The front

[Kassie]

The wind was so wild in the Eastern Cape yesterday!
In Queenstown, the wind blew over a shipping container which killed a man and injured 3 more

[Jim_From_Zim]

Look see whats coming...

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[Floatie]

Jim, you wanna join me Friday for some fishing?

[Jim_From_Zim]

Not sure what info you are getting, but mine shows the front is going to hit us over wednesday evening sometime, lasting all the way until sunday.

But to answer your question, sure. Where we going?

[Riprap]

Jim, that HP over the interior is giving us headaches......make it go away!?

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[Jim_From_Zim]

You're just going to have to wait for the earth to topple over a little more Rip.

[Riprap]

You're just going to have to wait for the earth to topple over a little more Rip.

Ja jong, we tried pulling it with a big loader but it didn't budge.......judged by the angle of the big light in the sky!

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[theBee]

@Rip - That website is awesome! Really cool to see the actual movement of the weather/presures etc.

[Riprap]

it is, isn't it! Still experimental but amazing what you can do.

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[Floatie]

Gonna whatsup you now.

[Headbutt]

down at the Pole it's flat calm

[Kassie]

Cape Town is bracing for a weekend of heavy rain, floods and gale force winds with a storm set to sweep through the Cape.

The South African Weather Office said flooding was expected in the southern parts of the West Coast District, Cape Metro and western parts of the Capelands and Overberg District on Thursday night.

There is a small chance of light snow on Table Mountain this weekend, according to Snow Report.

Snow has also been forecast for the western high ground of the Western Cape and the southern high ground of the Northern Cape tomorrow afternoon through to Saturday.

City disaster management spokesman Wilfred Solomons-Johannes said the cold front would move through slowly, with heavy rain expected until at least Sunday.

“We are expecting localised flooding and flash flooding, so we can anticipate roads being flooded in the informal settlements,” he said.

Teams were on standby to tackle the problem areas as soon as the storm began.

[Jim_From_Zim]

Quick little update for you chaps... (info as at 12pm local today)

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Now there's a neat new tool I found on the website I use. Below is the severity of a front/storm in different colours.
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With a neat explanation of the colours and their meanings:
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And just in case you wanted to know what the wind is doing: each 'barb' means 10 knots (1 knot = 1.8kph for a rough idea)
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[smurf]

Any way you cut it...all I read is ' íce'... :blue-sad:

[Jim_From_Zim]

Eeeek....