The Gauteng Weather and Storm Warning Thread!

[LCBXX]

My question though would be... Cliffcentral? Geesus dude

I have it set as my alarm-channel on TuneIn.

 

[Baxteen]

I have it set as my alarm-channel on TuneIn.

one way to make sure you get up and turn off the alarm I suppose.

I shared that story, and the first thing people said was "that sort of limited thinking is typical of a cliff central lister"
and that was coming from some one who is more of a militant atheist than I am.

 

[LCBXX]

one way to make sure you get up and turn off the alarm I suppose.

I shared that story, and the first thing people said was "that sort of limited thinking is typical of a cliff central lister"
and that was coming from some one who is more of a militant atheist than I am.

My question would be what they listen to as an alternative to be less-limited in their thinking.

 

[Baxteen]

My question would be what they listen to as an alternative to be less-limited in their thinking.

music.
like a normal person.
you dont want talk radio when you wake up, that is basically brainwashing you into thinking the same as the talk radio host.

I find waking up to a bit of Amon Amarth is the best. feel like you can conquer anything after that.

 

[LCBXX]

music.
like a normal person.
you dont want talk radio when you wake up, that is basically brainwashing you into thinking the same as the talk radio host.

I find waking up to a bit of Amon Amarth is the best. feel like you can conquer anything after that.

But...I like talk radio. And podcasts. And Audiobooks - granted the latter 2 are not something you want to wake up to.

 

[wizardofid]

pffftt, my backyard......you JHB wussies don't know a tornado from a strong breeze, this to us is hunting and fishing weather.....up turn cars....pfft you try holding down a sheep in weather like that with your pants around your ankles......

[video=youtube;1zZVtvlb9pw]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zZVtvlb9pw[/video]

 

[ShaunSA]

pffftt, my backyard......you JHB wussies don't know a tornado from a strong breeze, this to us is hunting and fishing weather.....up turn cars....pfft you try holding down a sheep in weather like that with your pants around your ankles......

I hope that isn't what your video is about

 

[Geoff.D]

Read here : https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/...ices_show_outsourced_security_wont_ever_work/

It is entirely possible.

tks for the lnk. I have specifically allowed certain apps only access to camera, mic and speakers, but I think I need to review these settings again.

 

[Moosedrool]

pffftt, my backyard......you JHB wussies don't know a tornado from a strong breeze, this to us is hunting and fishing weather.....up turn cars....pfft you try holding down a sheep in weather like that with your pants around your ankles......
...Video of a calm tornado in the middle of nowhere...

And this is why meteorologists conveniently changed the Fujita scale to the Enhanced Fujita scale.

It's funny how the largest tornado in history which killed Tim Samaras known as the el Reno tornado only produced EF3 damage due to where it was yet some small stupid F1 can hit EF3 damage tolls easily over a populated city.

This:



Is the puny looking el Reno tornado yet the windspeed hit 475km/h. The people taking these pics are taking pictures of the sub vortices while actually standing inside the larger mofo:

 

[LazyLion]

Those videos don't actually show anything forming to me... We want to see the actual tornado?
A few wisps of cloud is not an actual Tornado.

 

[Moosedrool]

Those videos don't actually show anything forming to me... We want to see the actual tornado?
A few wisps of cloud is not an actual Tornado.

Me too. But it's possible this is all it was. Doesn't mean it didn't cause the damage it did.

 

[SaiyanZ]

Those videos don't actually show anything forming to me... We want to see the actual tornado?
A few wisps of cloud is not an actual Tornado.

Do you know that air is invisible? There can be a raging tornado nearby but if there is no dust or water vapour to suck up then it will be invisible.

 

[wizardofid]

And this is why meteorologists conveniently changed the Fujita scale to the Enhanced Fujita scale.

It's funny how the largest tornado in history which killed Tim Samaras known as the el Reno tornado only produced EF3 damage due to where it was yet some small stupid F1 can hit EF3 damage tolls easily over a populated city.

This isn't in the middle of nowhere.... you have to get lost first to get where you need to be..... So you wanted to see cows and farmers with pants around there ankles fly about to be impressed....

Interesting enough
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Southern_Hemisphere_tornadoes_and_tornado_outbreaks

Welkom in recent years suffered greatly with regards to weather, especially the 20th march tornado and some hail storms as well, we get tornado's in our parts(Zastron and surrounding areas) often enough in the 10 years I have been here we had at least 6 or 7 of them most getting no news report we had a close shave last year with one moving past just behind our town.Common enough occurrence here without batting an eyelid, JHB gets one and people go nuts !!!! -4 in winter and people goes nuts, our average winter temp is -4 consistently and then it's a mild winter good enough to wear shorts and a light jacket.3 years ago, we had an entire week with temps in teen range with the coldest day being -14......so pffft, JHBers and their wuss weather.....we've been having it !!!!

 

[wizardofid]

I hope that isn't what your video is about

Not my video nor am I a farmer I did see your cousin Timmy the other day with a large smile.How often do you visit him, and do you let the farmer come up from behind you as well ?

 

[Moosedrool]

SA gets them often actually just not through the city like this cause they're narrow systems. The US gets a shyte tonne which is why it seems so uncommon for people here. The hail is all my place got. Around 4km from cradlestone and no heavy wind at all.

 

[LazyLion]

MEDIA RELEASE ISSUED BY THE SOUTH AFRICAN WEATHER SERVICE:

MEDIA RELEASE ISSUED BY THE SOUTH AFRICAN WEATHER SERVICE: Severe thunderstorms wreak havoc in Gauteng on 9 October 2017; further warnings for KwaZulu Natal and Eastern Cape on 10 October 2017

10 October 2017

Severe thunderstorms with heavy downpours, strong damaging winds and large hail, hit parts of Gauteng and surrounding provinces on the afternoon of the 9th October 2017. Areas that were most affected were the West Rand District, City of Johannesburg and Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipalities. There were also 2 sightings of tornadoes in Ruimsig (adjacent to Roodepoort and Krugersdorp) and Eloff, near Delmas (Mpumalanga). Other provinces affected were the eastern parts of North, West, eastern Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga and Limpopo. Extremely large hail (golf ball to tennis ball size) was also reported near Krugersdorp. Elsewhere in the Free State, a tornado was also observed near Bethulie yesterday.
Extensive damage to property was reported, which included the Cradlestone Shopping Mall in Roodepoort, where a roof partially collapsed, as well as numerous formal and informal dwellings which were completely destroyed. This resulted in more 100 people being displaced from their homes. Some roofs were ripped off residential dwellings and small office complexes in Krugersdorp and Roodepoort. Major roads were also affected by the flooding and resultant debris that were caused by the storm. At this stage, one death has been reported as well as a number of injuries.


Weather System
On the 9th October 2017, a line of thunderstorms developed east of a cut-off low pressure system which was situated over the western parts of the country. These storms developed through the central parts of the central parts of the North West and northern Free State, and then started moving eastwards. Due to prevailing favourable conditions (including abundant low-level moisture and strongly *sheared airflow in the lower portion of the storms), some of these storms developed into supercell thunderstorms. Supercell storms are the most intense class of thunderstorm and are characterised by a deep rotating updraft, are generally very long-lived (a lifespan of a few hours) and are associated with some sort of severe weather (one or more of large hail, tornadoes, strong winds and urban flooding) in at least 90% of cases. (*wind shear occurs when there is a marked change in wind speed and/or wind direction, across a short vertical distance)


Guidance issued by SAWS
The South African Weather Service issued a watch on Sunday afternoon (for Monday) for severe thunderstorms in places over the eastern parts of North West, eastern parts of the Free State, northern and central parts of KwaZulu-Natal and in places in Gauteng, Limpopo and Mpumalanga. This was upgraded to a warning on Monday afternoon as thunderstorms moved into the province from the west. These warnings were also carried extensively on social media channels of Twitter and Facebook.
A severe thunderstorm warning is issued by the South African Weather Service when a thunderstorm is expected to be associated with one or more of the following severe weather criteria*;
• Hail of greater than 19mm diameter. Alternatively, large amounts of small hail
• A tornado
• Wind gusts of 50 knots (93 km/h) or more
• Heavy downpours leading to localised urban or flash flooding

*This is closely aligned with international practise, particularly with respect to USA as well as Australia
Upcoming expected severe weather
The weather system that caused this weather has now moved to the east and most of the areas affected by yesterday’s storms can now expect predominantly sunny weather. There is however still a warning for heavy rain over KwaZulu-Natal (we have already received report of heavy rain and flooding in and around Durban) and eastern parts of the Eastern Cape before the weather system moves off the country later today (Tuesday). Thunderstorms are expected to return to the country on Saturday.
The South African Weather Service will continue to monitor further developments during this period and will issue subsequent updates as required. Furthermore, the general public are urged to regularly follow weather forecasts on television and radio. Updated information may also be accessed on www.weathersa.co.za as well as via the South African Weather Service Twitter account @SAWeatherServic

https://www.facebook.com/WeatherSer...3qSKZb1Z6YRNM62SQNO5KM5XsQxZaxgNdKuac&fref=nf
http://www.weathersa.co.za/warnings/forecast

 

[Icemanbrfc]

Eish, Cape Town

 

[maumau]

Tks LazyLion, the trouble is when insurance companies SMS weather warnings 3/4 times a week.

It becomes a case of cry wolf.

 

[Moosedrool]

So far the funniest thing in this thread.



/kidding

But yeah thanks for the report.

Raising temperatures is giving me this feeling we might need to start preparing for weirder weather. Lived in Roodepoort nearly my entire life and saw golf ball size hail around 1997.

Nothing for 15 years

Then giant hail in 2012 (tennis ball size)
Then again in 2013 (egg size)
moved to ct and came back then again in 2015 (golf ball size)
now 2017. (All sizes and a wider affected area)

 

[Pitbull]

https://www.facebook.com/WeatherSer...3qSKZb1Z6YRNM62SQNO5KM5XsQxZaxgNdKuac&fref=nf
http://www.weathersa.co.za/warnings/forecast

So there was tornadoes now in Ruimsig?