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27 Jun 2013 18:51 #57474 by Richard Hunt
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I live 10 kms from Notts and there was a touch of hail earlier
and now raining, which could easily mean snow on the Berg!!

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28 Jun 2013 04:29 - 28 Jun 2013 05:45 #57475 by diverian
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Intrepid has reported " 2 cm of fresh snow at Sentinel car park and still snowing " at 6 am this morning.
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28 Jun 2013 06:44 #57476 by ghaznavid
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diverian wrote: Intrepid has reported " 2 cm of fresh snow at Sentinel car park and still snowing " at 6 am this morning.


So that's number 10?

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28 Jun 2013 06:48 - 28 Jun 2013 06:52 #57477 by JonWells
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Yip this is number 10, there seems to be much more snow than the VERY isolated little patches that were forecast.

Sani Top tweeted these pics:





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28 Jun 2013 07:10 #57478 by Fitness
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Any idea how low the snow fell? Underberg?

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28 Jun 2013 07:16 #57479 by JonWells
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Fitness wrote: Any idea how low the snow fell? Underberg?


With freezing levels around 2500m, I dont think snow would have fallen below 2300m, but lets see.

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28 Jun 2013 08:23 #57480 by JonWells
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Pic sent into Snow-Report by Nicky Grant

View from Drakensberg Gardens:


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28 Jun 2013 12:07 #57481 by JonWells
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Today's satellite image shows that snow (red) has fallen across most of the KZN Drakensberg escarpment. Photographs from the Drakensberg Gardens area show that snow has fallen down to 2300m in places.


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28 Jun 2013 14:55 #57482 by Boerkie
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@Jonwells & MtTiska

Would you venture an educated guess as to the coming weekends (5,6,7 July) escarpment weather?

By the looks of it we should have been there this weekend.

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30 Jun 2013 16:56 #57484 by ghaznavid
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Update on the snow at Giant's Castle and Lotheni:
Popple, Mafadi and Champagne Castle still have snow on their south slopes right on top - Mafadi is basically solid white. There is still snow on the south slopes of Giant's Castle and the Tent right down to 2500m. There is snow if the shady gully on the Gable.

I will try to post photos shortly, for some reason it doesn't work on my home internet connection...

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