Rhodes update

[Circus]

Does anyone know if the cold weather over the last few days brought any rain to Rhodes?
If there isn't any soon, I'll land up fishing the lower Kraai in late September.

[smallstreams.co.za]

Does anyone know if the cold weather over the last few days brought any rain to Rhodes?
If there isn't any soon, I'll land up fishing the lower Kraai in late September.

Sorry, no rain or snow.

[Andre]

I hear its still dry and cold, but no change to the rivers. The Lower Kraai will probably be perfect in these conditions. However, you could be lucky and get some rain by the end of September. Not too much though, you don't want the rivers to run high and dirty. Im heading that way for Christmas and New year, and hoping that the Kraai is fishable.... want to get stuck into some yellows.

Does anyone know if the cold weather over the last few days brought any rain to Rhodes?
If there isn't any soon, I'll land up fishing the lower Kraai in late September.

[JadeDsantos]

Hi Andre

I will be up that way too, from November through to December. I am in the same mindset, need some rain, just not too much too fast.

It will be awesome either way!

J

[smallstreams.co.za]

Some wetness predicted for end of October apparently. Can one even predict it that far away?

[JadeDsantos]

Its a long shot! The rains will come, let just hope soon and in moderation.

No flash flood or cloud bursts and than.

I am in CT at the moment, they have plenty of water to spare! ;P

J

[Umhlangarox]

Some wetness predicted for end of October apparently. Can one even predict it that far away?

Nope not possible, I follow various different weather sites and even 7 days is a push!

[Andre]

I think that they base very long forecasts on a scale of probabilities. Its a summer rainfall area, and the climate is based on this. They take the average over a number of past years and average it out. On a scale of probabilities, there is a better than even chance of rain occurring before this date. Its not a weather forecast, so much as it is a climate forecast. The further out the forecast get, the more climate based they become.

Nope not possible, I follow various different weather sites and even 7 days is a push!

[Jean Bence]

So essentially that worecast is....pointless

[icstuff]

I think that they base very long forecasts on a scale of probabilities. Its a summer rainfall area, and the climate is based on this. They take the average over a number of past years and average it out. On a scale of probabilities, there is a better than even chance of rain occurring before this date. Its not a weather forecast, so much as it is a climate forecast. The further out the forecast get, the more climate based they become.

They also look at the jet stream, el nino effect and the intestines of a sacrificed goat.