The Gauteng Weather and Storm Warning Thread!

[Sinbad]

Little bit of a cloud burst in Blairgowrie

 

[Hamster]

Kyalami


EDIT: Not my pic. No idea who the photographer is.

 

[Düber]

^^^ Awesome pic!

 

[ScottulusMaximus]

Just had a 3rd storm pass over us from the south, pta far east. First one chucked it down properly.

 

[Aharon]

Kyalami
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Stunning photo. Did you use a phone?

 

[Hamster]

Stunning photo. Did you use a phone?

Not my pic, it's the Intercontinental GT guys who posted it. No idea who took it.

Thought it was clear I'm at home

I'll update the post

 

[Aharon]

Not my pic, it's the Intercontinental GT guys who posted it. No idea who took it.

Thought it was clear I'm at home

I'll update the post

No stress, really cool photo either way

 

[Hamster]

By a guy named Christo Smith via Storm Report SA (great page to follow on Facebook)

 

[xtm]

any update on dams level?

 

[Sinbad]

any update on dams level?

 

[Aharon]

any update on dams level?

Vaal rid hovering around around 42%. No sign of uptick yet

 

[Segg]

These Kyalami commentator idiots. They say "the rain has stopped and the radar indicates were in the clear". Meanwhile the weathersa app says it will rain in 30 minutes...and boom, right on the mark.

Some "fancy" radar they've got

A lot of people use apps that claim to use radar, but actually use satellite images to try track the CB's - they're far from accurate

AFAIK SAWS does not transmit this information from their radars to any 3rd party, insurance companies etc have an agreement to monitor the radars and issue warnings when they deem it necessary

Another system mostly used by schools and golf courses (you'll hear the lightning siren) have RF receivers which "listen out" for lightning and triangulate the location of the "transmission" from the strike

I've found this system to be hit and miss - when comparing it's storm prediction tracks to those from the actual Doppler Radars, this system actually showed it going in the completely wrong direction! Quite alarming considering its supposed to keep kids safe luckily its good enough that when lightning is detected in the immediate area it triggers an alarm

In short, Doppler Radar is the only reliable source showing storm intensity and movements

 

[Geoff.D]

Centurion lots of rain no hail.
PTA East Die Wilgers, plenty of signs that we were hit by a hail storm.

 

[Geoff.D]

Die Wilgers
2018-03-31 Mar Summary 266 mm
2018-04 30 Apr Summary 53 mm
2018-05-31 May Summary 0 mm
2018-06-30 Jun Summary 0 mm
2018-07-31 Jul Summary 0 mm
2018-08-30 Aug Summary 0 mm
2018-09 31 Sep Summary 0 mm
2018-10-31 Oct Summary 73 mm
2018-11-30 Nov Summary 42.5 mm
2018-12-31 Dec Summary 46.5 mm
2019-01-31 Jan Summary 168 mm - 2019-01-31 Jul '18-Jan'19 season Summary 330 mm
2019-02-28 Feb Summary 162 mm
2019-03-31 Mar Summary 13.5 mm
2019-04-30 Apr Summary 68.5 mm
2019-05-31 May Summary 3 mm
2019-05-31 May Summary 3 mm
2019-06-30 Jun Summary 0 mm
2019-07-31 Jul Summary 0 mm
2019-08-31 Aug Summary 0 mm
2019-09-30 Sep Summary 0 mm
2019-10-31 Oct Summary 0 mm
2019-11-01 07:00 0 mm
2019-11-02 07:00 68 mm
2019-11-10 07:00 10 mm
2019-11-12 07:00 17 mm
2019-11-13 07:00 22 mm
2019-11-14 07:00 16 mm
2019-11-19 07:00 4.5 mm
2019-11-21 07:00 63 mm
2019-11-22 07:00 1 mm
2019-11-24 07:00 7 mm

 

[TribbleZA]

What is the count ?

20

 

[TribbleZA]

The rain was amazing last night

 

[minkukel]

20

Well now that is enough data to bet on rain for 23 November.

 

[TribbleZA]

Well now that is enough data to bet on rain for 23 November.

And it didn't disappoint either. Lucky we didn't have hail though - but the wind blew.

 

[The_Librarian]

20

20 what? 20 pieces of Masala KFC?

I don't like masala KFC

 

[Genisys]

And now we are going back to the sub 30 temps again?