{"id":327642,"date":"2026-08-04T11:34:23","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T09:34:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/diepapier\/?p=327642"},"modified":"2026-08-04T11:34:24","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T09:34:24","slug":"droe-winter-in-die-wes-kaap-wek-kommer-oor-watersekerheid-ondanks-gesonde-damvlakke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/diepapier\/droe-winter-in-die-wes-kaap-wek-kommer-oor-watersekerheid-ondanks-gesonde-damvlakke\/","title":{"rendered":"Dro\u00eb winter in die Wes-Kaap wek kommer oor watersekerheid ondanks gesonde damvlakke"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Die Wes-Kaap se algehele damvlakke mag met bykans 80% gerusstellend lyk, maar waterkenners waarsku dat die onderliggende re\u00ebnvalpatrone \u2019n meer kommerwekkende prentjie skets, aangesien die provinsie een van sy droogste winters in onlangse jare beleef.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Volgens die jongste data van 3 Augustus staan die Wes-Kaap se gesamentlike damvlakke op 79,5%, effens ho\u00ebr as die 79% wat op dieselfde tyd verlede jaar aangeteken is. Hierdie o\u00ebnskynlik gesonde damvlakke verberg egter die werklikheid van \u2019n winterseisoen wat gekenmerk word deur kommerwekkend lae re\u00ebnval in belangrike landbougebiede.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cDie gesonde damvlakke waarmee ons tans die winter binnegaan, is grootliks te danke aan die uitsonderlike vloede van Mei en nie aan \u2019n normale, gesonde winterre\u00ebnseisoen nie,\u201d het Jannie Strydom van HUB Agri Wes-Kaap ges\u00ea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cDit is \u2019n belangrike onderskeid, want dit beteken die onderliggende re\u00ebnvalpatroon vir hierdie winter is werklik swakker as wat mens sou verwag, en die damvlakke skep moontlik \u2019n valse gevoel van sekerheid.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"h-droogste-julie-op-rekord-in-dele-van-die-provinsie\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Droogste Julie op rekord in dele van die provinsie<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Die Suid-Afrikaanse Weerdiens (SAWD) het die erns van die dro\u00eb tydperk bevestig en ges\u00ea dat ondergemiddelde re\u00ebnval in Junie voorgekom het en deur Julie in die suidwestelike deel van die provinsie voortgeduur het.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cVerskeie dele van die streek het gedurende Julie hul laagste re\u00ebnvalsyfers op rekord aangeteken,\u201d het die SAWD op 31 Julie ges\u00ea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kaapstad Internasionale Lughawe het gedurende Julie slegs 14,4 mm re\u00ebn ontvang, die laagste Julie-syfer in 68 jaar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kirstenbosch in Kaapstad, wat gewoonlik meer as 240 mm re\u00ebn in Julie ontvang, het vanjaar slegs 66 mm vir die maand aangeteken.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In die Kaapse Wynlande het Paarl in Junie net 96 mm re\u00ebn ontvang, vergeleke met 165 mm in Junie 2025. Die situasie het in Julie verder verswak, met Paarl wat \u2019n skamele 20,5 mm re\u00ebn ontvang het teenoor die 137,5 mm wat in Julie 2025 aangeteken is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/western-cape-dry-winter-raises-water-security-concerns-despite-healthy-dam-levels\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Lees die volledige artikel oor di\u00e9 kwessie op NovaNews hier.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Die Wes-Kaap se algehele damvlakke mag met bykans 80% gerusstellend lyk, maar waterkenners waarsku dat die onderliggende re\u00ebnvalpatrone \u2019n meer kommerwekkende prentjie skets, aangesien die provinsie een van sy droogste winters in onlangse jare beleef. 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