Supercell, Johannesburg, South Africa 01/16

[MJ Poore]

Went out chasing after a long drought that lasted through November and December which is when most storms can be expected. Fortunately lots of mid-level dry air and reasonable cape. Perhaps not enough flow at 500mb to get strong rotation and tornado's, despite the appearance of a wall cloud. But got lots of hail, especially on my vehicle.

 

[Ethan Lang]

How often do storms like this setup in S.A

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[Ben Holcomb]

These are very intriguing. South Africa/Zimbabwe trip will happen sometime with a safari, wildlife and hopefully some nice storms. I don't know a lot about climatology but would like to learn.

 

[MJ Poore]

Usually two or three big events around late spring in November. Tough part is getting into position - no SPC or high res prediction data. But the radar network is good.

 

[MJ Poore]

And that was last week....nobody dead, but nice flying debris viz.

 

[Tim Paitz]

I haven't thought too terribly much on storm chasing in foreign countries, but the only other major South African tornado I know of is the Duduza/East Rand tornado a number of years back.