A number of rainy days predicted to boost Western Cape dam levels

File picture: Courtney Africa/African News Agency (ANA)

File picture: Courtney Africa/African News Agency (ANA)

Published Oct 23, 2019

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Cape Town – With the average level for dams supplying Cape Town dropping to just below 80% and the Western Cape standing at 64.1%, there is welcoming news of a couple of rain days from Friday morning. 

It has been another drier-than-average year in the Western Cape but SA Weather Service forecaster Kate Turner told the Cape Times on Wednesday an "unusual" number of cold fronts for this time of the year is heading towards Cape Town, with rain also predicted in Paarl, Langebaan, Malmesbury, Hermanus, Grabouw, Cape Point and Cape Agulhas.

"There is quite a good system that is expected for Friday. Most of the rain will be on Friday morning and then a few showers later in the day during the afternoon," said Turner.

"On Saturday there will be a little bit of rain during the course of the morning, which will clear up quickly. Then a few more rainy days lie ahead on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday.

"I wouldn't call the rain for this time of the year unusual but it is unusual to have so many cold fronts at this time of the year. 

"There are quite a few well-developed cold fronts coming through on Friday and then a few secondary fronts or systems coming through for the rest of the weekend through to Tuesday.

"We are not quite sure what is going to happen on Wednesday but at this stage things should start clearing up from Tuesday onwards.

"On Friday it will about 19 degrees during the day in Cape Town and it will start to drop from Saturday and Sunday to 17, 18 degrees. Monday will be quite a chilly day with a possible 16 degrees maximum."

Today it was a chilly 12 degrees Celsius in Cape Town, with a 30% chance of rain in the city, Paarl, Langebaan, Malmesbury, Kommetjie and Cape Point, Cape Agulhas and Grabouw.

Cape Times

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