The Port Elizabeth branch of the SA weather service is reporting that welcome rainfall over the Eastern Cape, up to 8 o'clock on Tuesday morning, was around 15 mm, with some good heavier falls in places like Addo and Grahamstown with over 30 mm.
In the catchment areas of Nelson Mandela Bay's main supply dams, a disappointing 1mm was measured at Kareedouw and 15 mm at Patensie.
Rainfall figures supplied by SA Weather
Port Elizabeth
Between 5 mm at Lovemore Heights to 27 mm at Lower Reserve at Van Stadens Pass
Loraine 19mm
Airport 13 mm
Fettes Road 11 mm
Motherwell 11 mm
Flower Reserve 27 mm
Lovemore Heights 5mm
Riverstone 14 mm
Shark Rock Pier 10 mm
Chatty 19 mm
3 Ave 14 mm
St Albans 21 mm
Uitenhage 16 mm
Coega 13 mm
Pt Alfred 14 mm
East London 15 mm
George 14 mm
Mthatha 15 mm
Graaf Reinett 29 mm
Cradock 29 mm
Somerset East 17 mm
Ft Beaufort 27 mm
Grahamstown 33 mm
Bisho 15 mm
Queenstown 14 mm
Addo 35 mm
Dohne/Stutterheim 22 mm
Catchment NMMM Dams
Patensie 15 mm
Kouga Dam 10 mm
Joubertina 1 mm
Kareedow 6 mm
