Search and Rescue: Missing Military Aircraft enroute Waterkloof to Mthatha (5 December 2012)

Herewith a few images and the weather outlook in the Giants Castle area for today. Unfortunately the weather does not look good in the area for S and R purposes.

Update: 6 December 2012 Time: 07h00 SAST

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Date: 6 December 2012 Time: 05h00 SAST

Satellite Images: 6 December 2012 04h15 SAST:

Rain Prediction: 6 December 2012:

Current conditions and a weather outlook for the next few days at Giants Castle:

METAR:

AAXX 06004 68589 16/// /0000 10110 20094 38296 48560 53005 60213 333 10222 20101 91002 555 20212 69945 91026

Surface Wind Predition:

Light to moderate surface winds are expected.

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Unfortunately on paper the WX does not look good in the Berg area today, however there might be a window of opportunity period during the day as the clouds are currently moving eastwards.

To be updated......

Sources:

1.  SAT24
2.  1STWEATHER.COM
3.  U.S. National Center for Environmental Prediction (NCEP)
4.  WeatherUnderground
5.  SAWDOS