Weather & Hail Warnings

[Teebag]

Got this off Twitter.

 

[Ralf*]

Got this off Twitter.

thats the same ones I have seen

 

[Teebag]

Looks gloomy but well needed

 

[Le Clue]

Looking dark and gloomy in Jhb CBD coming from the west..

 

[wolfman7]

hope no hail :thumbdo:

 

[akash]

Pouring down here in the Roodepoort area

 

[Waseem 333i]

Sun is still shining in the East Rand. Cloud is building up and there is a very slight drizzle. I hope it comes down proper.

 

[Mike-R]

Yea. So wierd. It's raining in Wilgehuwel


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[Ralf*]

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[adamr]

Hail thunder?

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[Ralf*]

Radar images are still stuck on 09h58 UTC this morning

but I can hear the thunder outside here in Kempton Park

the closes I can see is

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[Ralf*]

some isolated very small cells starting to develope to the SW (Potch area), forecast is for afternoon thunderstorms

fortunately the radar sites are updating again

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little cells are starting to merge into a bigger cell
trajectory though (at this stage) seems as if it is gonna skirt past just south of ORTambo

 

[Waseem 333i]

This sounds good. My car needs a wash.

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[RAArmstrong]

This sounds good. My car needs a wash.

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Maybe you want a golf ball car also?

 

[Waseem 333i]

Golf ball season is ovrr

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[ChefDJ]

This sounds good. My car needs a wash.

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Maybe you want a golf ball car also?

#2barE30golfballportraitsaywhat

 

[Waseem 333i]

If it wasn't for derailing I would flood this thread with pictures of e39

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[Ralf*]

Golf ball season is ovrr

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but marble season is still far from over

general rule for hail

1) early summer/ first summer storms, small hail but lots and lots of it
2) Mid summer hail violent golf balls
3) late summer/ last summer storms, small hail but lots and lots of it

this is due to the Artic air mass moving in, lowering the height of the tropopause, any early summer, or late summer vertical development will easily penetrate into this Artic air sliding over the top, and will freeze rain droplets easily, forming hail, the clouds dont even need a serious amount of vertical development, but because there is less up and down drafts, the hail doesnt accumulate into golf balls, but rather into LOTS and LOTS of smaller hail.

in the mid summer, the Artic air mass is well south, and the height of the tropopause is a lot higher, now the vertical development clouds allow for single hail stones to travel up and down, a lot more, accumulating and growing to golf balls very easily

 

[RAArmstrong]

If it wasn't for derailing I would flood this thread with pictures of e39

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We have a thread for that anyway

 

[Gizmo]

Pea size hail coming down in brackenhurst.