The week started off a little wetter than locals expected this morning as significant rainfall hit Cape Town, and forecasters are predicting more showers for Tuesday.
What were predicted to be “light showers” today turned out to be heavy downpours and Capetonians are in for more rain as scattered thunderstorms are forecast for Tuesday along with highs of 21°C and lows of 17°C.
As always, the rains are hugely welcomed given the city’s low dam levels, with an overall level of 52.6% and the dam with the least water, Theewaterskloof, currently standing at a level of 40.7%.
Residents, as always, were happy to receive the rain, but some took to Twitter to share their frustrations with the traffic congestion and apparently-diminished driving abilities of motorists that often seem to come with rain in Cape Town.
? SOUND ON ?
Cape Town always steals my heart with this weather then it does a 360 on us tomorrow ? #rain pic.twitter.com/dE9eio6pzf
— Tulips & Phoenixes (@tulipandphoenix) March 10, 2019
Rain.
Grateful.#capetown #drought pic.twitter.com/aq2AEB9YDP— Josephine Buys (@jozib_sa) March 10, 2019
11 March…the rain continues to bucket down following yesterday afternoons sprinkle. More rain days this summer…☔️ #CapeTown #Wet #Rain
— Justin Hawthorne (@HawthorneBlog) March 11, 2019
All it takes is one drop of rain and the whole of Cape Town drive like dwankys ??
— thatbrayouignore (@haydn_matthee21) March 11, 2019
Proper rain today in Cape Town. Unseasonal and all. pic.twitter.com/m3ICSpLGmK
— Gillian Rightford (@grightford) March 11, 2019
Cape Town + rain + traffic + Monday: pic.twitter.com/QIPjRcUoA4
— Gracia (@graciamsim) March 11, 2019
Like the rest of the world has Snow Days we should have Rain days in Cape Town.
— Mosie (@FredlinMoses) March 11, 2019
Driving in the rain isn’t that bad.
Driving with Cape Town drivers in the rain is exhausting, wow.
— Musa Omar (@Musa_O17) March 11, 2019
I missed this beautiful #CapeTown rain… ??
— Skywalker (@AndreMisrole) March 11, 2019
Rain in Cape town means two things.
1. All drivers lose every droplet of common sense.
2. Students bunk everything
— ? (@ImraanFakier) March 7, 2019
Hello Rain #Kaapstad #CapeTown pic.twitter.com/vaEnkw1MsV
— P I E R R E™ (@PierreDuPlooy_) March 10, 2019
Bru this rain in Cape Town rn ??
— Simone (@Psymone_) March 10, 2019
Rain on a Monday morning in Cape Town results in a 2km stretch taking 30min
— Nazrana Hawa (@NazranaHawa) March 11, 2019
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