Weather & Hail Warnings

[zaleonardz]

Im still in the east rand...

Watching these clouds, this will not end well....

 

[Ralf*]

heaviest concentration or red contour now headed towards CBD of PRETORIA !! (now east of Hartebeespoort dam)

 

[Dippies]

Small hael and medium storm in centurion.

 

[Ralf*]

Small hael and medium storm in centurion.

 

[Dippies]

That pic looks very itimidating but its not that bad, what, is the area coverage on it.

 

[Ralf*]

That pic looks very itimidating but its not that bad, what, is the area coverage on it.

one of them is 300km range based on the Irene weather radar

the other is 75KM based on Irene...look for the 3 letter words CUL (Culinan)
PTA (Pretoria)..HLA (Lanseria)..HTB (harties)..BAP(Bapsfotein)..SPR(Springs)..SOW(Soweto)

 

[cOlDFuSiOn]

Saw very ominous looking clouds leaving Rosebank this afternoon, so I hooned it back home to get the Bimmer safe! Luckily only a few droplets fell..

 

[Ralf*]

Saw very ominous looking clouds leaving Rosebank this afternoon, so I hooned it back home to get the Bimmer safe! Luckily only a few droplets fell..

the thunderstorms just passed now, started at around 15h00 in Mafikeng/Gaberone districts....they matured and moved eastwards losing strength passing SunCity area, but as the clouds approached the Magalisberg ridge, uplift took place and gave them a second breathe, such that after passing the Magaliesberg ridge they had become intense again, and Lanseria/Hartebeespoort seemed to get the worst.

as the cells moved eastwards, the concentration towards JHB and East Rand rapidly collapsed, leaving only a heavy concentration towards PTA CBD, and shortly after it hit the PTA CBD it collapsed again that by the time it reached Cullinan it was almost gone completely.

So most of us got off very lightly tonight

 

[ChefDJ]

Ralf you're doing excellent work here :thumbs:

Rep to you :thumbs:

 

[cOlDFuSiOn]

Ralf you're doing excellent work here :thumbs:

Rep to you :thumbs:

+1 already given when Ralf started posting this.

This helps us fanatics more than you can think Ralf!!! raise:

 

[Flash-Gordon]

That storm JUST missed the vaal triangle :fencelook:

This was Deneysville yesterday afternoon :

 

[prospect]

Had to park in the Lonehill Shopping Centre basement yesterday evening because of a hail storm.

 

[Dippies]

severe hail storm warnings int he Pretoria and surroundings issued. afternoon weather is gonna be hectic. Please park somewhere safe guys.


In the newspapers as well as WeatherSA.

 

[SP33DYV]

severe hail storm warnings int he Pretoria and surroundings issued. afternoon weather is gonna be hectic. Please park somewhere safe guys.


In the newspapers as well as WeatherSA.

Let's wait and see.
What do you say Ralf?

 

[Ralf*]

severe hail storm warnings int he Pretoria and surroundings issued. afternoon weather is gonna be hectic. Please park somewhere safe guys.


In the newspapers as well as WeatherSA.

Let's wait and see.
What do you say Ralf?

Hiya

Not too much of a long term prediction guru, but once the weaher physical starts to develope I can track it and give warnings about to about 1.5 - 2.0 hrs depending on which way the weather moves and developes.

WeatherSA sometimes err's on the cautious side w.r.t. warnings.

another weather site I follow, even though the updates are at best every 15 minutes and not so "close-in" radar imagery ( www.weatherphotos.co.za )

and they think todays forecast is more out towards the Lowveld

http://www.1stweather.com/maps/AVN_prate_day1.gif

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[Sabretooth tiger]

very worried about this afternoon, hope I home by the time it hits

 

[Ralf*]

So far today it seems to be clear skies, the image below should be a "moving" GIF image , whereby you can play the file to see the last hours movement, and evident is nothing is developing at all......YET

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OK so it doesn't "run" in movie mode after it was posted

 

[KarshS]

Thanks Ralf im watching this thread for tonight....

Hope it hits and leaves early early....

 

[Dippies]

I hope there is no stones thrown from heaven untill i get into the garage :mmm: i hope it stays away for now

 

[ChefDJ]

Car is safe in the garage and no intention of it leaving the safe-zone :mmm: