sat 16th, and a gradual deterioration from Sun 17th onwards.
 
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Gordon_R said:
It seemed to rain the whole night in Kenilworth, but only 13mm in our gauge this morning.

Edit: Definitely more rain in places close to the mountains, with nice waterfalls visible once the sun came out.

Should be drier from now until the weekend, with warm conditions on Sat 16th, and a gradual deterioration from Sun 17th onwards.
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16.5 mm in Vredekloof measured this morning. Was very surprised by this as well.
 
Actually, it's been very dry this winter besides the odd few days of fairly ,heavy rain.

UK is on red alert for next few days, temps could reach 40C. Wildfires burning all over Southern Europe. Floods again in Germany this summer.

The weather everywhere is not what it was. I'm not promoting climate change either, but a noticeable deviation in last few years.... the earth is going through its cyclical changes that's for sure.
 
MirageF1 said:
Actually, it's been very dry this winter besides the odd few days of fairly ,heavy rain.

UK is on red alert for next few days, temps could reach 40C. Wildfires burning all over Southern Europe. Floods again in Germany this summer.

The weather everywhere is not what it was. I'm not promoting climate change either, but a noticeable deviation in last few years.... the earth is going through its cyclical changes that's for sure.
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We definitely have not had a lot of rainy days this winter so far. The days of having Cape winter rain for days are long gone.
 
Dammit, looking at the weekly update for TY vs LY dam %, we are significantly less at the moment. A fair bit of rain required to make the score look more respectable.
 
air said:
Dammit, looking at the weekly update for TY vs LY dam %, we are significantly less at the moment. A fair bit of rain required to make the score look more respectable.
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It looks like a drought is brewing again for CPT. PE is getting new Gariep water and CPT is getting no new water, just more people.
 
Forecast was for a dry start to winter, the question is if it turns around in mid-August.
No signifncat rain forcast for next 10 days (light rain sat) SAHPS is quite strong and further south this time of year.
 
Rocco1 said:
Forecast was for a dry start to winter, the question is if it turns around in mid-August.
No signifncat rain forcast for next 10 days (light rain sat) SAHPS is quite strong and further south this time of year.
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Yes there is still hope for this year, but so far its been an extremely dry year. I would say 70% or less full by December indicates a drought and 80% is safe.
 
air said:
hoping not quite yet until the likes of @Gordon_R et al has commented :)
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I am not at all concerned about the rainfall and dam situation in Cape Town (though farmers may have a different opinion). Levels are close to their highest point in 5 years, and as of this morning (18 July) the average is at 75.5%. At current rates of consumption this is sufficient for nearly 3 years. Wait until the end of the season in October before even discussing this issue.

See: https://resource.capetown.gov.za/do...ity research reports and review/damlevels.pdf
 
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