Long Weekend Weather JHB

[Henni]

From AccuWeather.com:

Wednesday Day
Breezy this morning; otherwise, cool with clouds giving way to some sun
High 15°C
RealFeel®: 13°C
Winds: ENE at 17km/h
Wind Gusts: 35 km/h
Max UV Index: Moderate (5)
Thunderstorm Probability: 0%
Amount of Precipitation: 0.0mm
Amount of Rain: 0.0mm
Amount of Snow: 0.00cm
Hours of Precipitation: 0 Hrs
Hours of Rain: 0 Hrs
Hours of Daylight: 11.1 Hrs

Thursday Day
Sunshine
High 16°C
RealFeel®: 17°C
Winds: WNW at 4km/h
Wind Gusts: 8 km/h
Max UV Index: Moderate (5)
Thunderstorm Probability: 0%
Amount of Precipitation: 0.0mm
Amount of Rain: 0.0mm
Amount of Snow: 0.00cm
Hours of Precipitation: 0 Hrs
Hours of Rain: 0 Hrs
Hours of Daylight: 11.0 Hrs

Friday Day
Plenty of sunshine
High 18°C
RealFeel®: 18°C
Winds: NW at 4km/h
Wind Gusts: 20 km/h
Max UV Index: Moderate (5)
Thunderstorm Probability: 0%
Amount of Precipitation: 0.0mm
Amount of Rain: 0.0mm
Amount of Snow: 0.00cm
Hours of Precipitation: 0 Hrs
Hours of Rain: 0 Hrs
Hours of Daylight: 11.0 Hrs

Saturday Day
A full day of sunshine
High 20°C
RealFeel®: 21°C
Winds: SSW at 3km/h
Wind Gusts: 6 km/h
Max UV Index: Moderate (5)
Thunderstorm Probability: 0%
Amount of Precipitation: 0.0mm
Amount of Rain: 0.0mm
Amount of Snow: 0.00cm
Hours of Precipitation: 0 Hrs
Hours of Rain: 0 Hrs
Hours of Daylight: 11.0 Hrs

Sunday Day
A full day of sunshine
High 20°C
RealFeel®: 21°C
Winds: ESE at 4km/h
Wind Gusts: 22 km/h
Max UV Index: Moderate (5)
Thunderstorm Probability: 0%
Amount of Precipitation: 0.0mm
Amount of Rain: 0.0mm
Amount of Snow: 0.00cm
Hours of Precipitation: 0 Hrs
Hours of Rain: 0 Hrs
Hours of Daylight: 11.0 Hrs


From 1st Weather.com:

F O R E C A S T S U M M A R Y

THU
Sunny and mild. Hi's in the upper teens, .
Light to moderate winds from the WNW becoming light to moderate from the W later.

FRI
Sunny and mild. Hi's in the lower 20s, low's in the lower single digits.
Moderate winds from the WSW becoming light and variable later.

SAT
Sunny and warm. Hi's in the lower 20s, .
Light to moderate winds from the WSW becoming light to moderate from the NW later.

SUN
Sunny and warm. Hi's in the lower 20s, low's in the upper single digits.
Moderate to fresh winds from the WNW becoming light to moderate from the NW later.

MON
Rather windy & sunny at first, else sunny and mild later. Hi's in the lower 20s, low's in the upper single digits.
Strong winds from the NW becoming moderate from the W later.

W A T C H E S & W A R N I N G S
THU No local warnings
FRI No local warnings
SAT No local warnings
SUN No local warnings
MON WINDS: Strong NW winds earlier in the day

S Y N O P T I C D I S C U S S I O N
The high pressure is still ridging slightly over the eastern parts of the country, resulting in cloudy conditions and fog patches along the escarpment and highveld for today becoming partly cloudy to fine later on in the day. Another cold front is expected to reach the West Coast this afternoon. With this cold front widespread rain can be expected over the Western Cape, where significant falls of rain are expected, becoming scattered as one moves more inland into the interior of the Western Cape and southern parts of the Northern Cape, where it is also expected to be windy. Ahead of this cold front, dry and windy conditions favourable for the development and spread of runaway fires are expected over the interior of the Eastern Cape, southern Kwazulu-Natal as well as Free State and North-West Province. On Tuesday this cold front is expected tp pass over the central parts of the country, with morning showers expected along the Cape south coast. The south-eastern parts of the country are expected to receive scattered to isolated showers and thundershowers. Very cold conditions can be expected over the high ground of the Western Cape, Northern Cape and Eastern Cape. On Wednesday cloudy conditions can be expected over the eastern parts of the country, where slight cooling is expected. Maximum tempertaurtes are expected to recover going into Wednesday and Thursday over the western parts of the country. Fine conditions are expected over most parts of the country on Thursday, with a cloudy to partly cloudy start in the Lowveld areas with morning fog patches expected along the escarpment. Dry and windy conditions can be expected once again over the Northern, Western and Eastern Capes, ahead of another cold front, which is expected to become a cut-off-low late on Thursday, which will bring showers to the west coast on Thursday and Friday. This cut-off low is expected to slip south-east of the country. Some cooling is expected to take place over the Western and Northern Cape on Friday. Berg wind conditions can be expected over Kwazulu-Natal and Lowveld areas of Limpopo and Mpumalanga on Saturday, where fine conditions are expected.

Enjoy your flying,
Henni

[Dre'man]

Who to believe???? I use 1stweather.com and have been very accurate to date. they are predicting winds (edit: This morning they showed wind of 35-55Kph glad to see it has dropped) so I am going quadbiking for the weekend.

[Massimo]

Until you wake up early that morning and wipe the sleep out of your eyes and look out that window.....that will be the only time you will have the real facts. So tomorrow morning i take my chances and wake up a fourAM

[Henni]

I have found the one to watch = Wind Gusts! Two weekends ago, when Philip heard me aproaching, he warned me on the radio to expect some serious gusts coming from the trees at Siera Romeo, exactly as predicted - boy, what a fun landing...

So I watch those, they don't scare me, but inform me what to expect. Just normal plain wind = no problem. Anyways, nothing serious to consider for this coming weekend!

Henni

[Antikza]

Thanks for your trouble Henni. Could not fly monday or this morning so hopefully tomorrow!!

[Massimo]

Very Glad to report that on thursday morning 13 trikes took of in perfect weather for kunkuru. Coming back in midday was a little bumpy but no wind just thermals.

Today looks fantastic as well. If it stays like this im flying this avi. :D