The Gauteng Weather and Storm Warning Thread!

[SlowInternet]

where you @?

dark clouds here, carnival city side,
its afternoon, so JHB weather is working as it should.

Heidelberg

 

[sand_man]

Bucketing down in Norwood!! Serious downpour!!

 

[Neoprod]

Just drove through a monsoon on the N1 by Albertsdal /Diepkloof.

 

[SlowInternet]

On 20mm now

 

[Arzy]

Mmmm, apparently coming down properly at home. N3s also slower than usual, hope it doesn't flood again.

 

[Arzy]

And there's the hail...

 

[sand_man]

Mmmm, apparently coming down properly at home. N3s also slower than usual, hope it doesn't flood again.

The intensity of what we've just had in Norwood would lead to flooding. Fortunately it hasnt sustained.

 

[Arzy]

Yeah...im going to be surprised if this doesn't flood gillooleys

 

[Arzy]

And we have flooding

 

[Arzy]

Well color me surprised, gillooleys was OK. Another from Edenvale off ramp though:

 

[Temujin]

And we have flooding

Yarr, our lovely 'new'(resurfaced) overpriced highway with 0 drainage... guess they filled in what used to be there to get another tender to put in drainage

 

[cavedog]

Really heavy rain now in Kosmosdal.

 

[WaxLyrical]

I'm driving now from Pta to Jhb and it's absolutely bucketing.

Lightning, thunder and the whole 9 nine yards.

 

[Grimspoon]

Such lekker rain in the North

 

[Sinbad]

Lightning taken out parkhurst substation

 

[Grimspoon]

Lightning taken out parkhurst substation

Eish heard about that. Blairgowrie apparently also hit?

 

[Ockie]

Lightning taken out parkhurst substation

Power on here. Have not had a power interruption at all.

 

[Sinbad]

Eish heard about that. Blairgowrie apparently also hit?

Parkhurst sub feeds part of the Blair.

 

[Flanders]

Sinbad, you're in Randburg? What's your total mm from Friday 'til now?

 

[Sinbad]

Sinbad, you're in Randburg? What's your total mm from Friday 'til now?

Not at the moment. In ballito on holiday, sorry.

We had about 30mm on friday