The 'Massive' Gauteng Weather and Storm Warning Thread!

[Drifter]

Yep, quite dark here too. Looks like we might get some this time round.

 

[Temujin]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1452592183064809487

 

[Lupus]

Very dark in Wilgeheuwel but that's about it so far.

 

[Pudding McTwinkle]

Dark cloud cover in Lanseria.

 

[pinball wizard]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1452592183064809487

That tweet is exactly the opposite of a rain dance.

 

[Segg]

It looks like the south of GP just got some good rain!



Ottosdal is showing some promising signs, but I suspect the radar's gain is a little bit higher than Irene's due to how the images have differed in the past....



Otherwise, the satellite image looks good! But unfortunately GP is mostly right in the middle of sweet nothing for the time being

 

[SlowInternet]

Rain coming down here in Heidelberg. Everything smells so fresh.

We had some strong wind today

 

[sand_man]

Light rain in Norwood currently.

 

[Lupus]

Light rain as well.

 

[Pudding McTwinkle]

Lightning and thunder in centurion

 

[Creag]

Nice storm and beautiful rain.

 

[SlowInternet]

Raining hard here in Heidelberg

 

[ebendl]

What's the prediction for the rest of the week?

 

[Mista_Mobsta]

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What's the prediction for the rest of the week?

Would love to know what the hell you use to smart-meter the rainfall!

 

[Hemi300c]

25mil in Zwartkop's so far

 

[The_Librarian]

Dark cloud cover in Lanseria.

You're in the general area too? Well, hello neighbour.

 

[Pudding McTwinkle]

You're in the general area too? Well, hello neighbour.

Hidy ho, neighbor.

 

[ebendl]

Would love to know what the hell you use to smart-meter the rainfall!

Use this: MS Weather Station Rain Gauge (pishop.co.za)
Together with a hacked Xiaomi Zigbee door sensor -- basically drilled two holes in it and soldered two wires across the reed switch which is then connected to the reed switch in the rain gauge. The door sensor is in a water proof box mounted against the wall close to the rain gauge.
That is used with a Xiaomi Aqara Zigbee gateway which is connected via Wifi and integrated to Home Assistant.

Every time the tipping bucket in the rain gauge tips, it "opens and closes" the "door" of the door sensor. Then I have automations to automatically increment a counter by x mm (whatever they specified in the data sheet) and thus rain is counted.

 

[Enzo Matrix]

You get some nifty all in one weatherstations, check on amazon. Got one recently and so far so good, cloud integration, app etc

 

[ebendl]

You get some nifty all in one weatherstations, check on amazon. Got one recently and so far so good, cloud integration, app etc

Which one did you get? Integration with Weather Underground?