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Hmn, Morkel, I asked myself that same question Seasons come and go and change every year, perhaps the rains they have had to date is all they are going to get??? Nobody knows I suppose. No rains or late rains either way will have an affect some way or the other. We will only notice as the seasons change. This is what makes KTP what it is.....an INCREDIBLE place !!!!

It has been a dry month in most parts of SA :

http://metzone.weathersa.co.za/images/P ... th_rai.pdf

http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/a ... cpcp11.gif

thanks ndloti interesting maps

We returned yesterday and it is quite dry, but some clouds yesterday and we drove back in a light drizzle from TR to Upington, so hopefully some rain in the park too.

Hi Ndloti,

Good to hear from you again. Those rainfall figures do look depressing.
Question: is that for the full month of February? Reason why I ask, is because I am in charge of the weather office station at Helderberg College in Somerset West. They give 13mm for Feb, and we have had close to 50mm this month (last 35mm fell about 10 days ago). So is this an accurate indication of the monthly averages....?

Still desperately looking for more info on Mata Mata as I leave on a trip there with a bus load of school kids 7 days from now....

Thanks so much, and God bless,

Friedrich von Horsten

Hello Friedrich von Hörsten

Those are SAWS figures for the whole month as copied from their website onto http://www.weatherphotos.co.za

I have had the same concerns for rainfall figures where I reside ...

Two years in a row now we experienced very strong afternoon winds in Kgalagadi during August / September. I am off to Rooiputs again this September. Can anyone tell me if these winds are normal that time of the year or were we just unlucky.

I wouldn't know about Rooiputs at that time of the year, Lion Queen should be able to tell you all about it roberte! But as far as I know, August and September are normally very windy in South Africa!

roberte, we have been to the park several times mid - end Sept and I cannot recall having experienced unusual windy conditions. I think it is windy season then, or put it this way, we have heard of people having experienced much wind then. Perhaps we have just been lucky?? Mother Nature for you
Enjoy

Roberte,

August is usually a windy month and sometimes real unpleasant. September not so windy, but it depends.

Thanks everybody. My last two visits were both in August and not only in Rooiputs but also in Nosob we had to tie down our tents very solidly. But hey, who cares. Put your back to the wind in your chair and bite the dust. (excuse the pun). It dies down at 16:00 or there about and then it is all worth just being there again.