The Gauteng Weather and Storm Warning Thread!

[TribbleZA]

That's still OK (besides the whole crime target thing), it's him doing it in this heat that gets me.

That was going to be my next question.

 

[Temujin]

Rain tomorrow?

 

[The_Librarian]

Rain tomorrow?

Nope.

 

[Sinbad]

Possible

 

[wbot]

Only 38C right now. And the wind that's blowing feels like an open oven

 

[The_Librarian]

South Africa : RAIN!! LOTS OF RAIN!!! *cue kids playing in the mud etc etc*
Eskom : Sorry guys, loadshedding due to "Wet coal".

 

[Gordon_R]

Rain tomorrow?

Some rain is possible tomorrow (Tues 22nd), but don't count on it:

 

[Flanders]

South Africa : RAIN!! LOTS OF RAIN!!! *cue kids playing in the mud etc etc*
Eskom : Sorry guys, loadshedding due to "Wet coal".

Hey! Coal stays wet for a very long time, y'know. Up to 2000 years in some cases - as far back as the arrival of Jan van Witbek.

 

[Jopie Fourie]

The next rains for Gauteng is likely around February - March 2020.

 

[Gordon_R]

The next rains for Gauteng is likely around February - March 2020.

The first rains for Gauteng are likely next week (early November). Can't say how long they will last though:

 

[Flanders]

I went out cycling at 06:00 this morning, from Sasolburg to Parys and back. A round trip of about 80km. On my way back to Sasolburg, out on the open road (R59), my Garmin cycling computer recorded a temperature of just below 36°C! One of the hottest cycling rides I have had in a while.

Are you doing the 94.7...degrees celsius?

 

[Stokstert]

Blödes scheißes heatwave

Fan + wet T-shirt = some relief

Haha, Blöde scheiß Hitzewelle.

Du hast Recht.

 

[Emjay]

I went out cycling at 06:00 this morning, from Sasolburg to Parys and back. A round trip of about 80km. On my way back to Sasolburg, out on the open road (R59), my Garmin cycling computer recorded a temperature of just below 36°C! One of the hottest cycling rides I have had in a while.

Clocked that in the middle of summer last year at about 11am in the Cradle. This heat is really crazy and I am glad I am not training for 94.7 or any Ironman.

 

[Segg]

The first rains for Gauteng are likely next week (early November). Can't say how long they will last though:

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Goodness I hope this forecast holds!

 

[The_Librarian]

You think it's hot?

Try Quatar : https://www.washingtonpost.com/grap...nditioning-outdoors/?utm_source=pocket-newtab

 

[Sinbad]

Currently 28 degrees in the bedroom
Going to fire up the air con....

 

[geezer]

You do 80k for fun?

Yup!

 

[geezer]

Are you doing the 94.7...degrees celsius?

Not the long distance this year, trying the shorter 40km route out this year. I have done 13 94.7's already, time to relax a bit on the day.

 

[geezer]

That was going to be my next question.

It wasn't that hot at 06:00 when I started out. But I did know it was going to be a scorcher that day , so I took it fairly easy, did the 80.7km in 03:05:16, avg speed of 26.1 km/h

 

[SaiyanZ]

All that resulted from the rain yesterday seems to be mosquitoes. There's a few hovering around my apartment today and I don't ever get them.