Rain and storm for Cpt

[Geoff.D]

Hi to all those that responded to my request for info on this routing issue to the SAEON site.


preliminary investigations have shown up a rather complex routing fault, so a formal fault has been logged and is under investigation. Thanks to all those that provided me with info over the weekend.

This is what gets my goat with IT personnel in general. You have to get a big gun pointed at them from a heavy weight before they get off their backsides and do something ! And then the fault miraculously goes away presumably because the IT gods decree it should go away!

Whatever the problem was/is it is now clear for me. I hope that it is clear now for others as well. IF I ever get an error report, I will let you all know what it was .........

BTW it did not have anything to do with an expired url ---- so far that is the only snippet of info I have managed to get.

 

[mercurial]

Neither did your wife.

:crylaugh:

 

[Azg]

We can only declare the drought officially over when people stop reporting on every single raindrop that falls in their backyard!

 

[WAslayer]

Managed to make it to Matroosberg this morning.. the road between Wellington and Ceres was treacherous.. Water everywhere in that area, anywhere you look..

 

[GrootBaas]

I don't know how you did it, but well done! Working now for me first time in about a week. Thanks so much!

 

[Geoff.D]

I don't know how you did it, but well done! Working now for me first time in about a week. Thanks so much!

A pleasure! All I did was find a big gun and a heavy weight to point it in the right direction! What is interesting is that since this issue has been resolved, other issues I have had on websites and on this forum have also cleared up. Checking on the browser development console and the networks tab has shown a remarkable improvement and reduction in the number of "stalled" processes! Presumably, after being triggered by the failure to access the SAEON website, and repeated attempts on my part, many stalled processes clogged up the works and then had a ripple effect. I cant believe how much improvement I have seen generally from one simple fix! Next time I encounter a similar problem, the first thing I am going to do is going to be to see what stalled processes are present.

 

[Geoff.D]

Magnificent pictures on SABC news today of snow in Sutherland and on the Swartberg Mountains! Looks like photos of Switzerland! 7 cm of Snow in Sutherland town.

This is definitely going to make a huge difference to the drought situation when that all melts!.

 

[Gordon_R]

For the record, the average level of the dams feeding the City of Cape Town rose another 5.6% (to 48.3%) in the week to 6am on Mon 2nd: http://resource.capetown.gov.za/doc...ity research reports and review/damlevels.pdf

Levels are almost up to the level they were in the same week in July 2015, with several weeks of winter still coming.

No significant rain is predicted for the next 7-10 days, but there will still be substantial runoff from the weekend's rain and snow.

Daily updates (except weekends) can be seen on the following page: http://www.capetown.gov.za/Family a...and-sanitation-services/this-weeks-dam-levels

Edit: Average CT dams up 2% to 50.3% during the 24 hours to 6am on Tues 3rd. (Thanks [MENTION=9062]air[/MENTION]).

The Berg River Dam levels is updated during the day, and is still rising smoothly, reaching 79.8% at midnight on Mon 2nd: http://www.dwa.gov.za/hydrology/Unverified/DetailStageFlow.aspx?Station=G1R004FW&Type=Flow&Rain=N

Edit: Berg River Dam up 0.3% to 80.1% during the 6 hours to 6am on Tues 3rd.

The SAEON Dwarsberg mountain catchment rainfall figures have still not updated for Mon 2nd, so presumably the gauge is still frozen from the snow!

Edit: SAEON Dwarsberg temperature +3C at midday, melting snow trickling into gauge now. (Thanks [MENTION=15501]GrootBaas[/MENTION]).

The LCOGT webcam in Sutherland works at night, so you can see snow under the moonlight: http://lcogtcam.saao.ac.za/jpg/1/image.jpg

Edit: Also worth reading the latest dam report, and water and rainfall analysis: https://showme.co.za/paarl/lifestyle/nature-outdoors/cape-water-and-dams-report-110/

 

[mercurial]

Brilliant news.

 

[The_Right_Honourable_Brit]

Obviously a bit too early, but hopefully the restriction level can be downgraded to say level 4/3 at end of August or so. The CoCT cannot keep us on 6B (and the highest tariffs) forever .

 

[Agent_Smith]

Definitely grateful for all the rain but now equally glad for some sun, just to break the monotony. Also gives the people in low lying areas a chance to do a bit of a cleanup as I'm sure they would've been the hardest hit. Also gives me a chance to do a load of washing as I have no tumble dryer

/makes mental note to buy clothes horse...

 

[mercurial]

True.

 

[GrootBaas]

The SAEON Dwarsberg mountain catchment rainfall figures have still not updated for Mon 2nd, so presumably the gauge is still frozen from the snow!

I see there are small amounts trickling through hourly, probably melting now

 

[air]

No significant rain is predicted for the next 7-10 days, but there will still be substantial runoff from the weekend's rain and snow.

Damn right, updated for today, just over 2% uplift to 50.33%

cheers for the updates!

 

[Mortymoose]

I left the Cape around 08h00 yesterday morning and was disappointed not to see any snow the entire length of the N7, the cloud cover was low with a few of the higher hills shrouded in swirling cover. I had the rain the entire drive until just past Springbok, 500km north of Cape Town. The Clanwilliam Dam was looking awesome again with all the sluices closed. I did notice that the water had started to pushback as far as the curve on the old road that has now been bypassed with the new flyover.....

Sadly, I did not stop as I was behind schedule.

Encountered an accident on the Piekeneerskloof pass, some person in a light red car must have come down the hill at a pace and with the wet weather took the bend rather fast and had the back right wheel of the car ripped right off ..... with the car landing on the opposite side of the road.... lucky there was no oncoming traffic....

It is now blerrie cold up here in the desert with a stiff refreshing breeze blowing through, but we are expecting berg winds as the snow that falls in the interior sends warm thirty degree weather to this thin sliver of a barren coastline....

 

[werny]

This is great news, 50.3% average dam level:



Hope we can reach +-60% by this time next week due to the rain/snow runoff.

Source: Reenval in SA Facebook Group.

 

[Gordon_R]

There are still lingering clouds over the extreme SW-Cape, but this morning's satellite view shows extensive snow over much of the interior mountain ranges of SA.



High resolution link: https://lance.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/imagery/subsets/?subset=FAS_SouthAfrica2.2018184.terra.500m

Edit: Wider view showing (light) snow over the Eastern Cape and Drakensberg mountains: https://lance.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/imagery/subsets/?subset=SERVIR_Africa_South.2018184.terra.1km

 

[Rouxenator]

First time in years that this little stream is coming down. It becomes the "rivier" for Brandwag aan rivier.

Little bit of snow left on Pieke

 

[air]

Incredible numbers coming in for Clanwilliam Dam, currently sitting at 89%
In the last 2 days over 20% uplift!

 

[Agent_Smith]

Incredible numbers coming in for Clanwilliam Dam, currently sitting at 89%
In the last 2 days over 20% uplift!

In-SANE!