Weather & Hail Warnings

[GregSW]

Thanks, went to strijdom park and they were not helpful. So went to Honeydew and was impressed by the work and service.

 

[wolfman7]

one of the wife's friends just received an sms from budget insurance about a hail warning for today. I think Randburg region.

 

[JENICH]

Oh crap

 

[ChefDJ]

RAAAAALF :fencelook:

 

[dvst8]

Ralf, any predictions on hail an areas possibly affected ?

:thumbs:

 

[KarshS]

Pretoria residents have been warned of possible severe thunderstorms and hail on Monday.There was a 60% chance of thunder showers in the afternoon, the SA Weather Service said.“Temperatures will be a warm 28°C, but there is a possibility of strong winds and severe thunderstorms that will include large hail or large amounts of small hail in the afternoon,” said forecaster Christina Thaele.Tuesday morning had a 30% chance of rain, but it will be clear in the afternoon.“We are expecting nice and fine conditions for the rest of the week with warm temperatures, however, thundershowers are expected to return again on Friday afternoon,” said Thaele.Thaele said temperatures this week would range between 25°C and 26°C.For more news and interesting articles, like Rekord on Facebook or follow us on Twitter.

http://rekordcenturion.co.za/28530/warning-of-possible-storms-and-hail/

 

[maximus]

Get indoors! :fencelook:

 

[Ralf*]

RAAAAALF :fencelook:

I will monitor the radar images and the twitter feed from the weather guru's

weather is too dynamic to make any "predictions", but as soon as something starts to brew, I will at least see its trend and then I can warn appropriately

at this stage there is some cloud activity running in a line from Welkom to Bethlehem, moving due easterly.

Judging by the upper air winds, anything that is going to affect Gauteng will start to develop out Vryberg/Mafikeng way, and at this stage no radar returns from that area

 

[ChefDJ]

:ty:

What would we do without you :thumbs:

 

[JENICH]

You sir, are a lengend

 

[Ralf*]

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If you folks on twitter, then the following 2 users are also worthwhile following when it comes to weather/radar/thunderstorms

https://twitter.com/CPowell_Wx

https://twitter.com/storm_sa

 

[Le Clue]

Awesome thanks!

 

[levi325is]

Ralf raise: :thumbs:

 

[Nastaliq]

whats the latest update?

 

[KarshS]

Cloudy with a chance of meatballs....

 

[Fuzz@tinyNET]

:roflol::roflol::roflol:

 

[Nastaliq]

if those meatballs are made of ice!!

 

[Ralf*]

whats the latest update?

me thinks the insurance company SMS's were fear mongering

still only thunder activity in a diagonal line Welkom thru Bethlehem
nothing north of the Vaal River....so I cannot see anything major developing this afternoon..?

yet

 

[Nastaliq]

Phew!
Thats a relief, i moved my car outside 3 times in the lot, to get a spot under shadecloth and the cover of a 4 story leaf laden tree for best possible chance of reducing damage if it does hail, but with my luck, what tends to happen is as soon as i leave the parking, a hail ball the size of lesotho will fall on my car, and will go into guiness world records for biggest hail ever.

 

[ChefDJ]

Just curious...

I heard something about an insurance company not paying out for a hail damage claim as they sent out SMS's to notify their clients so that they could avoid the storm, and said client then didn't take measures to protect their car.

Tell me this cannot hold up in court? How do you know you're gonna hit a storm if you leave PTA en route to JHB for example?