Snow Watch 2021

This is the official thread for Snow Watch 2018. Feel free to post pictures, information, questions and reports about the snow conditions in the Drakensberg for 2018. The idea is to keep track of the snowfalls, pool information about where the snow is for those that want to go see it, and simply to have a place to express the joy and experiences you may have had if you have witnessed the grandeur of the Dragon clothed in white. This also serves as a historical reference for years to come.

Historical Snow Watch threads:
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2019
2020

1) 26 March - Reports of light snow at Letseng Mine
2) 23 April - Isolated light snowfall on high peaks across the range
3) 30 April - Widespread light to medium snow across the whole range, above 2500m
4) 7 May - Light snowfall in the Afriski region
5) 1 June - Good snowfall across the entire range.  Parts of the Southern Berg received heavy snow that lasted many weeks.
6) 13 August - Light to medium snowfall across the whole range.
7) 28 August - Light snow across whole range, as well as parts of the midlands.  Snow fell as low as 650m.
8) 7 August - Light to medium snowfall across parts of the Eastern Cape Highlands and across the whole Southern Berg escarpment, with light snow down to 1600m.
9) 17 September - Light snow on the peaks of the Southern Berg
10) 1 October - Light snow reported on the Northern Berg escarpment
11) 23 November - Light snow on the high ground near Afriski

Well, we have had 2 absolutely shocking snow years in a row now. Although the number of falls in 2019/2020 were normal, virtually all of them appeared to be extremely light, most of them only slight dustings. Lets hope things turn around in 2021!

As it stands, various weather models are suggesting that light to medium snowfall may occur on the peaks across the range mainly over Friday and Saturday.  Forecast freezing levels are still relatively high, predicted to drop to 2900m in the South and 3100m in the north.  Some models are also predicting a chance of heavy snow falling on the very highest peaks, which would begin as heavy rain on lower peaks before the colder air moves in.  Hopefully by tomorrow there will be a bit more consistency in the varous model predictions, but its its encouraging to see some potential action on the way!