Last night the Italian Leprechaun and I had one of our regular "braais", (BBQ). This is when we open a few beers, chew the fat, (literally and figuratively), and generally solve the Worlds problems. The sky was overcast but it did not look like rain, suddenly - it took only a few minutes - the clouds disappeared and the moon became visible. I grabbed my camera and took a few photos.
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Just as fast as the clouds disappeared they gathered again.
The photo above has a hazy, almost halo effect around the moon due to the rapidly gathering clouds. These two photos were taken minutes apart. Within minutes it was completely overcast and it started to rain. We carried our BBQ equipment onto the far edge of the veranda and lit the fire.
It's 09:45 am and still raining and cold, just letting us know winter is on it's way.
I was hoping to go fly fishing at Injasuthi once again tomorrow, but the weather service has issued a warning predicting heavy rain for most of KwaZuluNatal and further inland. This is due to the tropical storm Irina that is moving down the Mozambique channel.
Below is a satellite photo of the tropical storm Irina approaching the southern Mozambique coast and north eastern KZN. The Island of Madagascar can be seen to the east of Mozambique with the Mozambique channel between them.
The storm passed over Madagascar sometime last week and moved down the Mozambuiqe channel. Later this afternoon it will hit the southern Mozambique coast and north eastern KZN. We have been warned to expect extremely heavy rains and flooding, inhabitants of low lying areas along rivers, have been told to evacuate. Storm surges of between 5 & 6 meters, (15 - 20 feet) are expected along the coast.
About 28 years ago the the tropical storm Demoina wreaked havoc here and the weather prophets are saying this one could be as bad or even worse.
