Snow Watch 2024

This is the official thread for Snow Watch 2024. Feel free to post pictures, information, questions and reports about the snow conditions in the Drakensberg for 2024. 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 This also serves as a historical reference for years to come.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:
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2012
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1) 10 April- Reports of light snow at Afriski and Black Mountain
2) 16 April - Reports of snow on the Central Berg peaks.
3) 2-3 June - Snowfall across peaks of the Northern and parts of the Southern berg as well as Western Lesotho
4) 8 June - Dusting of snow on the mountains at Bushmen's Nek
5) 8 July - Snowfall in Northern and Southern Berg Peaks, as well as extensive snow cover in the Eastern Cape high ground and central Lesotho.
6) 29-30 August - Light snowfall on the Southern and Central Berg
7) 9 September - Light snow on the Southern Berg
8) 17 September - Snow over most of the Berg Escarpment
9) 20-21 September- MAJOR snow event.  Cut off low causes heavy snowfall over the whole Drakensberg range, as well as large areas of the midlands.  Good snow fell in relatively low lying towns such as Ladysmith and Newcastle. Van Reenen's pass received around half a metre causing it to become impassable.

Some light snow reported yesterday at Afriski and Black Mountain

I've been battling to get a decent satellite view of the snow cover, yesterday there was persistent cloud cover over the affected regions.

This morning's Eumetsat image shows the cloud clearing and the remaining snow in light red: