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I doubt it if the water will flow that far. It has just started to rain heavily again. From my office (old reception) I can’t even see the new reception are because old the rain.

KG , did the heavy rain you mentioned a day or two ago continue ?

Hi there,

It has been cloudy most of the time with widespread showers. it seems that it has slowd down at the moment. Mata-Mata on the othjer hand is getting much more rain as we down at Twee Rivieren.

I will try and get the latest stats for the last two weeks.

Hi KG...Don't bother trying to get stats for Urikaruus !!
These hungry (or maybe thirsty) cats have put pay to that
On the morning of 17 Feb, we were treated to a few of their antics









The morning of the 19th they returned and tried their luck again, this time they were not so lucky, not enough time for the rain gauge to have been replaced.

Well ja.............at least we have the pictures of the culprits now the thing is to find them

Great pics, Please email them to me Dreamer.

Thanks

Good Morning,

Just an update on the rainfall for February in the Twee Rivieren area:

Twee Rivieren: 96,9mm
Kransbrak: 75,9mm
Kij Kij; 56mm
Auchterlonie: 80.9mm
Klein Skrij: 81,5mm

This now excludes the good rains we have been having since 03h00 this morning in Twee Rivieren seems the rain will stay for today.

Here are some stats from Nossob for February:

Nossob 31,5 mm
Dikbaardskolk 17mm
Grootbrak / Polentswa 46mm
Grootkolk 55mm


Mean minimum: 20°C
Mean maximum: 35°C
Absolute minimum: 16°C
Absolute maximum: 38,5°C

Does that mean there is some progress on my suggestion to have 13th & 14th renamed to their original names?

Hi there BB,

Unfortunately that is not going to happen, the old names are just been used inside the park as the field rangers still know it as such.

We are going to Kgalagadi for a week, end May and early June --- very excited as we have not been there for many years. As we will be camping I'm wondering how cold the nights are likely to be. Please advise ! I assume the days will be sunny and mild. Thanks

Denise,

The weather is very pleasant at that time of the year and maybe even the best time to visit. We camped at Mata-Mata last year beginning June and had great weather. Warm enough during the day for a swim, but not to as hot like Jan. The evenings was not at all cold, but things can change quickly. A week later in Etosha we experience sub zero temp and then mild evenings a week there after. It all depends if there is a cold front coming in.

In July you can defnitely expect subzero temp and LP gas well even freeze at night, but it also differ from camp. Most of my visits were in July when we knocked off some ice from the tent at TR. At Nossob again the weather was cold, but not below zero.

Come prepared with good sleeping bags and jackets just in case there is a sudden cold front coming in.

Denise be prepared for the cold also.

We stayed in a bungalow in Nossob the first week in June 2008 and the one morning it was -3. Inside the bungalow it was very nice but outside a nice bite in the air.

Last year we left Twee Rivieren the 30th of May and at 07:00 it was -4.

At least it is not the -10 or even lower of July.

You have been given excellent advice here , Denise.
Basically the KTP can be very unpredictable...we have been in the beginning of May and it was so cold in the morning that our friend wrapped himself up in his duvet on our morning drive. The days were very pleasant though but as soon as the sun set we all went rushing for our warm jackets. Good idea to be prepared for all weather.

Hi Saskia,

We stayed in Twee riveren on 5 - 8 June 2010 and never had cold mornings compared to July 2007 when we found ice on the inside of the tent. It just come to show how much the weather can change within a few days time. For interest sake I added some temperature stats for TR. The coldest in May was -1.5 (when Saskia visit. ) and in June -4.3 deg C. The July record was -30 deg C which I am not sure it it can be correct. Can any one maybe confirm about this extremely cold night.

As I've said in my previous post that we found that the LP gas was frozen in the morning. At that temp you might find that ethanol drinks like witblitz or OBS will be frozen as well. So nothing to warm up, not even coffee because without LP gas you will not be able to boil water.

KG . how much rain has their been since your last update ?