Friday, January 04, 2008

Weather Warning: Gauteng + New SA Climate Records


Thunderstorms over the southern parts of Gauteng and central and eastern Free State may become severe with a risk of large hail and/or damaging winds.

Highest Daily Rain 84mm 1984-01-29 91mm 2008-01-03
Badplaas- Pol
Lowest Maximum 19.2mm 2006-01-08 18.5mm 2008-01-03
Ngqura (Coega)

Lightning was cracking and crashing aginst my windows for a large part of last night. Joburg is amazingly atmospheric weatherwise, more so than Bloem, despite having slightly milder summer and winter temperatures. The thunderstorms here are terrific.

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