The 'Massive' Gauteng Weather and Storm Warning Thread!

mojoman

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Cius said:
Washed my car today, so of course it would rain on me on the way home.
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Lol..I took my car into town for new tyres and some CV boots...
The guys washed it...
First time in about 2 months as I travel on dirt roads...(And I cant be bothered quite honestly....)

Literally started raining as I was pulling out of the workshop...
 
pinball wizard

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ebendl said:
I think he might be referring to the heatwaves the last 2 weeks or so in Europe.

E.g. List of extreme temperatures in Germany - Wikipedia (quite a number of them are in 2022. I mention Germany because I was literally just talking to German colleagues of mine).
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36 degrees, whilst warm is not uncommon during a highveld summer. And eggmeister is a JHB boy.

( and another quick look shows most of '22 temps hovering around 30 degrees - that's summer, not a heatwave.)
 
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pinball wizard said:
36 degrees, whilst warm is not uncommon during a highveld summer. And eggmeister is a JHB boy.

( and another quick look shows most of '22 temps hovering around 30 degrees - that's summer, not a heatwave.)
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Fair enough. Except that Highveld summers are fairly dry (low humidity) whereas many of the heatwaves in Europe, where news were made, happened in places where
- there are usually much cooler temperatures
- there tends to be high humidity (which prevents sweat from evaporating and thus your body from cooling down), and
- their houses are adapted to keep heat in

(e.g. in the UK -- Why do heatwaves in the UK feel hotter than abroad?)

This episode from "Cautionary tales" recently changed my perspective on Northern hemisphere heatwaves a bit: Cautionary Tales – Chicago when it sizzles | Tim Harford
 
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ebendl said:
Fair enough. Except that Highveld summers are fairly dry (low humidity) whereas many of the heatwaves in Europe, where news were made, happened in places where
- there are usually much cooler temperatures
- there tends to be high humidity (which prevents sweat from evaporating and thus your body from cooling down), and
- their houses are adapted to keep heat in
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you dont need an oven in Europe right now, all you need is a sizzling pavement outside to Bake a Cake,
 
Temujin

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Lupus said:
They have not stopped, we've been on level 1 for some time
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And most of our dams are still 100%+ from earlier on in summer... no where to put all the new stuff coming this season. If only there was some sort of forward planning and some way to store it all for the next drought in a few years, maybe like building moar dams or something :unsure:
 
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